painting

I have had the want to build a barbershop for sometime.  I came very close to adding one on a few of the past structures I have built and for one reason or another I decided against... [Read more]

Historical Overview These locomotives were purchased from the Defunct New York, Ontario and Western (units 501-503) two of which found their home on the Western Pacific subsidiary,... [Read more]

You just bought a new kit structure and unfortunately, all of the windows are molded in place with the wall sections!  What do you do now? The Dilemma Those of you who haven’t... [Read more]

An airbrush seems to be an intimidating modeling tool for many modelers. There’s often a misconception that airbrushes can’t possibly be that much better than traditional... [Read more]

As we continue painting the Hudson I walked into an unexpected time vampire – masking. Painting This section of the building was difficult to decide on a color choice.  In some... [Read more]

Well it has been a busy few weeks again, the good part is it has been all model railroading related.  I am working on four HO scale kit structures and a small N scale layout all for... [Read more]

I’ve always wanted a spray booth for containing over-spray when I spray paint or air brush a model.  But with the price of a commercial spray booth in the hundreds of dollars,... [Read more]