Scratch Built

I’m finding it a bit difficult to keep track of where I’ve left off on the previous article in this series since I’m writing the steps in the order I believe to make... [Read more]

A few weeks ago I posted about some amazing structures built by Brian Curry MMR that are for sale.  When I first saw his lighthouse in person back in March, I instantly fell in love... [Read more]

Continuing where I left on in Part 2 of the Pennylvania Railroad Hunt Tower build, I’ll make this a relatively short update. I’ve been moving along slowly, but I am much... [Read more]

Typically Frank and I have stayed away from letting people try to sell off their items on our site.  We feel it is something better suited to places such as eBay.  However this is... [Read more]

It’s time to continue the Pennylvania Railroad Hunt Tower built from part 1, and start building some windows and assembling walls.  Photo by Flickr member, McIvory. Used with... [Read more]

And so begins my adventure in scratch-building a structure. Sure, I’ve scratch built things for my model railroad before — newsstands, kiosks, a pigeon coop and other small... [Read more]

In part one we raised the stations walls, added windows and did a little painting.  So lets move right into it and continue where we left off. Construction I gave a warning in the... [Read more]

It has been my quest to help tare down the walls and stereotypes of scratch building.  The level of satisfaction that you gain from creating a structure from scratch verses kit built... [Read more]

Rooftops are one of the most neglected areas on a structure but usually the most visible.  So why do so many modelers neglect to detail them?  I know in my case it is one of the... [Read more]

I have been in N scale for about twenty years now and have won various awards for my modeling.  Now I am trying to find a way of networking with modelers like myself and share what... [Read more]