street furniture

It’s not uncommon to see a telephone booth on a model railroad layout. You may already have one. The question is, is the booth really correct for the era you’re modeling? From... [Read more]

In this, the second article of my version of a newsstand we do all the necessary work to finish it off.  We will add paint, dry brush on highlights, and weather it.  Lastly we... [Read more]

We now move into my version of a newsstand.  The most obvious difference from Frank’s previous newsstand is that mine has a counter and the worker is sheltered inside.  Both... [Read more]

With this article, we’ll complete my version of a newsstand, adding magazines, posters, awning, bench and newspapers. If you haven’t already, be sure to read Scratch Build... [Read more]

To continue our scratch built newsstand project, we’ll focus on painting and weathering and prepare the model for final details.  If you haven’t already, be sure to read... [Read more]

In just about any era, newspaper stands have been a regular fixture on sidewalks from small towns to big cities. Newsstands were built following many different designs and it’s... [Read more]

Lets build a simple detail that will look great on your street corner for any era that you might model. History Fire call boxes were originally manufactured in Newton, Massachusetts... [Read more]