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  • Northern Pacific Standard Motor Car House in HO Scale

    October 26, 2012 - posted by David Lotz - 645 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
      by Ron Tarjany and the Prototype Modeler Staff    The Northern Pacific, like most major railroads in this country, have developed standard designs for their railroad-owned structures. Economics was and still is th...

  • Kitbashing Ellis Engineering

    December 2, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 883 views - 0 comments - 2 likes
    BY ART FAHIE PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR Details can be made to "pop" by applying the proper finish and color to your structures and details. The contrasting textures of the roof, brickwork and concrete foundation base help to give this building appeal. Th...

  • Scrathbuild a "Scrap" Stone Building

    November 18, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,021 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by James A. Powell Photos by the author No, the Fine Scale Miniatures building is not a Fine Scale Miniatures structure. This scratchbuilt structure was built with stones made from scraps of styrene, wood, plaster and cardstock from the authors work...

  • Strong Buildings

    September 20, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 680 views - 2 comments - 0 likes
    by Miles & Fran Hale Photos by the author We have all been to a contest and watched the modelers bring in the apple of their eye model to enter in the contest. These models have carrying or shipping cases that are often as elaborat...

  • An Easy Cinderblock Factory Kitbash

    April 6, 2011 - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,772 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    by Doug Geiger, MMR Photos by the author >The old part of North Star Tent & Awning is an unmodified Design Preservation Models (DPM) Cuttings Scissor Company. The modern office extension is made from pieces of the City Classics Carnegie Str...

  • Scale Window Mullions

    Invalid date - posted by Christopher Brimley - 1,922 views - 1 comment - 1 like
    The window mullions mark nearly every plastic structure look as "model." You can make them look more like the prototype with replacement windows. Robert Schleicher Model railroaders have an ever-increasing selection of plastic structu...

  • Detailing an Alley

    Invalid date - posted by Christopher Brimley - 6,287 views - 22 comments - 12 likes
    Detailing an Alley By Christopher Brimley Occasionally, when doing a little city planning on your layout, you find extra space between your buildings. There are a few remedies for this space, such as sizing the block to fit the buildings perfectly, k...

  • Building Broad Street Station

    Invalid date - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,005 views - 2 comments - 3 likes
    Take it a step at a time, and even the most complex structures can be completed from subassemblies. You're not likely to find a more complex project than Philadelphia's Broad Street Station. Here's how one modeler accomplished the recreation of his drea...

  • Build a Market in HO Scale

    Invalid date - posted by Christopher Brimley - 2,365 views - 8 comments - 5 likes
    Build a Market in HO Scale By Christopher Brimley Design Preservation Models (DPM) started to finally update their stagnant selection of structures last year. One of the first newly-released kits is the Stone Bakery (243-12300) in HO scale. Fortunatel...

  • Simple Scratchbuilding in Styrene: Baltimore & Ohio MD Signal Tower

    Invalid date - posted by John Pestana - 1,908 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    RailModel Journal April 2008 Pages 60-62 By Mike Baker, Pictures by Karen Baker   Styrene sheets and strip can be used to recreate the common Baltimore & Ohio, Signal Tower that was on the Monongah Division, at Clarksburg, West Virginia.&nb...