Model Train Journal

York this week...who's going? Thursday's been lopped off the schedule...might be interesting to see what that and the crappy economy does to attendence. Jeff(pennsy484) and I will be heading up tomorrow with low expectations :lol: Recent efforts to rejuvenate this place seem to have flat-lined... W...

Thank you Paul. I paid a guy to paint some figures for me, not these. He’s pretty reputable and has done some YouTube videos. I thought it would be helpful to have some prototypes to help understand the process a little better, combined with your wisdom. Anywho, I noticed he painted without any magn...

So I mainly followed Paul’s tutorial, except I discovered if I painted the figures black first it allowed me to see the details a little better. I found the dip left some of the skin tones a little dirty looking, so I did find myself wanting to brush some of it away. I may have gotten a little happy...

Not to shabby for 2.3M. Couldn’t touch that for 3.3M in Maryland. Host a couple weddings a month and you could probably cover the mortgage.

The Dry goods store sells coffins? I thought they would sell clamps and stuff like that It looks great!!! Thank you guys for your nice comments. Ben logging and mining is a tough business :lol: those 55 gallon drums are filled with embalming fluid :lol: It’s kind of a one stop shop type situation

After you get the basic block-painting done, give the figure an overspray of clear gloss. This is important when you go to the next step. You need the wash to flow to cracks and crevices, not soak into/stain flat paint Hi Paul, I’ve been working on some figure painting and I hope to post some resul...

Sadly that boxcar above this hasn’t changed much :lol:. I’ve been trying to avoid the forums lately, you know me and forums :lol: I’m still modeling and tried to go a little more detailed on Jeffersons dry goods, my first resin kit. I used a few of the built in filters on iPhone to capture what this...

Here you go Butch. Couple a fellas here that can help you out. Might ease the hobby is dying crowd as well.

https://youtu.be/spdLuiBy2gE?si=wEpbxD0B4Uqz9PwI

Blunami seems to be the latest rage as of late. Lots of guys on you tube doing demos and installs. Norm Charboneau has done some pretty insightful videos on Blunami. I’m not sure what the advantages are over DCC or Legacy, I do know they haven’t worked out the synchronized smoke but that’s probably ...

Yes. I searched the sold items and screen captured nearly everything in On3 or O scale 2 rail he had listed. Took a while but I like having it for references or future builds.

I contacted the seller out of curiosity. Here’s his reply: He was an aircraft electrician. He had true love for narrow gauge locomotive and equipment. He had some real locomotives as well. Was very much a prototype modeler. Here’s a few more I lifted from eBay before they sold. https://i.ibb.co/b5Xg...

If anyone knows who this guy is I’d figure it would be some one here. I came across his collection on eBay. Seller is Train-West.LLC beautiful models, mostly On3 but here is a pic of an O scale 2 rail freight car. All looks to be scratch built! Here’s a link to the seller, enjoy! https://ebay.us/m/T...

I’ve always been curious about how you prep that brass body for paint. Is that some type of automotive primer that goes on before the finish paint? Also, do you pre treat that brass before you prime it? Really beautiful, I love the daylight livery.

This thread is why we need the CCL