Weathering a Passenger Car from Roco

Weathering passenger cars is difficult. Because in general, most railroad took good care of the rolling stock intended for the … More

Painting a Minitrains Passenger Car

The rugged mountains surrounding the city of Augusta still in the 1930’s have few roads, so small narrow gauge rail … More

The old and struggling Augusta & New Arcadia Railroad attempted, just as many other railroads in the years between the … More

Some year ago, I discovered a series of trucks and buses made by Märklin in HO scale, 1:87. I believe … More

In the rural areas served by the Augusta & New Arcadia, old wooden buildings are very common. This new kit … More

My first piece of rolling stock for the Augusta & New Arcadia RR was to be one of the narrow … More

The building comes from Kibri set #38504. I painted everything and weathered it rather heavily to suggest a mostly unpainted … More

The building comes from Kibri set #38502. I painted everything and weathered it rather heavily to suggest an old building.

Some time ago Bachman reissued its old models of the 4-4-0 locomotive from around the 1860’s. The new versions feature … More

The new Walthers Cornerstone kit of the Ashmore Hotel comes with terribly white walls. The texture of large stones with … More