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Forgot to mention that all of my structures are board by board using Northeastern scale model wood. I'm not much on prototype but I try to stay with the actual wood dimensions should be (2x6, 1x12, etc.. For the nail holes: do you know how hard it is to find nails that are .001" in diameter and...

This offer is only available to fellow model railroaders IN THIS GROUP ONLY who are looking for various signs and old advertisements from the 1850's to about the early 1960's. Depending on your printer and paper they could be used for old ads on the outside of the buildings, signs... I've been...

Thank you for the link to Tricolor. Think I'll give them a try once I get my stuff unpacked. Fred

I thank you all for your kind words and for making me feel welcome. I am really behind the times and a lot of what you are talking about I am not familiar with (DCC, stuff like that) but after reading various post I think I may catch on. Been away 30+ years. As a side note, all of my...

Good evening, 30 years ago I used the Floquil paints for weathering my structures but it appears they are no longer in business. I use mostly the roof brown, black and grey. Paints were used as a stain and not painted - I like my buildings to look at leats100 years old - and am hoping to get a...

Just a few photos of an old warehouse I scratch built in 1980. Top separates from the bottom to create 2 buildings. HO scale with working windows and doors. Hopefully I can retake the photos to make them larger soon. Fred Melbourne FL USMC Retired

Hi, My name is Fred from Melbourne FL. Been on HO scale since 1974 and my theme is logging the Western Sierra mountains C.1850. Just renewed my website as I've been out of modeling some years and decided to get back into it. I took early retirement from the Marines in 1978 (12 years) and got...