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Think about those silver and red buildings from the 50's with stainless steel walls that would often be passed off as "futuristic." Some were mostly built out of old railroad car bodies, and they're mostly found in the modern world as old fashioned diners like the one in the attached photo. With...

A completed Blair Line Church kit. The kit even comes with stained glass windows depicting biblical events.

Good Morning. I'm not new to the hobby of model railroading, but only recently have I had the real drive to get into the actual modeling aspect. I just successfully built an Atlas kit (Specifically Item # 702 - Trackside Shanty Kit) and ordered a couple other kits from Atlas. They were simple...

1. How old are you? 2. What scale model trains do you buy? 3. How much would you spend on a high-quality flat packed model building for you model train set? 4. What time period is your model train set in? 5. What type of model building would you be interested in buying? 6. What are...

Hello, I am currently doing a GCSE Graphics project, where i have to make a flat packed model, and I would like to do some primary research. Could you please answer this questionnaire? Thanks 1. How old are you? 2. What scale model trains do you buy? 3. How much would you spend on a...

Hello fellow model railroaders, I'm a newbie to this hobby and just completed the track work on my first layout. When it's done, I hope to have an urban setting with a downtown area, similar to New York or Chicago. At this time, however, I can't really afford to purchase any kits, especially...

I spent a fair amount of time looking for a station that I felt would fit my railroad, without being lost in the background (like some of the small depots available) nor dominating the scene (like the soon to be released LA Station), that afforded a fair amount of detail and could result in a...

Hey Guys im new to this site and new to this hobby but I was wondering if someone could explain how it is that you properly scale a building when scratch building, I have a feeling that my first building is going to look like something a drunk four year old made so I might as well try to get the...

Switcher 319 eases a bulk flour box car to the loading dock of the Flour Mill building.

This diorama was built to inset into my former layout. My new layout isn't far enough along to install it yet

This diorama was built to inset into my former layout. My new layout isn't far enough along to install it yet

this was built as a wall desplay and something to do between layouts. A local frieght works the industrial area.

station at Carson City Front view

station at Carson city

REA terminal

Old trackside store with false front in Hayden, Al.