When modeling asphalt, the challenge is to get away from an overly uniform color pattern…easier said than done. I tried something new this weekend. -Start by painting your street or parking lot surface with Rustoleum Light Gray Primer and let it dry. -For the second level I used “Charcoal” colored grout. A nice quality of […]
Latch Shoes at 2201 17th Avenue is the last major structure on my Downtown Spur layout. My model of it will be finished in a week or so. Reality is sinking in, the layout for the most part, is “finished”. “Finished” layouts, they can sneak up on you. It begs the question, what next? Do […]
A month after my August blog on York, PA I made a second trip to the area. The gods were with me and I got the evidence I was looking for that York Transfer is indeed still rail served. This shot, taken September 24, 2024, was a real mess. The sun was setting and things […]
In his classic 1951 piece, If I Had A Million, Linn Westcott outlines how the money could be applied to the hobby. Would you do the same? Those who have been around awhile likely remember Model Railroad editor Linn Westcott’s famous article “If I Had a Million”. The article posed the hypothetical possibility of becoming […]
Some questions about The Downtown Spur came up at the recent RPM open house. So, for the number crunchers in the crowd, here is some arcane minutiae. The rest of you can resume your other duties. Era: 2007 Room size: 21’6” by 17’ 6” Track: ME code 70 Turnouts: Micro Engineering #6 Turnout Count: 13 […]