Banta modelworks have a new product. The Allison Depot laser wood kit
Trout Creek Engineering has updated their web site with a full listing of the former Tomalco line of Sn3 freight car kits, and are beginning to upgrade the Sn3 line of D&RGW cars…
The American Models “Empire State Express” Hudson is a fine-looking model that runs like a champ. However, there are several compromises made in the design and manufacture of the locomotive in order to withstand robust handling and allow it to function on American Flyer curves. Additionally, it exhibits some minor detail deviations from the prototype…
The American Models Alco RS3 is a good locomotive, but wasn’t available in the Erie Lackawanna paint scheme, my favorite. I purchased a Pennsylvania Railroad model…
It seems folks in our scale alternate between creating things where we see a need and hoarding things created by others “just in case”, sometimes for years and even a good part of a lifetime. Such was the case with my pursuit of a trio of F-7s for the C&O Attic Division coal trains…
…After college and my first job in Kansas City, I built a small 9 x 12 ft. railroad room in the back end of my town home garage. It was there that the 1st Durango, Rico and Northern was built in HOn3…
Now, 30 years after the original DR&N Railroad was built, and with my modeling skills considerably improved since the days of Perma-Scene and green foam, I finally got the courage to submit this article about the newest and last version of the DR&N Railroad to be published here in the pages of this magazine for all to enjoy…
In 2019, the Chelmsford and District MRC (UK) issued a Challenge to the junior members to build a diorama on a board 12” square…the challenge was repeated in 2020 and thrown open to all members…
I wouldn’t normally be interested in that sort of thing, but stuck at home with the lockdown it looked more interesting…
I am honored to have been appointed, two years ago, to be the Ambassador for the Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM) to the model railroad community…
…I encourage all modelers to visit the Association’s website
https://www.modelmakers.org and find out about how the Association can be of benefit to you and maybe help you find a career as a professional model maker.
On June 2, 2022 at 7pm Eastern Time “New Tracks” started a new bi-weekly livestream series on our YouTube…Each show will introduce you to a different featured modeler
HELP WANTED
If you watch our “New Tracks” shows, we need you to be part of the team that makes them happen
…Our monthly “New Tracks” MY BUILD segments provide opportunities for viewers to have their work featured…
New Weekly Wednesday Show Segments: “Petticoat Junction News”
I looked for and found a talented modeler and hobby business owner to lead this program. Her name is Kristen Kemick…3dptrain.com…segment starting on October 19, 2022…
Local “NMRA CLUBS and DIVISIONS”: Sponsored by the NMRA
A bi-weekly segment which started April 27, 2022…We will be inviting NMRA divisions and clubs from all over the world to talk about what activities and mentoring opportunities they offer
Starting October 19, Mark Poggendorf, an NMRA member working on his MMR, manufacturer, owner of Poggies Trains and a member of the National Retail Hobby Stores Association (NRHSA), will moderate a monthly segment concerning common issues facing hobby shops and modelers…
Remote Switching Layout Operation
On July 13th, Heath Hurwitz showed us his small, 48″ x 10″ switching puzzle he calls Human[c]ity Junction, a variation on John Allen’s Timesaver…starting on August 10th, and every two weeks thereafter, we will be offering our viewers the chance to operate on the layout with different puzzles at changing difficulty levels…
“New Tracks” Build Alongs
CAD Design 3D Printing
Starting July 13, we have a Two Step Modeling BUILD ALONG with Earl Hackett. Look at our June 8, 2022 show on our YouTube channel New Tracks Modeling to find out details of what this CAD learning experience is all about…
Card Model with Paul Egri, designer, David Rarig and Fr. Ron Walthers
On July 23, 2022, a Build Along of a Paul Egri created a card model of a service station was started by both David Rarig and Fr Ron Walthers using different techniques…
Special Card Design Along with Earl Hackett and Paul Egri
These segments will teach how to use MS paint to do your own Card designs like Paul does…
Starting August 17, 2022, Bruce Nickerson, owner of Sea Port Model Works, will start building Kit #H136W, a Waterline kit of a 53’ Coastal Steam Passenger Ferry in HO scale…
Starting September 7, 2022 Jeff Adams, owner of Motrak Models, and Greg Cassidy will team up to build the Alton Fire Station in S scale. It will be available in all 4 scales, N, HO, S, and O…
Starting November 16, 2022, Alan Rogers, owner of New Creations Victorian Railroad Buildings will begin a BUILD ALONG of his kit, the St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church of Ocean City, Maryland…
Starting December 7, 2022, Richard Rands, owner of Berkshire Valley Models, will join with Bill Davis to build his kit of the Walsh/Duncan Bay Window House in Animas Forks, Colorado…
Starting January 4, 2023 Frank and Natalie Saladino, owners of Mudd Creek Models will build one of their kits…
“Watch Me Build”
These segments are meant for modelers who want to share their modeling efforts and discuss their modeling techniques so others can benefit…
“Ask Your Modeling Question”
These segments are where viewers can ask modeling questions and get answers from other modelers on the show…
“Remembering Old Kits”
Modelers will build kits from our distant past that are either no longer manufactured or hardly available…
Jim Kellow MMR Builds in Brass…the Eggliner
Now let’s meet some talented modelers…
Darell Trawick
…I began to start painting my toy soldiers, plus building my own terrain landscapes, and painting my own backdrops, etc…
Jim Anderson
…1999, and I finally had the opportunity to start building the layout I had always dreamed of. By this point, I knew what I wanted to do, which was an urban semi switching layout of the Pennsylvania Railroad running from Philadelphia to Camden up to Newark, New Jersey in the 1930s…
Fr. Ron Walters, O.F.M.: Provincial Minister, Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.)
…I am currently the CEO of the Franciscans in New Mexico and Northeastern Arizona. I have been an administrator in the Franciscans now for nearly 30 years. That consumes a lot of energy and time. Modeling is my way of getting away from the challenges and tensions of administration…
David Paulson
…I’ve been asked if I consider my works as being art. The answer is yes. Most things I make are one of a kind…
The driving force All about our initiator Jim Kellow. What media tell about us Do you like us, tell it to others… Coming soon Press kit Do you want to share, let us make (k)it Read more…
Earl Hacket discusses the car card tracking systems. Car card systems a tracking systems are discussed by Earl Hacket where he talks about the pros and cons of different systems. Here he discusses a paperless Read more…
