While simmering over layout plans, I finished construction of a number of freight car models.  I do not have a compressor yet so I cannot paint of sandblast, so they are all in a half-completed stated.  I was able to get these cars completed in April and May by staying off the computer and TV.  I thought I would share the latest progress. The car above is a cool car I built for fun.  This is a C&O 300-class covered hopper, rebuilt by the railroad in the late 1930s as a cement car.  They lasted well into the 1950s, maybe later.  I used … Continue reading No. 8: New Cars for the Fleet

When we moved to Germany in 2015 I sent most of my hobby supplies with our household goods (they went by ship) and stored a half a crate’s worth of books, railroadiana and keepsakes in the St. Louis area.  I also set aside a small tool kit and a few models in my luggage so I could get some work done while we lived in temporary quarters on the road. I began building up a Tichy 10,000-gallon large dome tank car while living in temporary quarters on base at Scott AFB.  This will be a US Army car, or a Canadian Tank … Continue reading No. 2: Modeling on the Road