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Want to get something for free? Want to see a building you designed turned in to a kit? Well here’s your chance. This contest is being run by MinuteMan Scale Models. We are a laser kit manufacturer based out of Townsend MA. Here is the contest, it will start September 19, 2007 and end...

ok guys here it is I know I only have a little under a month left so I hope I can finish it. As you may know I model the Maine Two-Footers in On2. Well my layout needs a building for car work. So here it is......... This is the Bridgton car house as of 1930. It was built by the...

he guys i need your help to solve a problem i model in On2 and need about 50 pairs of trucks. the ones i can buy are about $18 less wheels sets the wheel sets are about another $15 i have been toying with the idea of making a mold out of mold rubber and casting the side frames of the...

ok i am about to start scratch building a fleet of about 100 box and flat cars. and i need to have a glue that is going to be strong so i can actully pull these cars around the layout. normaly what i build with wood i just use yellow wood glue or CA. but i want to know if there is something...

the layout is based on edaville railroad in south carver mass which is or was a cranberry plantition and tourist railroad using the old maine 2 footers ok here is the work from the first 2 weeks the benchframe was built using 1x4 pine and 2x3 legs. it is being built in a modular form the...

what is a good sub roadbed for handlaying track. i have been thinking about just useing foam and gluing the ties down then spiking and gluing the rail to the ties. do you think that is going to work. i do not want to use homasoat last time i used it my track was always on the move:curse:

ok i am having a big problem the plaster cloth and hydrocal i am using to build my hardshell is not sticking to blue foam that i am using as a base. and ideas why PLEASE HELP

i am looking for a pic of a boston and maine or maine central 2-10-2 s-1 class steam. i have a couple of 2-10-2 models and i need to see which one is right for b&m but i cant find one in any of my books or photos PLEASE HELPsign1

well tonight i bought the wood to start building my bench work for my On2 layout. i am going to be building it modular 30" x 48" sections. i still live with my parents so when i move it will make it easyer to take out. Pic to come tommarow:D

i just scored this car on ebay. i have been looking for this car for months. i have it and should have it cleaned primed and painted this week :D :D :D :D

here is a model that i have been wanting to build for 4 or so years. well today i finaly started. it is being built in O scale for my On2 layout modled after edaville in the mid 60's. here is a pic of the water tower in real life well it is now torn down. here is the tank. it is...

how do i strip a proto 2000 shell

i am getting ready to start building my layout. and i want to model new england in the fall. how can i get it to look like fall im talking about the dead grass leaves on the ground, the cold bitter look

i am trying to make my layout a winter theam but not sure how to make the snow any tips and or pictures would be great

well this is my frist attempt at scenery i used the woodland scenics method along with dave Frary's method and this is what i came up with so far still hhave to finish off the tunnel protal and the water fall and river/lake then build the tresel bridge and lay the rest of the track then on to...

how can i make styrene look like wood planking. i have a couple of flat cars i built that need to look like wood.

i am building some wooden On2 flat cars out of bass wood. what kind of glue do i use to glue it? thanks shawn

HELP i can not find the right gray for the UP big boy. it is a blue is gray. and one know of a color that is a real close macth.

i am switching over to N scale because of space issues and plan on building the woodland scenics and atlas Scenic ridge. ita a 3x6 but im strecthing it to 3x8. i use to and still do HO so i have to start from scratch.

ok i have a rivarossi cresent limited and the motor mount id craked in 4 places tried glueing it with ca but it the gears still dont mesh with each other. any ideas on a fix. do you know if i can get another mount thnaks guys