Charlie Duckworth's recent photos of his C&O boxcar 5461 motivated me to upgrade a similar O-scale car that I built from an Intermountain kit in 1994. The car now has new roof walks, uncoupling levers

I built this model of NYC well-hole car 499086 from a Quality Craft "1977 O Prestige Collector's Kit" after it had aged in several basements for 44 years. Our list's "Quality Craft question" posts fro

I built this model of NYC well-hole car 499086 from a Quality Craft "1977 O Prestige Collector's Kit" after it had aged in several basements for 44 years. Our list's "Quality Craft question" posts fro

Mont Switzer's 2017 Chicagoland RPM presentation motivated me to model a Monon boxcar. O-scale CIL 9157 began as an Intermountain kit. I scratchbuilt a new roof walk for it from styrene strips, and I

For Throwback Thursday I’m posting this photo of my new O‑scale Santa Fe express boxcar, a recent pandemic project. It started out as an automobile car that the late Jim Pierce built from a vintage At

Here's a photo of my most recent pandemic project, an O-scale model of L&N boom and tool car 42296. I built it from a vintage Train-Craft Products kit, with many modifications and some added details.

Here's a photo of my most recent freight car project, an O-scale D&RGW double-sheathed automobile car. I built it from a Rails Unlimited resin body, painted it with Polly Scale acrylics, and lettered

The attached photo shows my O-scale Chicago Great Western boxcar that I built from the 2017 Chicagoland RPM mini-kit. Each attendee received a mini-kit in the scale of their choosing; the O-scale vers

Here's a photo of my most recent freight car project, an O-scale Minneapolis and St. Louis USRA double-sheathed boxcar. I built from a Rails Unlimited resin kit, painted it with Polly Scale acrylics,

I've put together a photo album of some of my steam era freight car models. It is "Dick Scott's models" and it is on page 7 of our photo section, at least for now. The cars are all O scale and include

Bill, It's code 125 steel rail with a thin coat of Floquil "Rail Brown" from the 1980s. Dick Scott

Craig, I kit-bashed my O scale WofA boxcar from three derelict car bodies. A Weaver (Crown Metal Products) car provided the sides and doors, a Atlas plugdoor car from the 1970s provided the diagonal-p

This is a test message with an attached photo. Dick Scott