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An Article by Todd Arnett BNSF 4337 has found a home on the NS Princeton-Deepwater District. In order to properly fit in my “modern” era (modern being very broad), this unit was weathered so as to appear with some age. The first step was to…
We are proud to feature the marvelous custom modeling work of Arthur Bradley in this week’s Time to Model™ feature. In this article, you’ll learn how to take one of our Rivet Counter™ HO Scale Norfolk & Western “High Hood” SD40-2 locomotives and convert it…
An Article by Barry Smith I’ve been into HO scale model railroading since 1958 (I hate to count the years now). This grew out of the Lionel train set put up each Christmas around the Christmas tree by my father. When I really started getting…
In this week’s Time to Model Spotlight, we’re featuring several photos of the all-new Rivet Counter HO Scale Kansas City Southern Gunderson Multi-Max Autorack Car that was custom weathered by Daniel Arnold. His weathering and decaling skills really bring out the detail of this fantastic…
By Pelle K. Søeborg After receiving my first, and so far only, bulkhead flatcar from ScaleTrains I gave it a weathering treatment to make it look like it had been in service for years. My basic weathering techniques are quite simple and straight forward and…
An Article by Jon Hill I’d like to thank ScaleTrains.com for another opportunity to do a how-to weathering article. What I hope to accomplish is to show some different techniques that some modelers may not have used before. We start off with a pair…
This week, we’re highlighting the weathering techniques of world-renowned model railroader and author Pelle K. Søeborg in our “Time to Model” series. Recently, Pelle compiled a quick guide to locomotive weathering, with tips and tricks on how to add realistic road grime to our Rivet Counter HO Scale Tier 4 GEVO…
An Article by Justin Sobeck After seeing a handful of these BNSF Heritage Hoppers in unit grain trains around Kansas City, I thought it would be fun to add some additional fidelity by highlighting the details on this already great model. The fun part…
An Article by Justin Sobeck I remember hearing of the BNSF merger in the mid-1990s through the railfan press and growing up along a former Burlington Northern line, I recall fondly seeing some of the first newly painted BNSF units to hit the rails. The…
Pelle Soeeborg is one of today’s most skilled model railroaders. He has written several how-to books and his work has been featured on the cover of Model Railroader magazine 13 times! Pelle recently purchased three ScaleTrains.com Trinity 31K Gallon Tank Cars to be serviced at the Safety Kleen…
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