Certain model railroad scenes are bound to be flat and empty; not all portions of a railroad can have the bustling downtown or the narrow pass with the severe drop off. But just because a model train layout doesn’t have any towering mountains or expansive bridges doesn’t mean it has to be boring. You can…
Building a new model railroad landscape feature into an existing scene can present a difficult challenge for any modeler, but it can also be a fun little task if you know what you want to install and how to use the proper technique to make the new component fit properly. One such feature that can…
In this week’s expert spotlight, we head to the Connecticut River Valley for an insider tour of modeler Paul Dolkos’s HO train layout based on the New Hampshire portion of Boston & Maine Railroad. Paul’s scene, constructed in HO train layout scale and completed over the course of 13 years, is modeled after the tiny…
Oftentimes, holes and gaps in a model railroad backdrop are essential in order to have a train end up somewhere else in the scene. These holes in a structure help give it more depth and add to the aesthetic appeal and realistic nature of your model. However, when left exposed they can have the opposite…