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Since it's proving to be an impossible task to find steam locomotives with the road name I'm looking for (Frisco), I guess it's up to me to create them from undecorated units. Question is, where is the best place to find decals for these hard-to-find roadnames. I'm looking specifically for...

I've got a multi-part quesrtion for those who have been around the scratchbuilding block: When you are working on a project and you run out of a certain size wood you need, or other materials, and you can't acquire what's needed for a while, do you: 1. Continue working and improvise with...

Ok, the following picture is of an n-scale engine my dad had, possibly in the 60's. It has no identification that I can see on it anywhere. The frame, as well as the body are some kind of metal (steel?). I remember running it along time ago and it was the most gawd-awful sounding, clunkiest...

Not sure if this is the right board for this question, but here goes: I have a Bachmann 4-8-4 decorated with Santa Fe markings and I am considering re-painting and decorating it as a Frisco "Meteor". Is there a place on the web to find color photos or color diagrams of paint schemes for...

Ok, since my first scratchbuilding project has come to a temporary halt (need some detailing parts), I decided to take the next big jump....a diorama, as was suggested in my inital thread. Here is the first picture of what I have done so far. Basically just a shell, entirely of foam core. I...

I was just at my parents house tonight where my dad had a can of expanding foam insulating material laying around. Is this something that has been tried by anyone for scenery? Maybe just for filling in small holes or anything?? It seems like it could have some use. When it dries it's...

As some of you may know from reading the N-gauge section here, I am pretty new to all this stuff (actually a born-again model RR'er from my younger days) so I've got questions up the wazoo. I've never actually tried scratchbuilding anything before so I thought I'd give it a try. I picked what...

Hello all, I'm fairly new to the hobby of model railroading. You could call me a "born-again model rr'er. I tried my hand at the hobby as a youngster but never stayed with it (too many other hobbies and distractions). Now, I am much older and am going to try it again. I've always liked...