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My latest structure is based on Walther's American Hardware structure. It will wind up being a Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. warehouse. Inspiration came from a book I have on old New York City interurban photography. There happens to be an A&P warehouse which is almost identical to this...

There's actually a pretty nice set of rulers (HO and N) available at www.railroady.com. Just go to the download section. Glued to plastic or cardboard and then laminated, these aren't too bad.

I have to disagree with shaygetz. Dry-brushing and pastels have their place, but for me, nothing can replace the airbrush. I have 2 Badger air brushes. An internal-mix dual-action and an external-mix single-action (like you one you have). And let me say this....I am by no means an air-brush...

Can someone help -- I've misplaced my Bar Mills instruction sheet for their A&P billboard/sign. I know it said I needed to prime the wood. This is the first time I'm working with a wood kit. I just wanted to make sure before I screw this up... is there a specific primer I should use? Latex...

I have a quick paint question. I have a water tower that I'm working on for the top of a factory. I painted the roof a light aircraft grey and weathered it. While the weathering came out perfect (unfortunately), the base color looks wrong. It looks too flat and the overall effect makes it...

I recently saw in an old issue of Model Railroader -- a tutorial for building deep water. It looked INCREDIBLE. They had a vertical piece of plexiglass for the edge of the water where it met the edge of the layout. But I didn't take the time to read how they filled it in. It was at a train...

Val....about the urban layout.....I've literally JUST started into this hobby -- N gauge. I done a good deal of modeling in the past, but not railroads. So, right now, I'm just concentrating on the key structures. The big ones that will take up a good amount of space or will get important...

No....it's not part of the mold. Union Station is a decal. They also include one for Grand Central Station as an alternative.

The one idea I like about doing a museum, is that I can run those long flags down between the columns that they use to promote an exhibit. Also, because the Union station roof is almost entirely skylights, I thought a museum or library would offer some cool interior possibilities. But for...

Just looking for some opinions. I already have a large station for my layout, but just picked up Walther's new Union Station to repurpose in my urban setting. I've thought of the following possibilities: 1.) Public Library 2.) Museum 3.) Post Office (there is one is Salt Lake City with...

Thanks for the comments. There is window glazing...which looks great in person, but for some reason, it didn't show up in the photos. Must have been the flash on the digital cam. I agree with the weathering comments. I think I'm going to add additional weathering as I add some last-minute...

This is my first completed -- well almost completed -- structure in N scale. This will be "planted" into the layout so you won't see the bare gray plastic along the bottom. Also, I'll be adding a view-block, lighting it and adding some additional misc. detail. Any suggestions or feedback...

I read something recently about using mirrors to extend the precieved distance of a layout, rather than just stopping at the wall. I didn't think that would look convincing -- "wow, a mirror" instead of "wow, a wall". But I saw it in practice and was amazed. But then I had an idea. Just...

Size differences I understand buildings can be different sizes, but what I'm talking about is on the Model Power structure, the fire extinquisher is a scale 6-7 feet tall. The front door is about a scale 12 feet tall. To me, that's not only a bit off -- it's downright unexceptable. Other MP...

I just finished my first N kit -- a Model Power structure. Since it came out great, I decided to run to the hobby store and pick up two new ones. This time, I got a Walthers and a DPM. I opened the DPM and noticed that it was surprisingly small. I compared it to the Model Power, and that...

Does anyone know if George Sellios' trackplan for the FSMR is available anywhere? Book, video, magazine, online?

Great Site Thanks for that URL. Some of their products look amazing. I think that's the way I'm going to go.

Fiber Optics Here's what I've tired with FO. I've drilled a small hole in an old structure, inserted the fiber and then burned the end -- to expand the viewing angle and help hold it in place. That looks like a bare bulb hanging on a wall in a small fixture, but the problem is that if...

Lighting the interior of a structure is not a problem. But any chance of adding exterior lighting -- like a porch light seems hopeless. Even the smallest bulbs are grossly out of scale. I've tried fiber optics, but because they don't "spread" light very well, they only seem to work in...

I'm new to model railroading and starting an N gauge layout. I've picked up a few books on planning the layout, scenery, etc, and from everything I've read, they recommend that you plan the placement of structures while planning the track. What I plan to do is a relatively dense city -- I...