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Hi Chris, I'm not sure if I understand. Do you mean stuff like this? Karl Osolinski

Hi Robin, Nope, no layout. What happened was after I put up the benchwork I started building the structures I thought I'd need. Well, I think I over-built. I did have a section of the layout finished and there were a couple photos of it in some old Walther's catalogs. Since then the layout...

Hi Chris, Well, unfortunately, I have to build them all from Jordan kits. I have built over 150 of them to put on my dioramas. Karl Osolinski

Rubbles Depot & Water Tower Hello, Tom Yorke had a kit out many years ago called the Rubbles Depot. I was not able to get the kit but did have the photo used in the ad for it. Well, I decided to build it......stone-by-stone. I poured hydrocal into a former with some aluminum foil that was...

Hello everyone, This model is a scratch built version of the Campbell Brett's Brewery kit. I used Northeastern clapboard, Grandt Line windows and cast the walls for the boiler house from glued together Chooch walls (to get the height needed). I made a latex mold of the Chooch walls and then...

Hello, About 50 years. Karl Osolinski

Hi Bob, Thanks. I think signs play an important part in our models. I've been collecting old signs and sources of them for quite some time. I have all my signs loaded in Microsoft Word and when I need one (or a bunch) I size them for the application and print them on an inkjet printer. After...

Hello, Here's my version of the FSM Skinner's Row kit. Once again, I changed some things on my model. Well, better get back to building something! Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Abandoned and Burned out Hello all, This started life as a Master Creations kit.....the hardest kit I ever scratch built. I plan on building Minerva Casket and Wattmoreland Waxworks but lots of stuff to change. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hello again, I scratch built this water tower based on another model on the F&SM of George Sellios. The tank was built board-by-board and colored with marking pens. I cast and carved the stone base from hydrocal. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hi fellas, I could sit here and load pictures all day - don't want to wear out my welcome, though. This pile driver was a real blast to build...it's one of my all-time favorites from FSM. Every assembly is built board-by-board. The thing I really liked about the little beast was I finished...

Hello everyone, I finished this a couple weeks ago. I changed a few things here and there. I like messing around with these kits just to make them a little different. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hi fellas, Thanks, it was an interesting project. Oh, everything I build is HO scale. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hi fellas, Thanks...glad you liked the stuff. All my models are HO scale. I do have a question....would I post models that I built from kits in the Scratchin' & Bashin' section? Just want to make sure I'm doing the right things here. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hello Cox 47, Thanks. Yes, I have hundreds of photos of my models. There are about 70-80 dioramas in my basement and I keep building the stuff. I actually enjoy taking the photos as much as building the models - I worked as a product photographer until my retirement so photography has been a...

My Saratoga Mine Hello all, I scratch-built this mine from a design by Malcom Furlow. The plans were published in the Gazette. It is made board-by-board from scale 2x8 boards with individual 1x2 battens. All the other assemblies are made from the appropriate size scale lumber. The water tower...

Hi Lynn, Thanks, all my stuff is HO....can't afford anything bigger!! Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hello everyone, I built this farm scene based on the Burley Farm that George Sellios did. It is entirely scratch-built from some photos of George's layout. All the buildings are board-by-board except the farmhouse which is aged clapboard wood siding. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

Hi Robin, HO scale. Karl Osolinski Berkley, MI

March Photo Hello, This is my first attempt at posting here at The Gauge. Not sure if it's going to work since I use AOL. The old station wagon has an avid railfan pacing the ten-wheeler trying to get some photos!! That's old-man Penza and his two sons ignoring the passing engine. Karl...