As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]
Download this free PDF from Garden Railways magazine for full-size drawings of a generic skeleton log car (1:20.3 scale) and a pulp wood car (7/8”). Inside you will also find a handy conversion chart to help you scale these drawings up or down to suit your modeling needs. […]
Click on the link below to download a PDF of “The Locomotives of Minton Cronkhite” from the June 1966 Model Railroader. In his Heritage Fleet column in the October issue entitled “Minton Cronkhite, Q gauge, and the Santa Fe,” Keith Wills profiles Minton Cronkhite (1888-1971), a model railroading pioneer known for his exceptional model locomotive […]
Name: Bryan Hanson Railroad Name: Serenity Valley Railway Description: Drone footage of my garden railroad […]
Name: Bryan Hanson Railroad Name: Serenity Valley Railway Description: Drone footage of my garden railroad […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures, freight cars, and a big steam locomotive arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Follow Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno as he shows you a selection of the latest model railroading products. Then head down to the workshop where Cody will describe how […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures, freight cars, and a big steam locomotive arrived in Cody’s Office this month. Follow Group Technical Editor Cody Grivno as he shows you a selection of the latest model railroading products. Then head down to the workshop where Cody will describe how […]
Name: Nick Lucas Railroad Name: Stoney Creek Railroad Location: Stoney Creek, Ontario Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Logging Description: Double heading kitbashed Accucraft Ida and Ruby/Forney […]
Name: Nick Lucas Railroad Name: Stoney Creek Railroad Location: Stoney Creek, Ontario Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Logging Description: Double heading kitbashed Accucraft Ida and Ruby/Forney […]
Learn how to build a small, beautifully weathered, wooden cabin out of styrene. […]
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Nancy Norris/Rick Johnson Water goes down to ‘seek its own level’. Hygroscopic tension forces water sideways when moisture follows the underside of a spill rock or fallen branch. Soil wicks water in all directions by osmosis. Splashing bounces up. Water evaporates into thin air and we wonder if the reservoir is leaking. Water needs to […]
