Category: Rolling Stock

P48 – UP 518255 Weathered

I recently weathered my Atlas O Trainman 40′ Hy Cube Box Car. I converted the car from 3rail O scale…

Quick O Scale Cradle

Universal Cell Phone Tripod Mount Adapter, OIMIO Phone Holder Clip Connector Head Used for Monopod Selfie Stick DSLR Travel Mini…

P48 – The Cost of Conversion

I was pleasantly surprised to find the Twin Star Cars website up for business this morning. Reviewing the offerings prompted…

P48 – BCIT 800502 Weathered

1 BCIT 800502 Weathered I have to admit this is fantasy weathering as I couldn’t find any photos of this…

Kleen Blast Survey

The Tacoma tide flats has maybe a dozen customers served by the BNSF or Union Pacific or both. Many of…

All The Stuff I Didn’t Blog About in 2021

Admittedly I spent a lot of my modeling time last year working on P48 projects, a departure from my HO…

P48 Conversion – Atlas Trainman 40’ Hy-Cube Box Car

I spent most of April converting a pair of Atlas O 3 rail cars to Proto 48. Atlas O Trainman…

Proto 48 Conversion Atlas Master 53’ Evans Box Car

I’ve spent most of April working on a Proto48 conversions to a couple of Atlas Box Cars. Both cars were…

Jim Rockford's Firebird

Rockford won’t be happy

I don’t think Rockford is going to be happy with what Lorenzo did to his Firebird. While weathering the Firebird,…

Weathering Fools

Kids Gone Choo Choo 2012 – Prep

Kid’s Gone Choo Choo is Thursday at Patrick’s preschool and we’ve spent the last couple of days dusting off the…