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Minerva Casket Co. is long out of production HO scale Craftsman kit by what was once known as Master Creations, now owned by B.T.S. The kit is what's considered an advanced build, with hundreds of parts and difficult to follow instructions. It took more then 100 hrs to build, only because of the super detailing added.
Written by Bob Boudreau
by Bob Boudreau
The more I delve into O scale, the more I am amazed at the relative size of the scale, after modeling in HO scale for so many years. This is a review of an O scale Stone enginehouse kit made by Schomberg Scale models. And it is big, for me anyway. It is also my first kit made from Hyrdocal, a plaster like material. The dense Hydrocal also makes the kit fairly heavy, and this can make it difficult to ship without breakage. Mine was well packed in the box, with wall pieces surrounded in bubble wrap and fastened to heavy cardboard with rubber bands. And the Post Office still managed to handle the package in such a way that there was breakage on the front wall of the kit. Not really a problem though, as it was quickly repaired with some yellow carpenters’ glue.
Read more: Stone Engine House, Schomberg Scale Models (Oscale)
Written by Bob Boudreau
by Bob Boudreau
I was out of the hobby for more than 20 years and, when I got back into modeling, one of the neat kits I assembled was an HO scale speeder shed by Durango Press. It had full interior framing and roof trusses and board by board siding. It was a very neat little project and I often posed some of my speeders and handcars with it in my photos.
Written by Lex A. Parker
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Telegraph poles are one of the easiest things to build. They have an amazing ability to create dimension and depth on a layout because they are installed in a row and they can be located behind or in front of the tracks and buildings. I advise locating them in front in some areas because it creates this illusion of depth.
Although the following description is based on 1:48 scale, the idea can be applied to any scale. There are several manufacturers of poles and there are details for them in various scales. Poles are available in plastic for military models and I have used them and their components successfully in the past. However, the plastic parts such as insulators are delicate and break easily, especially when you start attaching wires to them. As a result, I searched for a method that would be strong, easily constructed and that could have lines attached.
