The 55' crabber was buried here: https://nscaleships.com/n-z-scale-ship-index/three-fishing-vessels-in-n-and-z/ I was never interested much in...
Artitec made fine models but I wanted models that were much larger. I started with C2 freighters about 450' long. That's a different magnitude and...
I think I've explained how I got into N scale marine modeling before. As a kid, I built every plastic kit available. That was in the 1950s. Soon I...
Hi Folks! Yes, I'm still around.I've been slowed down by spinal arthritis the past four years but may be getting a handle on it (or am learning to...
I am heartbroken to hear this. My prayers to Nancy and the family.
I have a similar model and have found it invaluable for cleaning resin castings and UV resin castings. I've been using 91% Isopropyl alcohol full...
Thanks for the experiment! Over the past eight years I've used just about everything sold on the market.I will second your findings of Krylon...
My image posting results recently have been--well--puzzling. I have a website and sometimes posting images from it works, and sometimes not. I...
I've twice lost posts about this just as i was to post. I'll take this as a sign to give up. It seems when a post comes in, my browser window...
I am working to convert many ships from 2D layered styrene to 3D printed bodies. It is sometimes a complex and frustrating process. But it does...
This bridge, built from a Model Railroader article in the late 70s or early 80s, was always my favorite. On the Portsmouth Branch, it was...
Back when I was active here I posted images of many of the long-span bridges on my layout in Albuquerque.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No, not yet. It would be easy enough to add them for perhaps six inches at the stern, but otherwise they would be hidden forever. Likewise the...
[IMG] For the first time here, a full hull non-N scale display model of the popular Great Lakes Towing Company’s 81-foot tug is now available....
Yes, the operator rode directly above the bucket and I believe shifts were limited to two hours. They often lowered a front end loader into the...
To clarify a bit: The loaders were "Up Lake", that is on Lake Superior. They are usually long elevated structures at dockside. Ore cars from the...
They were used to unload Great Lakes freighters of iron ore, coal, etc. They were not used for loading.
The new Hulett Unloader is built from 12 3D printed subassemblies that require no special modeling skills besides gluing together a few parts....
Between 1897 and 1947, the Pere Marquette operated a total of 13 ferries on Lake Michigan, running between Ludington, Mich. and Milwaukee,...
This handsome modern bulker is a scale 614 feet long and 70 feet in beam, which is 94 per cent of the size of the prototype, which has been active...
