Model Railroad Scenery – How To Make Trees

Trees

Guest post by Dan B Morgan Trees are a great addition to any model railroad and the more you have the better it looks. However, if you had to go and buy these trees from a hobby shop it would cost you a lot of money. Here are 2 simple ways to make your own model railroad trees: 1) Find them in your back yard or go for a walk and find them. Small twigs have a similar structure to the branch structure of large trees. So, go for a walk and look for the twigs that look like trees. In an hour you will find enough twigs to create hundreds of trees. Look for the dried twigs as this will avoid … [Read more...]

A Good Quality Locomotive Will Make All The Difference

Quality Locomotive

It can be very frustrating having a locomotive that you need to push to get going, or it suddenly speeds up and falls off the tracks. A locomotive runs by picking up the electricity from the track through its wheels. The wheels transfer the electricity to the motor, which then turns the gears to drive the locomotive. A locomotive with poor pickup on the wheels or a poor gear set up will give you lots of problems. As with most things, you get what you pay for . . .but this is one area you do not want to skimp on. A great operating locomotive is 90% of the way to having a fantastic model … [Read more...]