 The O Scale Resource Magazine Septembe/October 2013 Volume 1 No. 1 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Joe Fischer Passenger Car: We visit with Mike Hill about Joe Fischer, and see some of Joe’s work Painting Railroad Cars: The first of a three part series on painting prototypes Amps is Amps: A few simple steps for determining amperage load Making Rocks: We visit with Gary Engle to discuss some of his methods Prototype Car Movements: We talk with Fred Steffen, a retired railroad agent Modeling Prototype Operation: We visit an operating session, and talk with Ted Schnepf about how he does it
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2013 Volume 1 No. 2 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
All-Nation Line: The Bob Colson era Painting Railroad Cars Part 2: Some information on model paints Using the JMRI program for easy DCC programing Making Rocks Part 2 Gary Engle visits Dan to show how it’s done The Indianapolis Fall O Scale Show I Don’t Wanna Grow Up: Dan looks at imagination in our modeling Dream City Railway: Roy James from England shows us his version of the holiday layouts we all remember as kids.
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2014 Volume 1 No. 3 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
The Cleveland O Scale Show: We visit the Cleveland O Scale Show The Strasburg O Scale Show: We visit the Strasburg O Scale Show Neenah O Scale Club: The Neenah club has an open house Scale Craft: The Elliott Donnelly years JMRI and Wireless Operations: Wireless on the cheap Chi Town Union Station Railroad: We visit a 10,000 sq ft O Scale Layout Painting Railroad Cars Part 3: We look at color mixing for model paints The Magic of Lighting: Working with LED’s Trans Loading Sites: A versatile prototype practice you can model An English Shay: Tim Daltry from England tells us about his models
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2014 Volume 1 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF O Scale West 2014: Some news from the O Scale West 2014 A visit with Andy Sunderland: Andy shows us an early heavy electric engine and an etched kit23 Electric Railway Modeling: We take a look at electric railways and some models Practical Lighting: Working with SMD LEDs Bill Pistello's Switching Layout: An N Scale modeler takes a look at O Scale Scenery - On Our Own: We try and remember all that Gary Engle taught us Converting 3 Rail Cars: Tips for quick conversions Some Photos From Theo Rehack
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2014 Volume 1 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF How do you work this thing? Chicago March Meet: Photos and news from the meet The Chicago March Meet Model Contest: Photos of the winners, as well as, other models entered Kemtron Products Company: We look at some of the history and people of Kemtron Eastern Pennsylvania 2 Rail Show and Swap Meet The Railway Postal Service: Glenn talks to Don Degner about his RPO service Modeling the Railway Postal Service: Glenn puts out some ideas for consideration Filling a Space: Dan looks at how our layouts evolve Machining Drivers: Glenn relates some of his experience machining drivers Twin City O Scalers Quick Tip
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2014 Volume 1 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Sand Cast Models: A look at how some of the O Scale models were made The Yosemite Short Line: A sectional modular club layout Yosemite Short Line Flat Car: Some information and drawings of the last remaining car The John Hammond Car Company: A brief synopsis Looking at Layout Automation: Accessory (turnout) decoders John Houlihan’s Layout: A look at John’s layout past and present Locomotive Lighting: Using MV lenses Some Thoughts on Modules: A look at some different ideas on modules
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2014 Volume 2 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Twin City Lines: We visit with Forrest Johnson to see his traction layout Eastern Pennsylvania O Scale Show: A short look at the August 2014 show Converting 3 Rail Locomotives: See what can be done and get some idea on how to do it Alton Boxcar: Drawings and photos of an interesting prototype The Canadian Pacific Vermillion Division: Herb Stroh’s layout in Calgary Canada Getting Glassy: Glass Cutting for Modeling
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2014 Volume 2 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Minneapolis Club: Dan visits the club and gives a little history of the club. Bloomfield Clay Products Company: A look at researching a site for modeling. Anatomy of a Layout: Dan’s reflecting on Planning & Building. Weathering Steam Locomotives: Some insight from two masters. The Indianapolis O Scale National Show: Some views and information from the show. O Scale Kings: A little of who they are and what they do. Two Railing a New Haven EP-3 Electric: Fred Oakland shows how to do this conversion.
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2015 Volume 2 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF In Memoriam: Dan remembers Ed Reutling and John Keil Monongahela Division: Jim Botsko has modeled the Pennsylvania Railroad Cleveland O Scale Show: We attended the Cleveland show this year Southwest O Scale Show: Ron Sebastian sent us some photos of the show St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle: Dan visits the new layout Wabash Turntable: A look at how a turntable is built including plans Buildings By Renee Grosser: Some of the many scratch built structures Renee has built
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2015 Volume 2 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF O Scale West: We recap the recent O Scale West show. Battery Power: We look at some of the basics of battery power. Charles Bard’s Locomotives: We look at a lifetime of scratch building. Quick Tip: Glenn’s quick tip of the month. Scenery, Tunnels and Mines, Oh My...: Dan begins scenery by building a tunnel. Making Retaining Walls from Castings: Dan tried some different ideas on making retaining walls.
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2015 Volume 2 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Chicago O Scale Meet: We take a walk around the show to see what was there. Howard McKinney's Layout: A nice layout with a story written by a good friend. Chicago Model Contest: See who the winners were and all the other great models. Detailing A Southern Railway FP-7: See what Dave Friedlander did to his model and how he did it. Programing The DCC CV Values In The Sunset FP-7: Dave Friedlander goes through each value and the changes he made. Practicing Weathering: Some simple, inexpensive ways to practice techniques.
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2015 Volume 2 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Modeling During World War II: A look at the American public through their hobby. Kitbashing The Skagit Speeder: Tim Daltry from England shows us a good kitbash. My Pal Leo Vilstrup “The Professorâ€: Larry Sokol tells us about the fun he has building models. Planning A Scene: Dan goes through the motions of making it all fit. Making A Working Uncoupler: Dan tries an idea and shows you what he did. Pictures Always Show The Problem: See if you can spot the problem.
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2015 Volume 3 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF David Anthony Nadeau: September 18, 1946 - July 28, 2015 Powering a St. Petersburg Tram PCC Car: Charlie Pitts tells us how to power and light these models A Visit with Mike Hill: Larry Sokol tells us about one of the people in O Scale Looking ahead to Frank Schmidt: Ex Chicagoan will be open for the Texas show Jeff and Darcie Lang’s Layout: We stop in to see a layout in the making Adding MU Connections: Adding some detail to your diesel lashups South Shore Wood Interurban Cars: Some history and plans of the first cars on the railroad
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2015 Volume 3 No. 2
(Read On-Line) 2015 0 Scale National Convention Roundup: Recap of another great show in Indianapolis The Chicago & Utopia Railway: Glenn takes a last look at this beautiful layout Working With Older Brass Diesel Locomotives: Or, What a Can of Worms We Have Here - Part 1 Gary Schrader’s Improvement Wonderland: A Look Into the Fascinating and Mysterious World of Locomotive & Rolling Stock Restoration Eric Bronsky Photos: Glenn looks at the photography of Eric Bronsky What’s On Your Workbench: What our readers are working on Reader Feedback: What’s on your mind?
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2016 Volume 3 No. 3
(Read On-Line) In Memoriam: Lou Cross and Henry Bultmann Cleveland O Scale Show: A look back to the October Show in Cleveland Planning Your Work: Simple Planning is Sometimes the Best Scratch Building A Fuel Tank Pt 1: Glenn Begins Building a Brass Replacement Fuel Tank for a Weaver RS-3 Work Tables: Glenn’s Little Tables make Soldering Easier Hold Those Cars!: Switching on a Grade Oddity: One That is Odd My Pal, Bill Basden: A Look at Bill Basden, Master Model Builder Rockford O Scalers: We Visit the Rockford O Scalers What’s On Your Workbench
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 The OScale Resource Magazine March/April 2016 Volume 3 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Bill Leider And His Union Pacific Layout: Glenn and Dan visit Bill Leider Scratch Building A Fuel Tank Pt 2: Glenn continues his brass replacement fuel tank Construction of a Scratch-Built Truss Bridge: Mel Garelick builds a focal point for his layout Oddity: One That is Odd Working With Older Brass Diesel Locomotives: Dan finally finishes the DCC install 2016 Amherst Railway Railroad Hobby Show: We attend this year’s show What’s On Your Workbench
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2016 Volume 3 No. 5
(Read On-Line) In Memoriam - Harmon Monk: We lost a good friend and modeler Chicago O Scale Meet 2016: Pictures and information on this year’s show Years And Counting: Bob and Elizabeth Jakl's layout Scratch Building A Fuel Tank Pt 3: Glenn covers the installation of the details Model Contest Results: From this year’s Chicago March Meet Telegraph Poles - One Last Time: Dan tries to build a better pole Oddity: One that is odd What’s On Your Workbench
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2016 Volume 3 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF O Scale West: Amy and I head West for wine and trains Layout Tours: A few scenes from California layout tours The Evaton Branch: Bruce Lovett shows us his beautiful layout in the land down under Building a Squire Dingee Pickle Car: David J. Leider shows how he built his car Making And Installing Driver Crank Pins: Glenn continues his series Kitbashing a Korber Models Sanding Tower: Dan adds extra detail to a nice little kit Make Your Own Cheap Clamps: Dan gets frugal and makes his own clamps Oddity: One that is odd What’s On Your Workbench Scene Around the Layout: Reader photos
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2016 Volume 4 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Making Cylinder Heads: Glenn shows us how he does it Modeling White Pass Containers: A first look at Böerries Burkhardt’s designs A visit with Takashi Daito: We talk with Takashi (Tad) about his new museum Pittsburgh Railways West: Glenn visits George Zrust’s beautiful Pittsburgh Railways West layout Making a Tunnel Portal: Dan finishes up a scene Scene Around the Layout: Reader photos Oddity: One that is odd What’s On Your Workbench
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2016 Volume 4 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Recap of The 48th Indianapolis Show Modifying a Sunset Rio Grande F7: Santiago Pineda takes a great engine and makes it better Baggage Dormitory Car Part 1: Bill Basden begins a series on his building of a Texas & Pacific Baggage Dormitory Car Computer Aided Design For Modeling: Glenn Guerra talks about working with CAD Trap & Garnet Ridge Railroad: Glenn looks at Mike Hurlburt's layout and operations Eastern PA 2 Rail Scale Train Show: Amy and Dan head East for this show Scene Around the Layout Oddity: One that is odd What’s On Your Workbench Observations
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2017 Volume 4 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Recap of Cleveland O Scale Show Baggage Dormitory Car Part 2: Bill Basden continues his series on building a Texas & Pacific Baggage Dormitory Car Symmetrical Tilting Mechanism: Tad Daito explains his system for "bad track" Modeling Western Pacific’s Pullman Boxcars: J. Chris Allan shows how he did it Make It Run As Good As It Looks: Bill Pistello converts a Lionel dummy GP-30 to scale Sand Hoppers for the RD&S Railroad: Decals and weathering make these cars look well used Scene Around the Layout Oddity: One that is odd What’s On Your Workbench March Meet Model Contest
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2017 Volume 4 No. 4
(Read On-Line) In Memoriam - Louis Bartig Baggage Dormitory Car Part 3: Bill Basden continues his series on building a Texas & Pacific Baggage Dormitory Car Kimpei Sofue’s Life: The man who built engines for Max Gray Lee Hart’s PRR Birdsboro Division: Amy and I visit Lee’s beautiful layout Building an Alco S-2 From a Lionel Dummy: Jacky Molinaro show us how he did it What’s On Your Workbench What’s On Your Workbench Extra Scene Around the Layout Oddity: One that is odd March Meet Model Contest Information
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2017 Volume 4 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Chicago O Scale Meet 2017: Coverage of this year’s show Chicago O Scale Meet Contest Results What Are Low-D Wheelsets?: 25 Years of Experiments by Tad Daito It’s Auction Time!: We pay a visit to Stout Auctions to see how train auctions work during the James Seacrest auction. Baggage Dormitory Car Part 4: Bill Basden finishes up his four part series on building the Texas & Pacific No. 300 Baggage Dormitory Car. Business Car Matilda: George Paxon builds a business car on the Mountain Electric Railway. Oddity: One that is odd What's on your workbench today? Scene Around the Layout
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2017 Volume 4 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Recap of 2017 O Scale West / S West Recap of the 49th O Scale National Convention Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision: Serge Lebel begins his new layout Scratchbuilding with Styrene: Kevin Gibbons builds a friend’s B&B Building B&O’s Iron Pot Hopper: Richard Cooke show us how he did it Model Railroad Design: Pete Mottershead begins a design series Layout Lighting Another Way: Daniel looks at another way to light a layout What’s On Your Workbench Oddity: One that is odd
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2017 Volume 5 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Dueling Shacks: Part One: The Wood Shack Model Railroad Design: The Two Rail Runner with Options O Scale Plan Joe Fischer & Dan Pantera Colored Indicator Switch Lamps for Turnout: Ground Throws Ice House for the Mountain Electric Railway: Building an Ice House Thomas Six Dome Wine Car: Dan revisits an older kit Scene Around the Layout: Mike Luczak from Nashville sent us a few pictures of his latest project Scene Around the Layout EXTRA: A visitor returns to The Rockford O Scalers What’s On Your Workbench: Paul Hemsworth shows us what he has been working on Oddity: One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2017 Volume 5 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Indianapolis O / S Scale Midwest Show The Good, That Bad & The Ugly: What we learned putting on our first major show Express LCL Services on the Mountain Electric Railway: George Paxon models a LCL express car The Magic of a Mentor: Jim Kellow, MMR joins us in a new series Robert Ring's Pennsylvania RR Onalaska Pickle and Canning Company: Dan looks at family history for a custom car Industrial RR A Place to Start: Pete Mottershead is back with another great layout plan Dueling Shacks II: The Corrugated Shack by Kevin Gibbons What’s On Your Workbench Oddity: One that is odd Scene Around the Layout
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2018 Volume 5 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF New Tracks: A new mentoring section by Jim Kellow MMR Modelers and Suppliers a Winning Team!: Jim Kellow MMR Building the Jean-Pierre Rheaume Memorial Bridge: By Serge Lebel A PSC Harriman goes Western Pacific: By Santiago Pineda Let’s Build Something: Dan gets back to kit building with an InterMountain Boxcar The Country Crossing: A plan for a specific scene - By Pete Mottershead A Rebirthing Operation: Converting Narrow Gauge Cars to Standard Gauge Traction Cars - By George Paxon Rockford O Scalers Open House 2017 Fall Spokane Train Show What's on your workbench today? Oddity: One that is odd
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2018 Volume 5 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Rockford O Scalers: A Pictorial New Tracks: Manufacturers, Mentoring Contests & Your own Individual Mentor By Jim Kellow MMR Mentors Needed: Can you help our readers? Resistance Soldering Mentoring: “Club Contest†By Jim Kellow MMR Daisy Cove Milk Station: Scratch Building with a Cricut Cutting Machine Building my Dream Workshop: Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision Build an Early Steam Drop Bottom Gon: By George Paxon The Basic Buildable and Complete Railroad: By Pete Mottershead A Load of Scrap for Your Railroad: By Charles Goodrich, MMR Oddity: One that is odd Scene Around the Layout What’s On Your Workbench Reader Observations
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2018 Volume 5 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Chicago O Scale Meet Wrap Up: See all the happy people at this year’s March Meet March Meet Contest Results A View from the Judges: Our judges explain the contest results O Scale Hall of Fame Inductees for 2018 New Tracks: By Jim Kellow MMR Thunder Mesa Mining Company: Amy and I head West to visit this beautiful narrow gauge layout Installing DCC Sound in a Sunset T1a Locomotive: Finding my “dream†locomotive and installing a sound decoder By Daniel Dawdy What is a Coffin Feed Water Heater? Modifying the Carolina Craftsman Kit: H. J. Mull store By William W. Davis Faux Ballast: Durable modular solutions By Walter Horlacher What’s On Your Workbench Scene Around the Layout Oddity: One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2018 Volume 5 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF O Scale West Wrap Up with Video Extra New Tracks: By Jim Kellow MMR Clever Model Contest: A True Judged Contest Planning and Building A Freight Car Fleet For John Armstrong’s Canandaigua Southern: By David Vaughn Building the Milwaukee Road: By James Schultz Layout at the Ice House: A piece of Dr. Clint Wainscott’s layout lives on 2 Railing a Weaver GP38 using Stanton Drives: By Robert Andreone Building Two Nickel Plate Switchers Pt 1: By Glenn Guerra Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision Construction update: By Serge Lebel Vicki’s Cabin Woodstock Kentucky: By Renee Grosser O Scale Dimension Chart Oddity: One that is odd Scene Around the Layout What's on your workbench today? Workbench Extra
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2018 Volume 6 No. 1
(Read On-Line) O Scale National Report with Video New Tracks & Contest Drawing: HRM Laser Models kit of Knowlton WI Depot: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR My First Two Steam Locomotive Kits Pt 2 - Making The Check Valves: By Glenn Guerra Inexpensive Do-It-Yourself Three Rail To Two Rail Conversion: By Tom Dempsey Revisit Darcie & Jeff Lang's Layout Taking a CB&Q Northern Back to Her Heyday: By Santiago Pineda Customise Your Industries, Products, Cars, and Operations: By George Paxon Scene Around the Layout What's on Your Workbench Today? Workbench Extra Oddity: One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2018 Volume 6 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF New Tracks: A Great Manufacturer and Talented Modelers/Mentors Also: Rail-Scale-Models Contest: By Contrubiting Editor Jim Kellow MMR Indianapolis O Scale Show 2018: By Daniel Dawdy “2nd (hand) Yard†Modelling US Railroads in the UK: By Arry Dodd Tommy Little’s Rock Island - Arkansas Division Center Spread: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at The Model Railroad Resource, LLC My First Two Steam Locomotive Kits Part 3 Making The Air Tanks And Brackets: By Glenn Guerra KitBashing: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It: By Daniel Dawdy What's On Your Workbench Today? Oddity - One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2019 Volume 6 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Cleveland 2-Rail O Scale Train Meet New Tracks: Card Modeling, including a free card model and a Contest for free software: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Converting MTH and Atlas locos “China drives†to DCC: By Serge Lebel Centerfold by Serge Lebel My First Two Steam Locomotive Kits Part 4 – Making The Pilot Beams: By Glenn Guerra O Scale Ohio DE 400 Crane - Working with Brass: By Richard Cooke Card Stock Models Part One: Getting Started: By Anthony Stevens Oddity: e that is odd What's on your workbench today?
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2019 Volume 6 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF New Tracks: Card Manufacturers and Talented Mentors to Help Get You Building Card Models: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Stephen Karlson's State of Maine Northern Railroad Some Thoughts On P:48 Modeling: By Glenn Guerra Customizing a 3rd Rail Pullman Dining Car: By Santiago Pineda Building the Arvid Anderson R-2 Hopper Kit: By Tom Dempsey A Freelance On30 Diesel: By Bryan Tichota Chicago Model Contest - Letter from Judges: By Mark Preussler March Meet Contest Information and Forms Scene Around the Layout: By Mark Czerwinski Oddity:One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2019 Volume 6 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF The O Scale Kings “In The Club Houseâ€: By Dan Mason The O Scale Kings “Medium Approachâ€: By Bruce B. Blackwood New Tracks: Meet A Very Special Modeler, Learn About a New Mentoring Program, and Visit a Very Special Museum: By Contrubiting Editor Jim Kellow MMR March Meet Wrap Up: By Daniel Dawdy March Meet Contest Winners: By Daniel Dawdy South American Metre Gauge Funeral Car: By Stan Parsons From Pattern To Brass Part: By Glenn Guerra Modifying a Max Gray Mill Gon: By Daniel Dawdy What’s On My Workbench: By Glenn Guerra Oddity:One that is odd
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2019 Volume 6 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF The O Scale Resource State of O Scale Survey 2019 O Scale West Wrap Up: By Dan Dawdy Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision - Construction Update: By Serge Lebel Modifying an International Model Gon: By Dan Dawdy 3D Printing Part Design and Printing For O Scale Projects: By Russ Briggs NEW - Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando New Tracks: Win a Brass Casting of Your Design, Free Cardstock Container & More: By Contrubiting Editor Jim Kellow MMR Oddity: One that is odd
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2019 Volume 7 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Saving Our Scale: By David Vaughn SONIC 2020 Convention: By John Wubbel Black Fork Railway: By Robert Helm Model Railroad Signals and CTC Operations Part 1: By Serge Lebel Modifying a Rail King Boxcar: By Steve Harvath Building A Resin Gondola Kit: By Glenn Guerra The Story of Adams & Son Model Foundry: By Stephen K. Neill New Tracks - WiFi Contest and Modelers You Know: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando Scene Around the Layout What’s on Your Workbench?
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2019Volume 7 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF In Memoriam: Steve Neill, Sharon Schneph, Mike Hill, Ron Sebastian O&S Scale Midwest Show Strasburg 2 Rail Show Kasiner O Scale and O Gauge Cars: By Edward F. Bommer Model Railroad Signals and CTC Operations Part 2 The CTT Machine: By Serge Lebel Let’s Build Something: Sylvan Scale Models Single Sheathed Boxcar: By Dan Dawdy Customise Your Industries, Products, Cars, and Operations: By George Paxon Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando New Tracks - Three Great Contest Drawings from Australian model manufacturers & Australian modelers/mentors: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR What’s on Your Workbench? Scene Around the Layout
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2020 Volume 7 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Model Railroad Signals and CTC Operations Part 3 Scratchbuilding Your Signals: By Serge Lebel Building Realistic Stone Retaining Walls: By George Paxon Let’s Make Some Coal Loads: By Dan Dawdy New Tracks - Have you ever wanted to start a Model Railroad Business? Help is here plus Three Great Contest Drawings: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando Southwest O Scale and Oklahoma Narrow Gauge Group Combined Meet What’s on Your Workbench? AP Post Oak, Pennsylvania: By Brady McGuire Scene Around the Layout
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2020 Volume 7 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF In Memoriam, Gregory Anderson: By Frank McCabe State of Two-Rail O Scale, an Update: By David Vaughn Update: Southwest O Scale and Oklahoma Narrow Gauge Group Combined Meet Bob Poole's Southern Pacific Coast Line By Amy Dawdy Model Railroad Signals and CTC Operations Part 4 Putting it all Together: By Serge Lebel Decal Rivets: By George Paxon New Tracks - Painting Realistic Figures: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions - What’s An RPM?: By Ross Dando
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2020 Volume 7 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF 2 What’s Happening O Scale Kings April 2020: By Bruce B. Blackwood 17 March Meet End of an Era: By Dan Dawdy 28 March Meet Model Contest: By Dan Dawdy 36 O Scale South 2020 Layout Tour: By Walter Horlacher 45 Pulp Log Business for the Mountain Electric: By George Paxon 60 Operation On The Yulan Valley Railroad Timetable & Republic Steel Schedule: By Bruce Temperley 67 New Tracks - Antique and Classic Cars and Circus Modeling: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR 88 Scene Around the Layout: By Neville Rossiter 91 What’s on Your Workbench? 93 Tips & Tricks: by Jay Criswell / Brian Huang
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2020 Volume 7 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision Construction Update: By Serge Lebel The Virginian, N&W and Seaboard Railroad: By C. Ashley Abernathy, Jr. On Building Bulletproof House Cars: By George Paxon New Tracks: On30: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR 2 Rail a Rail King-MTH Tank Car: Brady McGuire, P.E. Ret. Tips & Tracks: By Neville Rossiter What’s on Your Workbench?: By William Lubert
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2020 Volume 8 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF O Scale 2 Railers: By Bruce B. Blackwood O Scale Central Launches!: By Nick Bulgarino All Nation Line Could Be For You: By Dan Dawdy Plotter Cutter Decals: By: Santiago Pineda Working With the Sherline Milling Machine: By Glenn Guerra Scratch Building Steam Locomotives Pt. 1 Where to start: By Glenn Guerra Restoring a 1950s Era 70 Year Old Stamped Metal & Wood Body Kit-Built Reefer: By Brady McGuire, P.E. Ret. Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando New Tracks - My Love of O Scale Traction: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Tips & Tricks New Tracks - My Love of O Scale Traction: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR What’s on Your Workbench?: By Ralph Nelson
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2020 Volume 8 No. 2
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF What’s Happening with the O Scale Kings Strasburg 2 Rail Show Making Some Dumpsters: By Neville Rossiter Traction Cabeese: By George Paxon Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives Pt 2 The spring rigging and frame assembly: By Glenn Guerra Convert a Weaver Troop Kitchen Car To close coupling and narrower trucks: By Holger Rimkus Bob’s Machine Shop: By William Lubert New Tracks - Computerize Your Model Railroad!: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Restoration of 40s Sheet Tin O Scale Rail Craft Panel Side Hopper: By Brady McGuire, P.E. Ret. Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando Tips & Tricks: By Neville Rossiter v What’s On Your Workbench?: By Paul Hemsworth
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2021 Volume 8 No. 3
(Read On-Line) O Scale Kings:By Bruce B Blackwood In Memoriam: Gary Engle In Memoriam: Pat Mucci The “Gettysburg Five†Making Frames Using a Wire EDM Machine: By Glenn Guerra Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives Pt 3 The Cylinder Assemblies: By Glenn Guerra Bill Yancey’s Alberta Prairie Resource Railway: By Ross Dando Building a Rustic Split Rail Fence: By George Paxon New Tracks - Airplane in Flight, Conowingo Models, NMRA MMR’s & NMRA Trinity River Division: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando What’s on Your Workbench?: By Art Carlton
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2021 Volume 8 No. 4
(Read On-Line) Chipping Paint on a Wooden Car: By Sarah Griessenboeck How to Scratch Build “Genesisâ€: By Hendrik Kersten Decoder Installation into an Atlas SW Locomotive: By Michael Culham Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives Pt 4: The cross heads, guide bars, and crosshead hangers: By Glenn Guerra Building the Milwaukee Road EP-3 “Quill†Pt 1: By James Schultz Gons and Flats with Interchangeable Loads: By George Paxon New Tracks - Virtual Train Show and New Modelers: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR What’s on Your Workbench?: By William Lubert New Tracks - Virtual Train Show and New Modelers: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2021 Volume 8 No. 5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Joseph Fischer Custom Builder of O Scale Model Railroad Cars: By Rosemarie Fischer Quintero Attalee Taylor’s Small Portion of the PRR: By Dan Dawdy with Attalee Taylor Madisonville & Jamestown Railroad: By Daryl Blake Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives: Pt 5 the fire box, motor mounts, and boilers: By Glenn Guerra Art Selby’s Blue Ridge Midland Railroad: By Dan Dawdy with Art Selby A work train that actually works!: By Serge Lebel New Tracks - Modeling & Mentoring: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando Scene Around the Layout: By Neville Rossiter What’s on Your Workbench?: By George Lightfoot What’s on Your Workbench Extra: By George Lightfoot
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2021 Volume 8 No. 6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF In Memoriam: Art Selby: By Rich Randall & Brian Scace Denver O Scale Convention Wrap-Up: By Dan Dawdy A Modeler-Friendly Approach for Upgrading the GGD 1938 Super Chief: By Santiago Pineda Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives: Pt 6 Rear cab supports, cabs, running boards, domes, and stacks: By Glenn Guerra Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision Construction update: By Serge Lebel New Tracks - Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions - Summer Brass Work: By Ross Dando Bird House to Carriage House: By Steve Harvath
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2021 Volume 9 No. 1
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Quick Tutorial on using our On-Line Magazines Possible Remedies for Deposits: By Dan Dawdy National Contest Winners Looking Backwards to Move Forwards: By George Paxon A Modeler-Friendly Approach for Upgrading the GGD 1938 Super Chief - Second Section: By Santiago Pineda The Brian Scace Experience: By Brian Scace with Dan Dawdy Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives: Pt. 7 Lead Trucks and Pilots: By Glenn Guerra When is DCC Not DCC?: By Brian Scace New Tracks - Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando Tips & Tricks: By Tom Thorpe
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2021 Volume 9 No. 2
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O&S Scale Midwest Show Wrap-up Installing and Running with the ProtoThrottleâ„¢: By Brian Huang Scratch Building My Steam Locomotives: Part 8: The Valve Gear: By Glenn Guerra The Maumee Basin Lines Techniques Tools and Occasional Tips: By Paul Hemsworth Adding Depth and Life to the Layout with Shallow Structures: By George Paxon New Tracks - Another Step Forward for “New Tracksâ€: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2022 Volume 9 No. 3
(Read On-Line) Memories of my Dad, Bob Jakl: By Ed Jakl The Maumee Basin Lines Redux Building a Pittsburgh Railways Co Brill 3700 Interurban: By George Paxon Building Amtrak Superliners: By Hendrik Kersten Building a Berkshire Valley Models 1934 Tank Truck: By Dan Dawdy Freelancing in O Scale: By Norman Tyler Drawing for 3D Models: The Issues and Considerations You Need to Watch Out For: By Glenn Guerra New Tracks - Manufacturers and Modelers who May Help Your Modeling: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions - What’s In a Bench: By Ross Dando What’s On Your Workbench - Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Gas-Electric No. 301: By Ralph Nelson
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2022 Volume 9 No.4
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Rail Action in Monongahela Pennsylvania: By George Paxon Trees are Models Too: By Biagio Pace The Wonderful Frustrating Exasperating Maddening AwesomeWorld of SLA3D Printing: By Dan Dawdy Pennsylvnia &Pacific RRModern Engine House: By Myles Marcovitch New Tracks - Manufacturers and Modelers who May Help Your Modeling: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR AFeed Mill Extention: By Ian Munro Southern Pacific Coastline Update: By Robert Poole
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June Volume 9 No.5
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Chicago March Meet Wrap Up: By Dan Dawdy March Meet Contest Results: By Dan Dawdy Strasburg 2 Rail Train Show Wrap Up: By Amy and Dan Dawdy Taming Woodland Scenics Field Grass: By George Paxon Punta Cayo ATropical Railroad of a whimsical nature: By Jon Stetz Scenery from the Ground Up: By Biagio Pace NewTracks Model Railroading Economic Development and Some Possible Mentors: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando What s OnYourWorkbench: By Jon Stetz
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2022 Volume 9 No.6
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF A Vacation and OScale West: By Amy & Dan Dawdy Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision Construction Update: By Serge Lebel Buy a Battleship… Build a Railroad Around It: By Amy Dawdy as told by Rick Yost Sleeper Service on the Mountain Electric: By George Paxon New Tracks Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Ross Gets Real Estate Planning: By Ross Dando Scene Around the Layout Backshop Solutions: By Ross Dando What's on Your Workbench
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2022 Volume 10 No.1
(Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Riding the Rails In the Land of Pleasant Living: By Stephen Fisher House by the Railroad 1 48 Scale Rendition of the Edward Hopper Masterpiece: By Myles Marcovitch Punya Cayo Part 2: By Jon Stetz Livestock Business for the Mountain Electric: By George Paxon New Tracks Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR Easy Landscaping on Your Layout: By John Frankforther Unloading Trestle Diorama: By Phil Camp Making Your Own useful Tools and Jigs: By Graham Gibbs What s on Your Workbench
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2022 Volume 10 No.2
(Read On-Line) 2022 Southwest O Scale Meet: By Michael Ross Building the PPX 1229 Reefer: By George Paxon Punta Cayo: The Rest of the Story: by Jon Stetz Pecos River Boxcar Upgrade: By Ed Bommer New Tracks: Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR What’s On Your Workbench?: By Robert Robbins
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2023 Volume 10 No.3
(Read On-Line) O Scale National Convention Returning to Denver in 2023 Cincinnati & Lake Erie Flat Car 3412: By George Paxon Some Thoughts On Painting With a Brush: By Glenn Guerra Painting Figures in O Scale: By Bill Yancey So, What Are You All Up To?: By Our Readers New Tracks: Where Mentors Help Modelers Build: By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2023 Volume 11 No.1 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF For Freedom’s Sake: Depicting 4514, CB&Q’s BUY WAR BONDS Chair Car By Santiago Pineda The Use of Jigs in Model Building By Robert S. Robbins/p> Welcome to 3D Resin Printing 101 By Dan Dawdy Tar Paper Shack Diorama By Phil Camp Scale-Craft In The Post War Era: What Happened? By Jay Morris Carey Williams comes on board with Old School Style Vintage O Scale 1926-1954 New Tracks: Where Mentors Help Modelers Build By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2023 Volume 11 No.2 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Exhibition, Apartment, or Office: Build a Small Portable Layout By Brian Scace The J. Robb Warehouse By Dave Lull A New Container Business for the Mountain Electric By George Paxon O Scale… Old School Style Vintage O Scale 1926-54 By Carey Williams Backshop Solutions By Ross Dando So, What Are You All Up To? New Tracks: Where Mentors Help Modelers Build By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine January/February 2024 Volume 11 No.3 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF Canadian National Railways Sanmore Subdivision: the End of the Line! By Serge Lebel Over-Thinking While Building the Extension to Belle Vernon Part 1 By George Paxon Resin Printing: Faster Way to Nail Down SLA Exposure Times By Dan Dawdy Building a Severn Models Apex Roof Garden Shed By Jim Miller
O Scale… Old School Style Vintage O Scale 1926-54 By Carey Williams Backshop Solutions By Ross Dando So, What Are You All Up To? New Tracks: Where Mentors Help Modelers Build By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine March/April 2024 Volume 11 No.4 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
Over-Thinking While Building the Extension to Belle Vernon Part 2 By George Paxon More History of All Nation By John Wubbel O Scale Uncoupling… Taken to new Heights By Marty Megregian Super Detailing the All Nation Line NW2 Switcher By Greg Viggiano New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR New Tracks January 17th, 2024 My Build O Scale… Old School Style Vintage O Scale 1926-54: Denver Model Locomotive Company By Carey Williams Backshop Solutions By Ross Dando So, What Are You All Up To?
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine May/June 2024 Volume 11 No.5 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
March O Scale Meet 2024 By Dan Dawdy March O Scale Meet Contest & Display Models Harrisburg All O Scale Meet By Al Judy Strasburg O Scale 2-Rail Train Show By Dan Dawdy Smith Logging: A Tribute to a Good Friend and an Ode to My Mentor, Ben Brown By Serge Y. Lebel Modeling a CB&Q Budd Pre-War Chair Car Part 1 By Santiago Pineda A Scrap Metal Yard for the ME Ry By George Paxon Completing a Legacy: The Story of the Franken-9 Lionel's Long Forgotten AC Rectifier - The DC Converter Box New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR New Tracks March 20th, 2024 My Build Old School Style Vintage O Scale 1926-54: Scale Craft Santa Fe Mikado Backshop Solutions So, What Are You All Up To?
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine July/August 2024 Volume 11 No.6 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
June Harrisburg Meet By Al Judy Digital Twin Concept By John Wubbel Modeling a CB&Q Budd Pre-War Chair Car Part 2 By Santiago Pineda Yulan Valley Railroad: Operation Planning By Bruce Temperley An Oil Business for Jacobs Creek By George Paxon My Atlas RS-1 Had a Stuck Motor: Let’s Fix It! By Dan Dawdy A Logging Railroad in the British Columbia Mountains By Pat Rivard New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR New Tracks May 22nd, 2024 My Build
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 The O Scale Resource Magazine September/October 2024 Volume 12 No.1 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
Traction Action: Visiting McGregor’s and Hopping Down the Rabbit Hole By Martin Brechbiel Modeling Critters By William W. Davis Barges For a River Mine By George Paxon What’s Old is New Again By Brady McGuire, P.E. Ret. Super Detailing the All Nation Line NW2 Switcher PT 2 By Greg Viggiano New Tracks Modeling Mentoring 2024 Scholarship Winners What’s on Your Workbench? By Steve Harvath New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR New Tracks July 24th, 2024 My Build
|  The O Scale Resource Magazine November/December 2024 Volume 12 No.2 (Read On-Line) Or Download PDF
In Memoriam - Brady John McGuire The Indianapolis O Scale Show Returns By Dan Dawdy PRR’s Philadelphia 46th Street Roundhouse By Attalee Taylor Traction Action: A Restoration Exercise and a Remembrance By Martin Brechbiel The Need For and Then Hiding Access Holes By George Paxon Building a Southern Railroad 36’SU boxcar (Part 1) By William W. Davis A Southern Farm Divided By Phil Camp New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR New Tracks September 18th My Build
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Something to Talk About: March Meet
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A Fleet for Operations Part 1 By By Brian Scace
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Jon Silverberg’s Denver & Rio Grande Western & Rio Grande Southern By Jon Silverberg and Dan Dawdy
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Traction Action: Building the All Nation Windsplitter By Martin Brechbiel
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The Coupler Dilemma By George Paxon
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A Day At The Archive: Lake States Railway Historical Association By Glenn Guerra
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New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
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The O Scale
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March Meet
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March Meet Contest and Display Models
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A Fleet for Operations 2: Some Fixtures and an Easier Conversion By Brian Scace
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Finishing a PRB Santa Fe Heavyweight Chair Car Part 2 By: Santiago Pineda
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A Car Blocking Strategy for the Mountain Electric by George Paxon
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Traction Action: Building a Substation Car for the CG&W By Martin Brechbiel
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Backwoods Coal Dealer By Phil Camp
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MODELING VEHICLES: Trucks By William W. Davis
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New Tracks Modeling By Contributing Editor Jim Kellow MMR
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What’s on your Workbench By Al Oslapas
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