RMC Extra Board
Welcome to Craftsman Extra Board! This section is updated periodically with short features contributed by our readers, as well as some recent favorites straight from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman. Check back as we continue to add new articles!
June 19, 2019
Collector Consist: The Atlas-Kato Connection
In 1985, Atlas began to source new locomotive releases from Kato of Japan, taking their line to a new level that raised the bar on consumer expectations for all future HO scale diesel models.
April 15, 2019
Scratchbuilt Brass Bridge in HO Scale
Before you decide that scratchbuilding or working in metal is too difficult: read on. Scratchbuilding is not difficult. Soldering and working with metals is not difficult if you keep a few principles in your thoughts as you work.
April 15, 2019
Locomotive Maintenance & Inspection Terminal
Stephen Priest decided early on that he wanted a major locomotive facility on his Santa Fe St. Louis Division to showcase his motive power while modeling the practices of the prototype. The care and servicing of locomotives is very interesting and fun to replicate.
April 15, 2019
Modeling Passenger Terminal Operations
A passenger terminal can open an entirely new vista of passenger train operations. In addition to arrivals and departures, cars can be switched into or out of consists, trains can be turned and moved to storage yards for servicing, and locomotives turned, serviced, or swapped.
February 13, 2019
Weathering an ex-Penn Central Conrail Boxcar
Jeff Meyer of The Weathering Shop shows us his secrets on how to apply weathering for a strikingly accurate HO scale rendition of a ex-Penn Central boxcar that survived into the Conrail era.
February 5, 2019
WRP announces Otto Vondrak next editor of Railroad Model Craftsman
WRP is pleased to announce that Otto Vondrak, associate editor of Railfan & Railroad, has been appointed editor of Railroad Model Craftsman.
January 18, 2019
Lake Erie & Southern Passenger Operations
With a bit of planning, most model railroads can amplify operational interest and create crew positions that draw even hardcore freight engineers onto sleek passenger trains.
January 18, 2019
Arrowhead Models H39 Hopper Repaints
Stephen Priest creates custom decals and weathering effects to postdate the Arrowhead Models H39 Pennsylvania Railroad hopper into a credible Conrail model from the late 1970s.
December 21, 2018
2018 Year End Message
Stephen Priest has chosen to accept a position in the model railroad industry and will be leaving us in the early part of the new year. A new editor will be named soon.
November 26, 2018
Milwaukee Road River Subdivision in HO Scale
Building on his long railroading career, Steve Brudlos’ beautiful HO scale model railroad represents a portion of the Milwaukee Road River Subdivision between the Twin Cities and La Crosse.
