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!
September 17, 2025
Build Realistic Bridge Abutments
Simple materials and easy-to-follow techniques for building realistic bridge abutments in any scale.
September 17, 2025
Return to the Ryder Gap Sub
A deep dive into the plausible backstory of a proto-freelanced HO scale model railroad based on Chesapeake & Ohio operations of the 1970s.
August 15, 2025
Remembering the Atlantic Great Eastern
A look back at Jack Ozanich’s freelanced HO New England-themed model railroad built for realistic operations.
August 15, 2025
Are We Ever Finished?
Set in the early 1980s, Tom Johnson’s freelanced HO scale Cass County Railroad enters a new chapter of creativity.
July 16, 2025
Florida’s First Coast Railroad in HO Scale
Tour a modern Genesee & Wyoming short line operation set along Florida’s scenic northern coast in HO scale.
July 16, 2025
Hemlock Hill: Building an On30 Micro Layout
Develop skills by building a small O scale narrow gauge layout full of scenic detail.
June 19, 2025
Mike Burgett’s Chesapeake & Ohio James River and Alleghany Subdivisions
Follow along on a typical day on Mike Burgett’s HO scale Chesapeake & Ohio, built for operations as they were in 1965.
June 19, 2025
Kitbashed 1980s Weed Sprayer
Using simple kitbashing techniques to create a weed spraying train in HO that once serviced the Soo Line in the 1980s.
May 15, 2025
Western Maryland Chop-Nose Diesel in S Scale
Cutting down the short hood on a Western Maryland GP9 diesel, just like the prototype. Brooks Stover shows us how he made his S scale model.
May 15, 2025
Milwaukee Road: Extra 626 West
Follow Milwaukee Road Extra 626 West on this beautiful N scale model railroad set in Northern Montana and built for operations.
