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!
May 17, 2022
Joe Visintine’s East Bluff Terminal
Joe Visintine’s HO scale East Bluff Terminal model railroad is based on the urban switching districts around St. Louis.
May 17, 2022
Scratchbuild a City Block on a Slope
This commerical block in the author’s HO scale Patapsco Falls is inspired by the architecture of Baltimore and the surrounding cities.
April 21, 2022
When Coal Was King: Louisville & Nashville
Inspired by coal-hauling operations in Eastern Kentucky, Jeff Keubler’s HO scale Louisville & Nashville layout is part of the 2022 St. Louis NMRA convention tour.
April 21, 2022
Solving S Scale’s Identity Problem
With its roots in American Flyer toy trains, S scale is a vibrant modeling medium that allows you to stretch the boundaries of modeling creativity in a scale larger than HO, but smaller than O.
March 25, 2022
Dremel Kitbashing Award: Delaware & Hudson Chop-Nose Alco RS-3 in S Scale
An S scale American Models RS-3 was modified to represent a chop-nose unit rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen for Delaware & Hudson in the 1970s as the final entry in the RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award contest.
March 15, 2022
Arizona Railroading: The Lost Dutchman Lines
This large HO scale layout built for operations combines prototype elements of the Southern Pacific in Arizona with a freelanced short line.
March 14, 2022
Dremel Kitbashing Award Winners: 1972-2022
Reader Ed Krottendorfer assembled a spreadsheet of all Dremel Kitbashing Award contest winners from the last 50 years.
February 14, 2022
Rochester Model Railroad Club Seneca Valley Lines
The HO scale Seneca Valley Lines is based upon the Lehigh Valley Railroad main line from Jersey City, through eastern Pennsylvania, and into Western New York.
February 14, 2022
Branch Line on a Shelf: A Different Approach to Room Prep
Model railroads need robust benchwork to not only support the trains but also the scenery, fascia, wiring and control mechanisms, backdrop, valance, and any other features.
January 18, 2022
Minoa & Euclid Interchange Run
Follow along as an upstate New York short line interchanges with Conrail’s busy Onondaga Cutoff in the 1990s.
