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 10, 2012
One Car or a Hundred: The Ontario Central Railroad
Model railroads are an exercise in compromise. We cannot always include every feature and every length of track we wish to include. This is one of the reasons short lines make good candidates for model railroads!
May 16, 2010
Effective paint masks to stop the bleeding
Easy to make masks from strip styrene helps make painting structure walls with cast-in details much easier and cleaner to finish.
June 23, 2009
Remembering Hal Carstens (1925-2009)
Founder of Carstens Publications, publisher of Railroad Model Craftsman, and life-long railroad hobbyist Hal Carstens passed away on June 23, 2009.
June 1, 1974
Bill Schopp (1913-1974)
Pioneering model railroader Bill Schopp was a frequent contributor to Railroad Model Craftsman since 1937, authoring hundreds of articles on car construction, special trackwork, locomotive construction and conversion, and layout design.
March 2, 1974
John Allen (1913-1974)
Best known for his HO scale Gorre & Daphetid Railroad, John Allen was an active contributor to the hobby of scale model railroading since the 1940s.
February 15, 1963
Charles A. Penn – Penn Publications
Charles A. Penn was editor and publisher of Railroad Model Craftsman from 1933 through 1963, when he turned the reins over to Hal Carstens.
January 15, 1941
Harold V. Loose (1913-1940)
Brooklyn native Harold V. Loose was editor of The Model Craftsman for only two years, but made a huge impact on the hobby of model railroading before his passing at age 27 in 1940.
