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!
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.
January 18, 2022
Kitbashed Tower for East Syracuse
An old Tyco kit is modified to look like a typical New York Central interlocking tower by modifying the wall sections and adding key details.
December 27, 2021
June 1974: Milk Trains, Milk Cars, and Creameries
June 1974: A brief look at the former railroad milk industry and related equipment with tips on how to model milk cars and a creamery.
December 20, 2021
Introducing: Iowa Interstate’s Milan Branch
Introducing the Iowa Interstate Milan Branch, an overview of its operation, and how to adapt it to an HO scale model railroad design.
