MAY/JUNE 2022: Brooks Stover has been modeling the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad in S scale for many years, including this model of their unique 1921 Mack Railbus. Greg Wright shows you how to have fun with foamcore in 1:35 scale by building a tramway ore house. Don Rose describes a beautiful 1:20.3 scale Oahu Railroad & Land Company outside frame, 3-foot gauge 0-6-0. The Grant C-16s used on the White Pass & Yukon are covered by Rob Bell with Dave Fletcher’s beautiful drawings. Pete Replinger describes the 3-foot gauge Consolidated Lumber Co. at Elk, Washington, with a log car plan. Richard Compton tells how he makes large scale vintage trucks from bits and pieces of stuff. Gregg Condon shows you how simply adding a porch roof to a building can change it, and Dan Windolph shows how he built Colorado’s Chalk Cliffs on his On3 layout. All this and more in the May/Junel 2022 Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette!
Buffalo Creek & Gauley’s Motor A Mack Railbus in S Scale
In 1941, the BC&G acquired a 1921-built Mack Model AC railbus. The chassis was built by Mack, the truck people, and the body was built by Brill.
A Narrow Gauge 1:20.3 Scale Outside Frame 0-6-0
Number 12 was one of four 0-6-0 switch engines owned by the Oahu Railway, modeled using a 1:20.3 scale Bachmann outside frame as the base.
Bar Mills Metropolitan Garage Kit, Multiple Scales
Based upon a notable George Sellios designed building from his Franklin & South Manchester model railroad, the gas station is on the lower floor with apartments above in a wedge-shaped design.
Berkshire Valley Models Saloon Kit in HO
Berkshire Valley Models has released another in its HO scale false-front building in their western series, the Barron & Pollock Saloon.
Atmosphere
I enjoy adding little vignettes to my model railroad consisting of scenes where people are doing all sorts of things, adding life to our models.