Gateway Division “Start With a Boxcar” Kitbash Contest Results
This year’s contest featured a very simple set of rules. The first rule required the entrant to start with a box car. Entries were divided into models and dioramas. The seven entries provided a nice variety of what can be accomplished with a box car....
John Carty’s Kitbashed Roesch Enamel Range Factory
John Carty’s kitbashed Roesch Enamel Range factory won second place in the Online Structures category at the 2016 Gateway Division NMRA model contest and had an NMRA merit judged score of 105. John scratchbuilds intricate interiors using standard wood and plastic stock....
The Spring 2016 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online
The Spring 2016 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
Gateway NMRA Announces Clinics at the Nov. 7, 2015 Train Show
Make sure to attend these clinics which are part of the 2015 Gateway NMRA St. Louis Train Show on Saturday, November 7, 2015....
The Fall 2015 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online
The Fall 2015 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
Modeling A 1955 Wabash Piggy-Back Flat
A photo in the Wabash Railroad Historical Society calendar inspired construction of a 1955-era piggy-back flat and trailer....
The Spring 2015 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online
The Spring 2015 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
Kitbash a Two-Story Kansas Farm House
Jeremy discusses how he kitbashed this model of a typical Kansas two-story farm house....
Kitbash the Belleville Radium Mine
Kitbashing an HO scale model of the Radium Mine that was located on the south side of Belleville, Illinois....
The Winter 2015 Issue of The RPO is Now Available Online
The Winter 2015 quarterly members newsletter of the Gateway Division NMRA, The RPO, is now available online in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format....
Tom Trotter’s Steam-Powered Rustic Sawmill
Tom's sawmill won first place in the popular vote for on-line structures at the 2014 Gateway NMRA model contest. A number of kits and added detail parts were combined to create this highly detailed structure....
Hiding Common Building Kits in Plain Sight
We have all visited beautiful layouts boasting meticulous track, detailed motive power and rolling stock, hundreds of citizens, large swaths of beautiful trees, and lots of buildings. Somewhere along the line, you start to recognize some of the structures as kits everyone has purchase...
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