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Category: Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection

• Calumet Belt Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  My Proto-Freelancing Venture Takes Its First Steps

  Primer and decidedly un-Pennsy details applied, now for major colors. This ancient brass Alco Models E44 was purchased for peanuts and fitted with a smooth Bowser/Stewart C628 drive. Now it will be road power for my new prototype-freelance project, Calumet Belt. Long live electric railroading in the diesel age!

  February 23, 2026
• Finished Models Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques

  

  Kitbodged, Good-Enough HO South Shore GP7

  At nearly the exact tween-age moment I started to make connections between the railroad books and magazines I read and the real railroads around me in my home Calumet region of Northwest Indiana—“the Region” to locals—my favorite local railroad was undergoing a major change. The Chicago, South Shore, and South…

  February 7, 2026
• Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  Ridin’ The Storm Out

  January 24, 2026
• Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  On My Bench: Weathering The South Shore GP7

  January 23, 2026
• Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  On My Bench: Warning Stickers, ACI Barcodes, and Number Boards

  Thanks to Shell Scale and Smoke Box Graphics for distinctive little decals.

  January 21, 2026
• Calumet Belt Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  On My Bench: Decal Bashing

  January 20, 2026
• Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  On My Bench: Grabs For A South Shore GP7

  January 17, 2026
• Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  On My Bench: E44 In Fancy Metal Primer

  January 15, 2026
• Calumet Belt Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques Work In Progress

  

  Ancient Brass Brick Getting A Bath Before Paint

  January 12, 2026
• Model Railroad Media Pacific Electric Box Motor Yard Scale Modeling – Model Railroading Connection Techniques

  

  What Lance Just Said: Great Modeling Ain’t About Rivet Counts Or Color Chip Matches

  Lance Mindheim’s blog, and for that matter, his books and clinics at model railroad gatherings, are a reliable source of modeling insight and wisdom. Lance recently posted this nugget: As much as we all strive for prototypical accuracy, the lion’s share of visual impact is delivered by composition, color strategy,…

  November 25, 2025