Friday, January 11, 2008

Remember "Dollar Models" in Model Railroader magazine?


So much can be done with so little. All you need for tools is a good scale ruler, sharp pencil and a sharp Xacto knife. Take a small square of sandpaper like those found in children's craft kits. Add some scrap stripwood, shirt cardboard, brass wire, a nail, some scrapbox windows and doors, an old passenger car truck and a scrap brakewheel...

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All that's left is a little painting and Kadee is left with one more of their $18 logging cabooses on the shelf.
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