Cheap “Cinceroc” Rocket for the Modern Age

The Cineroc was a remarkable device. A marvel in simplicity, the Cineroc was a movie camera that fit inside the nose of a model rocket, providing the viewer a first-person view of what it would be like to ride in a model rocket. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-09-21 19:30:07.

Rocket Powered Monocopter

Given enough power, and proper application of the laws of aerodynamics, and anything can fly. Case in point: The rocket-powered monocoptor.

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Originally posted 2015-09-27 19:42:05.

Overland Models UP Steam Turbine Number 1 & 2

And the hits keep on comin’!

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Originally posted 2015-10-12 20:19:47.

Bachmann Heavy Mountain

After the hair-pulling DCC conversion for my Athearn FEF-3, this Bachmann DCC conversion was a cakewalk. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-04-06 10:32:50.

Fox Valley Models Hiawatha

I’m also a big fan of the streamlined steamers from back in the golden age of railroading. Fox Valley Models introduces the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha streamliner in both HO and N scales in honor of the Hiawatha’s 75th anniversary. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-06-11 14:02:37.

Intermountain Cab Forward

This is the first plastic edition of any loco that I’ve seen exceed the level of detail normally found only in brass. (more…)

Originally posted 2015-07-20 16:22:44.