Tag: crandic railway

Hansen Revisited

by James McNab, posted in Design

The earliest article in the hobby press I read that I can distinctly remember reading was Modeling Hansen Storage by Gordon Odegard in the March 1992 edition of Model Railroader. Looking back, I'm confident the reason I have such strong memories of the article was the fact that I thought that extending the track beyond … Continue reading Hansen Revisited

Last Steps

by James McNab, posted in Philosophy

“The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.” -Jamaica Kincaid- As the calendar turns to 2025, The Hills Line finds itself in an enviable but inevitable place for a model railroad. The final pieces of the layout are being filled in, and I have to determine what's next for a project … Continue reading Last Steps

In The Weeds

by James McNab, posted in Design

Confession time. As long as I've been involved in model railroading, I've never used static grass. That's not entirely true. For many years I've used the Farm Pasture Blend from Scenic Express as my base scenery layer, both on the IAIS Grimes Line and now on The Hills Line. To my eye, the blend does … Continue reading In The Weeds