I was looking at Yahoo’s S Scale group (a great source of info for anyone modeling S Scale trains BTW) and noticed that Banta Modelworks is having a blow-out sale on some of their S Scale building kits. They make some really nice kits and this is a good opportunity to pick some up at [...]
When I got into S Scale trains, one of the things I noticed is that most building and structure kits are wood craftsman style kits. This is a little different than HO Scale which has a huge variety of plastic structure kits available. I kind of liked this because wood is easier for me to… [...]
When I first got into modeling S Scale trains, the choice of structures available in S Scale seemed extremely limited, especially compared to N and HO scales. This makes sense because HO and N are so much more popular than S Scale. While it does make sense it doesn’t help me (as a non scratch… [...]
There are lots of web sites with information on S Scale trains. Unfortunately, many of them haven’t been updated in awhile and have dead links, references to manufactures who are no longer in business or products that are no longer being made, etc. Another problem with a web site is that it’s difficult to ask [...]
One of the reasons I switched to S Scale (from HO) is that I find the larger S Scale models easier to work with. A down side to this is that an S Scale kit is a lot more expensive than an equivalent HO kit. Also, many of the S Scale kits tend to be [...]