Archive for February, 2010

Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Combines

I just got my Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge Combines (1/400 and 16/401) from P-B-L and they are really works of art. I have a few really nice brass mo0dels in S Scale and so far these are the nicest ones I’ve seen. They have full interiors, working marker lights, and the detailing is… Continue reading

Sad News

Banta Modelworks is no longer producing S Scale kits or detail parts (announcement is here). This is sad news for any one modeling in S Scale, especially people just getting started in S Scale model railroading who is looking for high quality, easy to build, affordable S Scale structure kits. According to Bill, the S [...]

Southern Pacific 4-4-2 in S Scale Brass

Sometimes I just can’t help myself. I already have more S Scale Southern Pacific steam locomotives than I could ever possibly fit on a layout but I ran across this little beauty (more pictures here) on EBay this week. It is just gorgeous and I’ve always liked the 4-4-2 (Atlantic) wheel arrangement. Best of all, [...]