Here are links to RPM events, railroad kit manufacturers, and prototype resources on the web.
Resin freight car kit primer, part 1
American Model Builders – Laser cut structure and rolling stock kits
Chad Boas – HO scale resin kits
Depots by John – custom builder and kit manufacturer
Jerry Hamsmith – HO scale Resin Kits and Decals
Model Railroad Hobbyist – Acrylic Painting Guide and airbrush tutorials
The acrylic paint guide has a paint conversion chart to determine replacements for the discontinued Floquil and PollyScale paint colors. The chart suggests corresponding colors for Model Master and Vallejo Acrylics products. You will need to establish a user account to access the details, but this is free and well worth your time to set up a user name and password to login.
PanPastel – Colors for Models & Miniatures
Precision Scale Co. Inc. – Super detailing parts and rolling stock kits
Rindt’s Relics – railroad structures and details
Speedwitch Media – HO scale resin kits, decals, and prototype references
Sunshine Models – resin kit information archive
Tahoe Model Works – freight car trucks
Yarmouth Model Works – HO scale resin kits and detail parts
Prototype Resources
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia article index PDF
Tony Thompson’s Tank Car Basics in Model RR Hobbyist – Part 1
Blogs with a prototype railroad modeling bent
Robert Bowdidge’s Vasona Branch
Ted Culotta’s Prototype Railroad Topics
John Golden’s Railroad Prototype Modeler blog
Eric Hansmann’s Designing, Building, and Operating model railroads
Marty McGuirk’s Central Vermont Railway
Modeling Steam Era Freight Cars
RPM Conference Discussion Forum
Xxtreme Modeler Files of Bill Welch
Bill has shared a PDF file of a presentation. We recommend you right click on the link below and click on the “Save Link As” function to save the file to your hard drive for easier review.
Xxtreme Modeling – 13 MB
Looking forward to this set of blogs.