Code 83 rail is best for On3, or code 100 for O gauge main line. Many sources have these, I use Micro Engineering (Walther). The rail is easily blackened in preparation for weathering with Jax Pewter

a description of how to do that in your current #301 logging and tractor repair shop build. All of this is a really good. Yes it would be really great to see some more out of the old RRL build. V

I had to elevate the drive shaft on my "#300 Mill Engine" kit build to accommodate my shingle mill and have the shafts line up, maybe you could do something similar (in reverse) to lower your drive li

I think I want to try and get a more dilapidated, run-down look on this build, more inline with the finish I did on my "#303 Rigging Shed" build. I'm looking to recapture that run down, backwoods, unk

Desk cleaned up from the other projects I'm working on, but are stagnant, tools put away so I can find them, (theoretically) and now its time to pre-read the 'bible' for a couple of hours and familia…

Started the build in 2010, finally finished 10 years later.

Next update, we'll take a look at the log haul machinery (which isn't part of the current kit #308).

To bring out the rivet, lettering and other details I used sponge make-up applicators. The paint was Vallejo Dark Rust (#302) along with Old Wood (#310) here and there for a little variety.

This is my first Sierra West kit build. I joined the forum in late 2013 just in time to purchase the Tool Shed kit #3005 before it sold out. As I understand, it was originally offered as part of the

Sorry all for the extended absence from the forum. I had a lot going on and got in a modeling funk. That funk was snapped last week when this arrived.

#302 dark rust

This casting is the el shaped bench from the SierraWest Wood Cutters Shack kit #305. SW puts out the best castings available to us in the hobby and they don't need very much clean-up if any. I do a fe

Now I have to get stronger glasses to see AWG #30 wire, let alone solder it. I tried to find 1/32 tubing in Toronto and have yet to find a source. As matter of fact the train stores around here are d

With the imminent release of the O Scale Sawmill I figured now would be a good time to do some of the ground work in preparation for it's arrival.

#30 Apr 2003 #31 Dec 2003

-I extended the roundhouse to the back to make a "shop" area and will use kit #300 to put a boiler et.al to power the shop

Sometimes it doesnt matter how many other projects you are working on at the bench and trying to get finished...... the excitement and anticipation of a new SWSM box arriving seems to take precedence.

Here we go, my version of the tractor shed build, but first a little background.

So, whats in the box ???

Here are a few old pics of my first SWSM kit..... The Tool Shed.