I built several brick stone buildings for my layout and figured I share how I painted them. Several steps are needed, and it is honestly not my favourite part.

It’s up to you what colours you want to use and what result you’re trying to get. I wanted to get a brown-reddish type brick house, as it is seen frequently for industrial buildings.

I almost exclusively use ...

Using servos as a switch machine was a mixed experience for me, leaving me slightly frustrated since I struggled to install them properly on some switches. Hence I gave the MTB DP1 switch machine a try in order to save me a headache. The DP1 comes with a built-in decoder that supports DCC, and tak ...

Since no brewery can exist without beer fermentation tanks, I wanted to add them to my railway model layout as well. However, at first I didn’t find any plastic model kit that looked like what I wanted. I began to research the size of ...

Since I ballasted my tracks some days back, I was looking for a good glue/water mixture that does the job properly. After doing some online research, I came across a YouTube video covering exactly ...

I’m finally done with the tracks on my model railroad shelf layout. I went with the Tillig H0-ELITE-track system since I heard only good things about it, and must say that I’m more than happy with the outcome.

Getting into model railroading just a few month back, I was (and still am) regularly overwhelmed by the complexity of the hobby. I had many questions like “What is DC and how does it differ from DCC?” or “Can I control my PIKO locomotive with the EX‑CommandStation?” Knowing the struggle, I decided to start a FAQ regarding DCC, and answer some of the questions a beginner of the hobby might have ...

Recently I’ve been looking to buy some 1:87 Eastern Bloc cars for my model railway layout. I’m nowhere close to put them there just yet, but I simply couldn’t wait start buying them (and seeing a nice Black Friday Deal, I ...

I planned to get into model railroading for a while, and finally made the step 🤘

I ordered a PIKO Sm31 PKP, a fully assembled EX-CommandStation (I don’t like vendor lock-in) and started building my shelf layout in the now finished ...