News Letter March 2010

    Hi Folks,

    Hope all is going well for all of you and you all get sometime to enjoy the hobby and forget about
    all the other stuff going on in the world.

    Here is a HO small fishing trawler that is a water line model. You can see all the detail the large
    cargo hold and the winch etc. This one would look good with a lumber load or add fish nets. 
   The mast is also resin.   Here are some pictures. 




                                                                     

         I also made a water line model of the small fishing boat. You also get two fish traps. 



 
   For you O scale types this month I have something special an old rail truck. You can add this to any
   engine house scene. This guy can set on any siding or can be setting as junk. I  plan to make flat car
   load of this unit junked.

 
    The hood is removable here are some shots with the hood for a different look.



   Now here is one that I made a rust bucket that is not working. So you can see a lot of possibilities
   with this one.

    Here is something different a display for your small trains or other rail equipment. I have a lot of engines
   on display on shelves and now have a way to display them properly. Check out the pictures below.
   Makes for a nice display, a finishing touch.

    The Shay unit on the display track above is a kit by Boulder Valley Models and the small gas loco is by Fine Trains both are
                       in the link page. Both a great addition for something different and unique.

     We also have a new O scale junk pile. This casting is an old abandoned steam two drum winch.
    This piece of equipment has been left to rust away in the wildness. I love coming up on abandoned
    equipment like this. You just wish you were the first one to find it. Here are some pictures below.
   

    Now these could be used in both HO and O scale. Resin logs that are separate. You get four different
    logs. Check out the samples below. You Ho guys can use one log for a car load and the O scale guys
    can stack them like in the example.

       
    Check out the photos of the new town on the inside layout in the My Layout link on the side bar.
    I will update this page with photos of the layout as it progresses.  Make sure you scroll to the bottom
    to see the new pictures.

    Also I'm selling my FSM collection since since I'm committed to  ON30 scale. I only have the
    current jewel kits up on the site now and will add some of  the older ones later. So you can check
    those out at FMS for Sale   

      What's on the WorkBench
   
    I'm making the master for the rail truck in HO scale it will make a nice addition. And I will be making
    some other smaller logs.

    The video is under production and it should be ready soon. This is not going to be fancy so don't
    expect a big Hollywood production. Remember it is free.  This video will take you from priming to
    finish product. I have had some many requests to do this I guess I had better do it. This will be a
    FREE video on the web page.

    For the O scale crew going to make some wagons like ore wagons, freight wagons etc. And of
    course some boats. HO crew still trying to finish up the Foggy Bottom project and making the
    dry dock boat scene for the Foggy Bottom project.

    Of course you never know what's coming each month as you can see my creative juices get flowing
    and off we go on another creation.

    I'm also going to start making people in O scale. These will be of the 1930's era. Here is our first
    figure still on his casting spur. Going to try and make some different figures with casual poses
    and figures that have  never been on the market as eye catchers to bring your layout alive.

    I also went back and re did some of the existing O scale castings. Like the barrel sets and the
    large shelve casting. Check out the pictures below.

  
 
 Here is the new shelve casting.

 

   You can now get catalogs of the products in Adobe format on  the web page. A complete catalog of
   all products or an HO scale catalog or an O scale catalog is available. If you have a problem reading
   the Adobe catalogs you may need to download the most current version of the Adobe reader. This is
   a free download.

         CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW HO SCALE PRODUCTS

      CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW O SCALE PRODUCTS

   Well that's about it for now. If you do not want to be sent this news letter. Send me
   an email at rickanmary@rustyrail.com and I will remove you from the list. Please
   include as much information as you can since the email list has grown and removing
   one person is like a needle in a hay stack.

   And I think I have the kinks worked out on the web page. We are setup for Paypal
   and USPS Money Orders or personal checks. If you want to pay by USPS Money
   Order change the payment type to USPS Money Order and you will receive an invoice
   with your shipping cost and sales tax amount if you live in California.

   Thanks for your Support.  Rick and Mary.