News Letter February 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 our first fishing boat model. This guy has a  lot of
    character. It is a two piece casting the hull cabin etc is one part and the roof comes as a single
    casting. You can even see the rope molded into the front deck. This casting is a full hull so you
    can do what you want the boat out of water or you can sand the hull for a water line model.
    You also get two fish traps. Here are some pictures. 





    Now this one was fun to create. I call this one 'On the Rocks'. You can see this boat has hit the
    breakwater. Would this look good in your harbor scene. You could add broken windows and
    fishing nets etc. Now if this is not a scene catcher nothing is. Here are some pictures.  

    I'm working on another scene which is a dry dock scene to go with the Foggy Bottom building. I'm
    working on some other boats that have that different look and feel. Also the O scale crowd has asked
    if I will make some boats in O scale and the answer is yes in the works.

   For you O scale types this month I have a old portable air compressor. You can purchase the air
   compressor as a separate item as shown below.  This guy can be used at a mine or a street repair
   using a jack hammer. Check out the engine detail below and you can position the pull bar any way
   you want. It does require some assembly. Maybe a junk pile on this one soon.




  

    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
   
    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.