Italy has a pretty good track record of producing some amazing designers – Ferrari, Armani, Versace – that are known worldwide. A bit of that culture has apparently rubbed off on Roberto Martari. Roberto has designed the premier line of N scale etched brass sides which are available through his company, M&R Models.

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Micro-Trains has announced their new releases for March 2012.

N scale models include:

Heavyweight Observation, B&O Heavyweight RPO, B&O 40′Wood Reefer, Morrell 50′ PD Box, Southern 60′ Centerbeam, CSX 50′ PD Box, UP (Automated Railway) 40′ PD Box, Gerald Ford (Presidents Series) 39′ Tank Car, SP (Reprint, 2 numbers) 50′ PD Box, CN (Reprint) [...]

If you haven’t seen the newest N scale trailers from Trainworx in person, the next best thing is to stop by our gallery and check out the photos of a sharp Union Pacific 40ft corrugated dry van.

By Mike Skibbe

As a midwestern modeler, farm fields are a necessary modeling project. Some crops like soybean, cabbage, and wheat can be convincingly modeled with a combination of ground foam and static grass materials. Most early spring crops look about the same with small green plants peaking out from manicured rows of tilled [...]

Sylvan Scale Model’s newest N scale release is their N-2123 Modern Container Ship.

This resin kit is based on two ships built in 1971 for Manchester Liners as the Mercurio and the Rapido. They were in service through 1980 and at 280′ in length, they will come in just shy of 2 actual feet [...]

N Scale Railroading’s 70th issue is on newstands now. From weathering to scrathbuilding to detailing to project layouts… and even a superb feature on Jim Blattau’s “1947″ layout… Kirk has your N scale needs covered.