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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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 [...]

by Mike Skibbe

Back before Kato began their “name” train releases, they released two series of passenger cars that did not form any particular train. Rather, the smoothside and corrugated releases followed the standard mix of matching baggage, RPO, coach, diner, sleeper, dome, and observation cars. While the smoothside cars followed UP prototypes (observation excluded) [...]

by Daniel Leavitt

There are many styles of freight trucks available in N scale. Several manufactures offer a wide range of models from the ancient Fox style to the latest Barber S2. In this article, I will cover quality freight car trucks available in the market. For pictures and a more in-depth history of prototype [...]

Here at Model:160 there isn’t anything we enjoy more than a good build-thread. And Arbomambo has been delivering with loads of photos as he constructs a Santa Fe door layout with southwest scenery. So if you haven’t stopped by the forums lately, check out his build-thread HERE.

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