We're moving

As things change, we have to adapt and make decisions that effect how business is done. I have decided to move from the free hosted blogger website to a more robust website. The website home page will be the landing page for both my professional and personal modeling endeavors, and I hope that you enjoy it. You can find the website here: at Marshcreekmini.com The driving factor behind the move is that marshcreekmini.com will have a more traditional storefront page where customers can browse and shop our models. The design engine for the hosting service is much more intuitive than using code to try and add PayPal buttons on a blog. It works, but I feel that marshcreekmini.com needs to be more professional and polished.

I haven't decided how I want to handle this blog, if I want to shut it down completely, or use it as an "archive" of most of 2014. Either way, I will still update it in the short term, and be sure to check us out at marshcreekmini.com

Thank you for your patience, and God Bless.

Rich.

Indian River & Northern Railway #2

As you can see, IR&NR #2 is complete. It was an absolute joy to build, using the Toma Models kit. I believe that even without the addition of the kit, the Minitrains F&C locomotive could easily be detailed and weathered into a hard working little workhorse for your narrow gauge pike. 

Go build something awesome. 

Surgeon General's Warning

Minitrains Fiddletown & Copperopolis Locomotive

About a year ago, the deep dark caverns of web geekdom where most dare not go were beside themselves with joy and anticipation when Minitrains announced that it would be making an "American" locomotive in HOn30.  Leaked photos confirmed that unlike their European releases, Minitrains was diving headlong into the American market. At that time, I was just beginning to entertain the idea of getting involved in HOn30, and I was intrigued by this little teakettle, but I decided to wait until I had heard more about it before I sank the money into something I had no experience in.

Fast forward to this afternoon, when the mailman dropped a small box packed with foam peanuts protecting an even smaller box. I opened it up, and was immediately impressed with the quality.  I raced into the basement to put it on the track, and see how it ran.  I couldn't believe how nicely it ran on my horrendously awful track. Almost as nice as a modern N scale diesel. There was no need to push start it, and it ran at scale speeds very nicely. It didn't crawl along the track, but it started fairly well, and moved about Buzzard's Cove effortlessly, and without sounding like a milk jug in a blender to boot!

I'm going to need a handful more of these little guys.  Seriously.  In fact, I'm so thrilled by this little bugger that I'm considering liquidating all of my On30 gear that will never get run to finance more Minitrains locos.  I'm hooked, and it's bad.

Surgeon General's Warning: Minitrains are highly habit forming, and could lead to foaming at the mouth.

Go build something awesome!