This site is for modelers who are curious about P48 and prototype modeling. The layout featured here is my own Indiana & Whitewater, a two foot wide by 24 foot long shelf style layout built to P48 standards. My first book Pieces of The Puzzle, tells the story of the decision process for the designing the layout. Additionally, there are two free e-books available for downloading that cover the techniques used to lay the track (see the links in the sidebar to the left).
My goal with this site is to take away the mystery that
often surrounds P48 modeling and to show what O Scale
has to offer in the 21st Century. To that end, I've added
some new pages showing a boxcar project I'm working on.
Click the link here, or look under the "New Projects" tab in
the tool bar up top.
Enjoy the site.
Mike Cougill
Still here
07/30/2010
I know it's been quite a while since I've posted anything new. I've been working very long and hard on the new book in addition to the usual magazine workload. The book is on schedule and we hope to have it ready by November of this year. I'm in the middle of page and chapter layout, then it's on to final proofing and preparation before going to the printers. Modeling projects have been shelved for the short term until I get the book wrapped up. Further, with all the rain we've had, yard work has been a bear too. It's always something. Hopefully, I can get some progress on the PS 5344 boxcar project before the Naperville Show.
Look for details about the new book, Detailing Track, on the site in the near future. Thanks for hanging in with me, and thank you to all who have downloaded the two e-books. To date there have been over 1500 downloads.
O Scale Trains Magazine Blog
As the current editor of O Scale Trains Magazine, I
post questions, comments and occasional dumb remarks
on the OST Blog. If you are interested, the link will take
you there.