MODEL RAILROADERS -just who is these people?:

The Model Rail Road category is fascinating. There are collectors who don't necessarily ever even take their train cars out of the original package, and then there are the guys that build elaborate set-ups and actually run their trains.  It seems to me that they go the same shows and are polite to one another, but they are entirely different species.  I call the first bunch "Collectors" and the second bunch "Hobbyists."  I fit into the later group myself.  But my toys have horse-power, teeth, and make saw-dust of various sorts. (Come to think of it, I might also be a collector after all -a tool collector.)

Storing and Displaying Rail Road Items:

The prototype of this Slider Display Case was made as a custom case for a HO Train Collector.

I know one model Rail-Roader that built an entire working -but very small scale- set up in my coffee table display case and kept the whole thing in his living room. 

Have a look at my Coffee Table display case.  

Finally, for your best stuff, consider putting it in a display case -and if it is specially valuable --I make a display case that locks.

For the molders -with lots of tiny doodads and tools that need to be carefully stored and organized, check out my Architectural (Build-In) Drawer Cases.  This is how to get lots and LOTS of drawers into your model-building space.

INTERESTING LINKS:

Come we now to International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites -This is an impressive site where scale modelers can share their favorite sites with others. It has excellent sections on rail-road modeling -organized by scale and topic. Most impressive.

   This site has it all -both model and the real -check out Trains.Com

Chap named Terry Callahan has himself a great site on Railroad Modeling -all kinds of advice for both beginning and expert modelers. 

  This is a commercial site, but an excellent one.  Check out Model Railroads.net.

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