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Greg Cassidy's Workshop
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After years of building model railroad layouts and model railroad structures, I’ve started posting my builds to share what I've learned. If there’s a tip, technique, or product that helps another modeler then I’ve reached my goal. My videos show how I build structures, either from kits or scratch-built, mostly from wood. And they show how-tos where I’ve learned something and want to pass it on. I also have videos of my Halloween displays and from back when I used to hit the racetrack.
Building the F&M Schaefer Brewery with insight into E.L. Moore
Building an older kit to sell and (a little bit of) a deep dive into kit history.
Link to E.L. Moore history on Blogger by James D. Lowe: 30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2014/04/index-for-e-l-moores-legacy-in-21th.html
Link to E.L. Moore history on Blogger by James D. Lowe: 30squaresofontario.blogspot.com/2014/04/index-for-e-l-moores-legacy-in-21th.html
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Vollmer Engine House for an HO layout
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Building a European engine shed to look like it belongs in an American industrial city. This will be a trolley shed for the McKeesport Model Railroad Club.
Building a portable N Scale layout
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Building our club's portable layout. We use this at shows to bring attention to our Scholarship Program. For more info on applications or donations see: rmrrs.wordpress.com/scholarship/ The RMRS is a 501c3 organization. Mudd Creek Models: muddcreekmodels.com/ Motrak Models: motrakmodelsusa.com/index.html Great Scale Model Train Show: sites.google.com/view/greatscalemodeltrainshow
Spooky Town Village 2024
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The Halloween Village is mostly done...ready for the Trick-or-Treaters to come in on Halloween night and see it. This year we have: Graveyard; Zombie Wasteland; Haunted Garden; and Pirates...aye!
House of Ill Repute in HO scale
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Building a House of Ill Repute for my friend's layout set in West Virginia. Carolina Craftsman Kits: CarolinaCraftsmanKits Rail Scale Models: www.rail-scale-models.com/ Inter-Action Hobbies: www.interactionhobbies.com/ Mine Mount Models: minemountmodels.com/ Tichy Train Group: www.tichytraingroup.com/ Ultimation: ultimation.ca/
Radio Tower Lights
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How I added Warning Sequence Lights from Evan Designs to a radio tower on my HO layout. Evan Designs: evandesigns.com/
Paint and Brushes for Modeling: A How-To
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From New Tracks Modeling: My clinic on Paint Brushes used in modeling. I was honored to be asked to give a presentation on brushes. You can see the entire episode and all of the other great modeling videos at: www.youtube.com/@UCMA_VhPb5pjdkAYTdXLceJA
N Scale City Classics Service Station
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Building a City Classics Service Station in N Scale for our club's layout. Ultimation Sander: ultimation.ca/ Mudd Creek Models: muddcreekmodels.com/ I have other build videos on my channel, check them out.
Scratchbuilding a Damaged Freight House
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Scratchbuilding a Damaged Freight House
Another Pine Creek General Store from Micro-Scale Models
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Another Pine Creek General Store from Micro-Scale Models
Using Wet Distress Crayons for Mortar
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Using Wet Distress Crayons for Mortar
O Scale Scratchbuild of a PRR Scale Agency Office - Pt 2
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O Scale Scratchbuild of a PRR Scale Agency Office - Pt 2
O Scale Scratchbuild of a PRR Scale Agency Office - Pt 1
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O Scale Scratchbuild of a PRR Scale Agency Office - Pt 1
Glenville Station Diorama by Medford Trains
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Glenville Station Diorama by Medford Trains
Wow, I think this is my favourite model railroad video of 2024. I've seen this kit for years, good to see how it comes together but even better to learn about E. L. Moore who designed so many of these old classic kits that I've seen around for years.
Thank you, I appreciate it. Yes, I felt the same as I was finding out about Mr. Moore. So many of the kits I grew up with came from his designs.
I had the Tyco version
@@tommcg5930 Do you still have it? I have a question about that one. Thanks for watching.
@@CassidysWorkshop it has been gone since the 70s. Many many years ago. I remember the little barrels that came with the kit.
@@tommcg5930 Hard to be a brewery without barrels. 😄
Love your well-organized videos and matter-of-fact style. Such a great introduction to the kits and your impressive techniques!
Thank you so much, I appreciate it. I enjoy showing kits like these, they're fun to build.
Fantastic! I’ve always wondered about the differences between those models. I’m looking forward to learning about E.L. Moore’s buildings.
Yes, I've found it to be an interesting journey, and don't know where it will lead. Thanks for watching.
Glad to know all the parts were there when you built it. I have one on my layout and it serves as a “Hawkins Cheezies” factory.
Yeah, it was hard to tell with all the pieces loose in the box. Now I'm hungry for a snack. 😄 Thanks for watching.
The plastic injection moulds for the 'Brewery' were Made and held by POLA who manufactured in Germany. (Pola is now a part of Faller). There was an additional boxing for Playcraft a UK distributor, they were very original(?) in their numbering and used 806 the same as the Pola part number.
Thanks, that supports what I've read of Pola doing the casting for AHM and others. It makes more sense than the molds being passed around from company to company. I knew that Faller acquired Pola's N & HO kits, I wonder if they still have the molds. Thanks for watching.
When I was a kid, I always wanted the TYCO brewery kit!
@@clearlycaribbeanreb2895 Thanks for watching. I know the feeling, I always wanted the Revell Switch Tower. Did you ever get it?
@@CassidysWorkshop No, I never did. As I aged, my interested shifting to mid-80’s Chessie System WV mine shifters in HO Scale. Not a lot of room for a brewery! Maybe a moonshine still!
@@clearlycaribbeanreb2895 😄 Sounds like a good switch. 👍
I built one years ago - I think it was the kit that was sold by TYCO. I took the wood barrels, sanded the sides smooth, put the barrel lids on upside down, and painted them silver to represent modern metal beer kegs.
Cool, neat idea. Do you remember if your version had molded-in bracing for the legs of the wooden deck? I'm trying to find which one had that. Thanks for watching.
@@CassidysWorkshop - I don't recall my brewery model having the diagonal truss bracing on the platform legs. I still have it somewhere, so I'll look for it and verify if it has bracing.
@@Petemonster62 Thanks, it's great that you still have it.👍
I've built several old kits by IHC, AHM etc. and the instructions are often pretty bad. Some of them look practically hand-drawn. Great job, though.
Thanks. Yeah, I've done some old ones, both plastic and craftsman kits, where you had to almost figure out how to put it together yourself. And that's OK, if you have a photo or drawing showing what both sides should look like. Heck, some old wood kits all you get is a photo. Which can be enough depending on the kit.
Small kits are great slump busters! Very nice!
Yep, thanks Gary.
Another first rate job. Interestingly the Heinz pickle factory is pretty much the same except clapboard instead of brickwork. The late Art Curran wrote a booklet on kitbashing structures and two of these kits were combined to make a completely different structure. I’ve got 2 on my layout. I wouldn’t be surprised if POLA in Germany made all the pieces all along and TYCO, Model Power, etc just ordered a certain number of kits and had them put in their own boxes
Thank you, Jim. Art was right, these are great for kitbashing. I think I read in Mr. Lowe's book that Pola was involved in the design or creation of the first kits put out by AHM. And likely the ones for Tyco and Model Power. But I have seen a couple small differences in them, I wonder how those come about. The more I read about these the more questions I have.
It seems the name POLA was often molded on the building's base of many AHM structures.
@@Petemonster62 And I've seen Tyco molded into the underside of the roof on the Tyco version. It seems they could do minor changes like that, perhaps depending on the contractual specifications of producing it.
That would make a nice pottery factory or a custom iron works or a craft beer brewery for today's ''hipsters''
Thank you, that's some of the fun of building models is thinking what they might be in real life.
@@CassidysWorkshop Thank you very much for responding to my comment, Much appreciated.
@@michaelquinones-lx6ks Thanks for watching. 👍
Well done
Thank you. I see you did a kitbash of one of the AHM kits. I watched the first episode, I'll sub and go watch the rest. I respect seeing one of these old kits brought into the 21st Century.
@@CassidysWorkshop Thanks, I started out with the idea of kitbashing a Tony Koester model then went a different direction. I love these old kits, it's what i had when i was a kid.
@@hoscalemodeltrains1221 Same here, except I remember the old Revell kits more. I think I did a bunch of them. I spend most of my time building craftsman and lasercut kits, but these old plastic ones can be fun.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I remember seeing E. L. Moore's articles in Model Railroader, but I had no idea that he was so prolific. And it goes without saying, I am *always* a fan of taking an old model out of the box and getting it ready for the layout! Nice job.
Thanks, Richard. I wish I had read more of his articles back then, but I'm catching up as I can.
Your model looks great! And thanks for mentioning my eBook on E. L. Moore. He was a fascinating model railroader and an inspiration to many.
Mr. Lowe, I'm so glad you said it was OK to use parts of your blog, and that you found my video. I wish I could have given more information about Mr. Moore, but I hope that those interested will visit your blog for more about a legend of our hobby. Thank you for your research and for sharing it. 👍
We're they stealing his ideas or did he get paid to design these buildings? Today you still see manufacturers, Walters for example, using the same or nearly the same sprues to make a number of different kits. The upside is it lends itself to kitbashing.
No, they weren't stealing them. I don't know all the arrangements yet, I'm still reading some of the entries that James Lowe made, and his book has some of the communication between E.L. Moore, the magazine editors, and the manufacturers. And yes, you're right, these are all great for kitbashing. Thanks for watching.
No, those other manufacturers weren't stealing the designs. AHM manufactured them first, but as time went on the tooling was sold to other to other companies. Over the years some of the kits changed hands several times.
@@30Squares Pola in Germany were responsible for making many/most of the plastic kits for AHM and later Model Power and Tyco, as well as for the UK Playcraft. The cardboard boxes (and instruction sheets) appear to have been the responsibility of the distributing companies using their own marketing sources and individual styles. I can imagine crates of sprues crossing the pond and then being matched into kits then put into the boxes in the US.
@@warminghurst Thank you for the clarification. In my eBook I discussed the events that lead to certain E L Moore projects becoming plastic kits, but had no information on the business aspects of the production of those kits. Your information helps to put the whole story together.
@@30Squares Indeed, I find it fascinating how different companies would be having the same kits made for them, possibly with some minor changes for their run. I saw a kit of the brewery from Tyco with their name molded in the underside of the roof. And I see their kit has the supports molded into the platform legs, where it looks like the other manufacturers (?) just have straight legs.
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Thanks, Larry.
Nice job Greg! Thanks for history going to look up E.L. Moore.
Thanks, Gary. I appreciate it.
E.L.Moore was an author I always looked forward to seeing in the mags back then growing up. He was very creative and seemed to enjoy his creations. So many have become "standards" among modelers over the years like the beautiful plastic kits by Revell. You couldn't find a layout in those days without several of them. Thanks for informing some newer modelers to Mr. Moore and his legacy. Nice job on the kit.
Thank you, Roger. You're right, I think we've been influenced by him more than we know. I also want to do more research on the old Revell kits, I had built a number of them back in the 60s.
LIONEL MADE THOSE KITS TO FOR HO SCALE.
Thanks, Jeff. I'll have to look into their kit as well.
Looks like $50 minimum to me,
@@BrianRochon 😆 Thanks, Brian. We'll see.
Nice job! Picked up a few pointers! A new one for me is the ground up oak leaves around the base! Any problems with the stains warping anything? I know the water based paints do! I'm getting ready to do the Silver Falls Lumber Co. Thanks again!
@@Zipidy2Da Thank you. I'm always happy when someone picks up a tip or two from something I've done. I didn't have any problem with warping of the building or any of the platform, constructing the building ahead of time helps with that. But I did have the rafters warp a fair bit when I stained them, and I then had to straighten them as I was glueing them in place.
What brand is that locomotive? Also what DCC system? Impressive low speed etc!
Thanks for watching. The CSX is an Atlas and the Amtrak is Kato. We had Digitrax then, but have switched to NCE since then. I have a more recent video of building the layout from start to finish. ruclips.net/video/SnmMItcPwHw/видео.html
@ Thank you! Atlas N scale is decent, and you prefer NCE?
@@monkshillpottery I've had Digitrax on my home layout for decades. But the NCE is easier to use in my opinion. One thing that can make a difference is if you have friends using one system, going with that one makes troubleshooting easier, on the assumption your friends can help. Starting from scratch, I think I'd go NCE.
@ Thanks!
@ I’ve got a real problem- model railroad fever- after a 15 year hiatus. (Sold all my ho stuff). I was very good at modeling, weathering etc but the electronics baffles me. I may just save headaches, and money, and go dc.
Amazing detail, unbelievable
Thank you for watching, Bob. I appreciate it.
Nice video. Inquiry: What, exactly is that Lamp Jig (7:26), and how does it work? I have some gooseneck lamps (Tichy Train) to build in N scale, and could sure use something. Thanks!
Thanks. All it is is a piece I made for holding Tichy lamps with the bulbs in them flat for gluing on various supports, either theirs or ones I've made. I just drilled a couple holes in a piece of wood and glued on another piece to hold them up while gluing. I use it mostly for HO but it works for N as well. Thanks for watching.
Greg Noticed you have a different tool for making nail holes…who makes that tool…thank you.
Hi Robert. Thanks, I found these a couple years ago, here's a Short I made about them. I think you can still find them, I had to go to eBay. ruclips.net/user/shortsxJ93VKZ0jDQ?si=DmejHbA0ETj1I0wZ
@ Thank you…no longer made…but found two wheels on eBay…I’ll make a holder if I purchase…thanks again…😎
Yeah I remember getting the wheels when I first saw them, and then it took me like a year or more to find the holder. Good luck.
Nice job!
Thank you, Darren.
I had considered this model or my own layout but like you had forst said it looks to European. I am glad you were able to modify it. I went with a different model as i was not sure I how to give is a more American look. Great job.
Thanks so much, Chris. As Richard Wissbaum pointed out below, much of the industrial region was settled by European immigrants, so having some Euro flare wouldn't be all bad. But eliminating most of the fancy touches helped a lot in Americanizing it. PS, just subbed, I like what you're building there. 👍
@CassidysWorkshop Thank you.
That warping is caused by plastic "memory " It remembers it was once a ball. Happy modeling.😊
Ha, thanks. Same to you.
Outstanding work, lots of great ideas. For what it’s worth, when it comes to acetate for windows, I’ve been collecting that annoying “military grade” anti theft plastic that everything seems to be packaged in these days. Might find a use for it.
Thanks, I appreciate it. Yep, you can find useful window glass in lots of places. I have a folder of different clear materials, mostly scraps and other salvaged items, plus some actual "window material" that I ended up with somehow. I usually use whatever's on top of the pile that fits. 😀
@@CassidysWorkshopDid I understand correctly that you use dry pigment powder, brush it into the mortar lines and then apply water? I would love to try this technique.
@@jimjohnston7688 That's right, it's one of a few techniques for putting mortar in bricks. Here's the video by Brett Wiley showing it better, the pigment-for-mortar part starts a bit after 8 minutes. ruclips.net/video/JFnpvykISZs/видео.htmlsi=_uzcb_x0PQnTxLoS
Great Job, Greg. Learned a few new tip too. Thanks and keep up the great videos.
Thanks, Todd. That's my hope is that something I picked up or thought of I can pass on.
Great job!,
Thank you, Dave.
That turned out really nice! And that McKeesport club is SW of me, up the Mon river.
Thanks, Paul. Have you been there, nice building they have.
@@CassidysWorkshop Not yet. Met some of them at a show last year, but haven't made the trek from north-side to south-east side yet.
this is an awesome layout, i'd love to have something like this one day :) nice work!
Thanks, I hope you get to build one someday.
Fantastic job, Greg. Keep in mind, many of the workmen who built a structure like this in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh may have been immigrants from Europe, so a little European flavor is not at all out of place.
Thank you, Dick. You're right, and you can see that in much of the architecture of the buildings in Eastern states. Thanks for the reminder.👍
Nice job Greg.
@@garychestnut6380 Thank you so much, Gary.
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Hi Greg, which scale is it? O scale?
Hi Marco. No, it's HO scale. Thanks for viewing.
That’s a great idea Greg.
Thanks, Todd. I'm getting back into adding little details to it, Its been neglected for too long.
Very nice work. I always enjoy seeing your work. Lots of good ideas.
@@jimjohnston7688 Thank you so much Jim. I appreciate the kind words.
Looks great Greg!
Thanks, Gary.
Your welcome Greg, it was my pleasure.
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Thank you
Excellent work as always, Greg!
Thank you so much, Ryan.
Looks great!
Thanks, Paul. A bit easier than a full-size layout.
Your seet up looks really cool. I just saw this short so don't know how you make them. But keep up the good work.
@@jonathanhart3526 Thank you so much. There's more about my Halloween display on my channel if you want to see more.
I just love Soookytown!!! All the detail, nooks and crannies. There so much to see. Love the cacophony of sounds too. I think you need to develop some Spookytown lore!!!! 👏☠️
Thank you, Ben. I'm so glad you like it. Maybe you can come see it in person someday.
Awesome Greg, The casket in the ditch need to have a knocking noise from within, idea for next year. Did you make some of them or all of them.
Todd, that's a fantastic idea, I'll have to try that. Most of the caskets are Lemax, but I found an easy way to replicate them that I may use next year.
Loving this!
Thank you, Chris. 🎃
Hey Greg , there is no place to hide from these spooks.
No...and now they know you have seen them. 😮