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What I Have Learned modeling the Oahu Sugar Company in Fn3 (1:20.3) in a diorama style layout using Llagas Creek Track. Set in WWII when the US government has requisitioned thousands of acres of this plantation for defense purposes. The first model engine acquired was manufactured by Bachmann. Featured in several Narrow Gauge Downunder articles. Thanks are extended to Jim Stapleton and Richard Kilday. This blog also covers from time to time modeling resources for 1:20.3 and other scales.

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Vehicle Review - Whitebox 1/43 Black 1936 Four-Door Chrysler Airflow Sedan

on March 29, 2020

Copyright 2020 Nicholas Kalis

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Vehicle Review - Diecast 1941 Plymouth Pickup Truck Made in China

on March 28, 2020

Copyright 2020 Nicholas Kalis

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Vehicle Review - Liberty Classics 1936 Dodge Tanker Anthony White Mule Gas Die-cast 1:24 Scale

on March 28, 2020

www.libertyclassics.com

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Vehicle Review - My Layout's Less Expensive yet nice 1:43 vehicles

on March 28, 2020

Photographed by Nicholas Kalis

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Vehicle Review - White Box Four-door 1/43 Buick Special 1936 dark red and 1/43 Buick Special

on March 27, 2020

Black two-door (right) is a First Response Replicas

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Vehicle Review - Whitebox Diecast 1/43 Two-Tone Packard LeBaron Speedster 1934

on March 26, 2020

White Box Item WB178

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Helpful Hint- Every Workbench Needs Tamiya Item 87106**260 Craft Cotton Swab

on March 26, 2020

Available in Various Sizes

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Vehicle Review - Brooklin Models 1:43 Scale 1939 Nash Ambassador Eight Coup

on March 26, 2020

Photographs by Nicholas Kalis

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Vehicle Review - O scale Custom Painted US Navy Jeep Serial Number 24725

on March 26, 2020

By Ramesh Bishop

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Product Review - banta modelworks' Chillery's Café front # 6150 O scale - A lasercut kit

on March 25, 2020

O scale model in progress

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Visit - HFD Waipahu Fire Station No. 12 in O scale

on March 24, 2020

Three dimensional model using color photographs from the internet

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Figure Review - 1/24 Bob and Sally - The Happy Couple Kit by Master Box Ltd. MB24029

on March 23, 2020

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Figure Review - 1/24 Resin Kits by China's Hobby Design

on March 23, 2020

All require painting

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Project - O scale (1:48) Model of Oahu's Waipahu Store by Nicholas Kalis

on March 17, 2020

Made from "Photoshopped" Photos

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Figure Review - 1/24 Scale Soviet Film Actor Model Kits Unpainted Resin Garage Kits GK

on March 16, 2020

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Figure Review - 1:24 American Firemen # 24005 Found at www.emodels.co.uk

on March 16, 2020

Russia's ICM Holding Company

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Project - Ingredients for Making Fn3 (1:20.3 scale) Bamboo for Your Layout or Diorama

on March 12, 2020

This information was also published in Narrow Gauge Downunder

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Visit - Painting an Armand Bayardi Resin Stump - Results

on March 12, 2020

Armand P. Bayardi Model Maker

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Figure Review - Just Plain Folks Figures Available at Reindeer Pass Railroad

on March 09, 2020

Reviewed by Nicholas Kalis

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1:24 Scale Made in Belgium
1/35 Scale
200 Central Park West
A color photograph
A color photograph found on the internet
A false front for Waipahu
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary dioramas featuring railways
A must
A must read for all model railroaders and diorama builders
A photograph for my Shapeways 3D printed parts before painting

A tutorial
Accion Press
Ackle
Airfix Model World
AK Interactive
All require painting
Almark Publishing Co. Ltd.
An Article by Nicholas Kalis
An idea from Doug Gurin
Andrea Press
Armand P. Bayardi Model Maker
At plantation village
Available in Various Sizes
Be Brutally honest with yourself
Black and white
Black and white photograph
Black two-door (right) is a First Response Replicas
Bombs being dispersed in the cane fields of the Oahu Sugar Company
Built by Nicholas Kalis from a banta modelworks kits
Built by Three Friends with Help from their Wives
Buy this book to learn the eleven principles of composition for a model railroad
By Ramesh Bishop
Cancelled by reason of the novel Coronavirus. Look for information about rescheduling
Casemate Publishers
Clinic by Nicholas Kalis
Color
Color Photograph
Color photograph of my layout
Color Photographs of my prior layout
Communicating the era you model
Copyright 2020 Nicholas Kalis
Cramped Spaces Make for Spectacular Exhibition Model Railroad
Creativity is Rewarding
Daininippon Kaiga Co.
Delivered October 17 2004
Description of added details available for purchase
Diodump bamboo
Employees of the Oahu Sugar Company conducted their shopping in the town of Waipahu
Fisher Forest Museum
Found on the internet
Glenwood Publishers
Hawaii Fire Department
Hobby Gear 1:24 Scale
I used a yellow magic marker to remind me what I had accomplished
Imrie/Risley Miniatures
In color
Inc.
Instructions
It can reach twenty feet in height
Item 70128
Just a few of the comments: “… has inspired me to move out of the doldrums that I’ve been in for some time” “An excellent hands-on issue!” “I enjoyed the sugar cane articles”
Kalmbach Publishing
Location- trestle area
Ltd.
Made from "Photoshopped" Photos
Made In Germany
Marcel
Maryland
MBR Products
Model Railroaders Can Learn Much from such small scale dioramas found at many museums. Learn more about this topic from my articles in the Layout Design Journal
Modeling the Long Island Rail Road
My workbench
My workshop
nearly finished awaiting modeled gate
No. 12 Waipahu Fire Station
Note the painted clouds
now named Roosevelt Island
NY NY
O scale model in progress
Oahu Sugar Company Engine Number 5
Order at www.track-shack.com
Osprey Masterclass
Osprey Publishing
Painting
Per Olav Lund
Photograph by N Kalis
Photographed by Nicholas Kalis
Photographs by Nicholas Kalis
pictured here.
Piko # 62210 Water Tower - purchased assembled and used at a train show
POW Camp Honouliuli
Prepared by Nicholas Kalis
Published congratulations to Class of 1952
Published in an NMRA publication
Published in The Local
Read review in Layout Design Journal
Released 1985
Reviewed by Nicholas Kalis
Reviewed in August 2011 Garden Railways
Russia's ICM Holding Company
Safety First
Scotch Shipping Tape
Side of truck reads "Oahu Sugar Co."
SLM
Sugar Cane Press
Tamiya
The Crowood Press
The last trolley of New York - it served Welfare Island
The model box claims it is a cathedral but in prosperous model Long Island City
These are resin castings sold by Armand Bayardi and finished by N Kalis
This information was also published in Narrow Gauge Downunder
This is modeled in Fn3 (1:20.3) on my layout
this kit worked well as a neighborhood church that appears in photos
This layout took the cover of Railroad Model Craftsman
This photograph provides some details about signs that can be modeled in O scale to include in any model or Waipahu
This was the shopping district for employees of the Oahu Sugar Company
Three dimensional model using color photographs from the internet
Towson
Union Bank Building
villages and landscapes.
Water Tunnel
Weld Bond
White Box Item WB178
Windrow & Greene Publishing
Wire Foliage Branches by JTT
Works with household current
World's Fair Logo
www.diorama-clervaux.com
www.jgminiatures.com
www.libertyclassics.com
www.mk35.com
X-Acto knives

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