https://bigbluetrains.com/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:13:58 +0000 MyBB https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10258 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:39:26 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10258 Jim]]> Jim]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10117 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:40:18 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10117 Jim]]> Jim]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10083 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:23:37 +0000 Charlie B]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10083 NEWS: Union Pacific announced via Train Magazine that they plan to run their 'Big Boy's Steam Engine from coast-to-coast to celebrate America's 250th Birthday. The plan will be worked out with Norfolk Southern, the company that Union Pacific seems to absorb over the next few years, meaning that steam power could return to the Horseshoe Curve and Altoona as soon as next year.
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It's plastic with an opening door. I've already figured out it's not the Revell/Heljan crew shanty. 

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It's plastic with an opening door. I've already figured out it's not the Revell/Heljan crew shanty. 

Anyone know?]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10077 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:26:04 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10077 Jim

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In June of 2025 Scalecoat product line was purchased from Minute Man Scale Models and is officially under new ownership. While we plan to bring the paint line back as well as the addition of many new colors, we plan to tackle the enormous line over some time. For an easy start into our new paint making adventure, we will begin the line with the Washaway paint remover while we work out the logistics of how we would like to bring the paint line back out to modelers for years to come!

If you own a hobby shop and would like to set up a dealer account, please reach out to us today! As owners of a retail hobby shop, we want to support you, without great hobby shops there is no hobby.

Currently we are only offering direct to dealer / direct to customer sales. This will allow us to focus on building real relationships with local hobby shops, it will also allow us to work with smaller direct to dealer orders ensuring we can keep local shops stocked faster and easier.


I found this out when I was at my local hobby shop the other day and was chatting with the owner. I was there to pick up a couple of items and one of those happened to be paint. He then proceeded to tell me about scalecoat and how he couldn't wait to be able to get it in again. I've used Scalecoat before and never had an issue with it but when I couldn't find it anymore, I started using testors paint which I'm not completely happy with but it works. Hopefully it won't be long and they can start getting it out to everyone.]]>
In June of 2025 Scalecoat product line was purchased from Minute Man Scale Models and is officially under new ownership. While we plan to bring the paint line back as well as the addition of many new colors, we plan to tackle the enormous line over some time. For an easy start into our new paint making adventure, we will begin the line with the Washaway paint remover while we work out the logistics of how we would like to bring the paint line back out to modelers for years to come!

If you own a hobby shop and would like to set up a dealer account, please reach out to us today! As owners of a retail hobby shop, we want to support you, without great hobby shops there is no hobby.

Currently we are only offering direct to dealer / direct to customer sales. This will allow us to focus on building real relationships with local hobby shops, it will also allow us to work with smaller direct to dealer orders ensuring we can keep local shops stocked faster and easier.


I found this out when I was at my local hobby shop the other day and was chatting with the owner. I was there to pick up a couple of items and one of those happened to be paint. He then proceeded to tell me about scalecoat and how he couldn't wait to be able to get it in again. I've used Scalecoat before and never had an issue with it but when I couldn't find it anymore, I started using testors paint which I'm not completely happy with but it works. Hopefully it won't be long and they can start getting it out to everyone.]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10060 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:17:37 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10060 Jim]]> Jim]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10053 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 02:40:05 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10053 Jim]]> Jim]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10051 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:18:00 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10051 Jim]]> Jim]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10046 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:15:01 +0000 jim currie]]> https://bigbluetrains.com/showthread.php?tid=10046 Jim

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