Why American? Some people model American railroads in ho scale because of the immense range of what is available others simply because of what they have seen when in the states, maybe someone has bought you...
Oil paintings, water colours, acrylics, drawings both ancient and modern are all capable of being copied. The best way to recognise them is to learn how they are made. Our 1,300 page book on this subject...
Hi. As a regular e-bay advertiser, I thought that I'd just put a very rough guide together for the "new" collectors of M series Stahlhelm. There were THREE basic combat models. The M35, the M40 and the M42....
Ballast: How to lay rock so your model trains will roll Like a fine paint job on a locomotive, ballast is the finish coat on your track. It covers the many blemishes of roadbed construction, such as joints,...
So you've seen a painting listed and the description just mentions ever so casually that 'a friend said it looked like Munnings/Turner (or whoever) and, by coincidence, the first few initials of the grubby...
How to avoid fakes,and trouble buying and selling oil paintings The first thing to look out for is the quality of the picture, with the cameras available nowadays it is no excuse to enter a bad one, the...