Model Railroad Kits 101: Customization on a Budget

#ModelTrainKits #Kitbashing #OnTheWorkbench Rolling stock kits used to be everywhere, now they're disappearing from hobby shop shelves. But for model railroaders who want to build a realistic fleet without spending $45 + per car, kits are still the best value option out there. This is the first episode of my new series "On the Workbench". A perpetual series covering whatever project I'm building at the moment. In this video: Structure kits: build to fit YOUR space What kitbashing is and why it's easier than you think Rolling stock kits: beginner-friendly to advanced The tools you actually need (you probably already own most of them) Subscribe for more: [link] Chapters: 0:00 - The Hobby Shop Sticker Shock 0:20 - Structures: Built for YOUR Layout 4:54 - Rolling Stock: The Lost Art 17:18 - The Tools You Need 21:36 - Other benefits of inexpensive kits 22:24 - What's Coming Next 0:00 - Introduction & Structure Kits 4:58 - Beginner Tier Rolling Stock: Blue Box & Shake-the-Box Kits 12:26 - Intermediate Tier: Higher Detail Plastic Kits 14:37 - Expert Tier: Resin, Wood & Mixed Media Note: Tichy kits are injection-molded styrene. "resin" at 15:03 was a generalization about the tier 17:06 - Tools: What You Actually Need 22:30 - At the Workbench Series Preview and final thoughts About this channel: Building the Farmington Valley Railway Company — an HO scale freelance layout set in the 1960s on former New Haven trackage. New videos regularly! #ModelTrainKits #Kitbashing #OnTheWorkbench #HOScale #ModelRailroad #modeltrains