New England/Northeast Prototype Modelers Meet

A few more models have been primed. My latest painting adventures are posted on the latest DesignBuildOp blog.

Paint shop – 2 Another batch of freight cars is headed to the paint booth!

Fenton Wells shares his Southern Railway stock car scratchbash in the latest Resin Car Works blog post.

Southern stock car Fenton Wells has shared his latest HO scale model from the Southern Piedmont shops.  The Southern Railroad ordered 200 steel-framed, 40-ton, steel center sill, truss rod, wooden stock cars fro…

After painting several freight cars, I had to find the decal sets. The adventure continues in my latest blog post.

Decal work – 1 The last blog post ended with missing decal sets for recently painted freight cars! My list of completed resin and 3D printed freight cars ready for the paint shop leads this blog post. I needed to…

My paint booth is finally back in action. But I needed to devise some model holders before I could paint them. A few of these tools are shared in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post.

Paint shop – 1 I know this looks like a royal mess, but I’ve noticed many paint booths have a similar appearance. I finally got into gear and got the paint booth up and working.

Thank you to Eric Hansmann for creating and posting this photo gallery from this year’s meet.

Thank you to everyone who brought models. I was blown away by the variety and quality.

2026 New England Railroad Prototype Modeler meet by Eric H

I had a great time at the recent NERPM event and I've posted a summary on my blog. A photo gallery link is included.

2026 NERPM summary I drove to Springfield, Massachusetts, for the New England Railroad Prototype Modeler meet on the last weekend of May. This is also known as the Northeast RPM.

Thanks Ron Poidomani!

New England/ Northeast Prototype Meet 2026 Model Room Tour Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Great times at the weathering techniques and demonstration tables with Tony, Butch and Dave Oppedisano.

And some more photos from this weekend’s meet and layout open houses.

Some more photos from this weekend’s meet.