The March Bring ‘n’ Brag category was Motive Power: Steam. We had four entries this month:

1st place went to Rick Montgomery for his submission of his weathered HO scale C&O #494, a 4-8-2 Mountain locomotive from Mehano with a combine (Vanderbilt) tender, which Rick decalled and then weathered using powders (ash grey, soot black, and rust).

2nd place went to Tom Catalano for his entry of Monogram plastic model kit (HO scale) of Chessie #312, a 4-6-4 Hudson locomotive, which he custom painted and applied some “very old” decals.

3rd place went to Mike DeSensi for his Bachmann N scale model of a Class EM1 locomotive, B&O #7602, an EM1 (aka 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone from Baldwin), which he weathered demurely with an airbrush.

One additional entry was submitted for the March contest Motive Power: Steam.

The fourth entry was by Steve Ross, who brought a beautiful trio of old time power: two NYC J3a Hudsons — the classic #5446 and its “less pretty” sister #5405 — and B&O #99, an 0-4-0 switcher engine and tender. All of these are Rivarossi HO scale models from the 1970s, which he detailed to a high standard: to the Hudsons he added Kadee couplers, window “glass,” and painted various components and added decals; he painted and decalled the switcher engine. Steve also displayed these models at the RPM Meet in Youngwood in March.

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