BHI Publications

09/13/2020

Former White Pass & Yukon drop side gondolas on the Sumpter Valley, September 2008. All images copyrighted and not to be used for commercial use.

08/19/2020

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Detail books by BHI Publications

With 47 D&RG / D&RGW Narrow Gauge titles + 2 UTLX Narrow Gauge tank car titles (that operated on the D&RGW / RGS, we have the largest number of in print books on the Rio Grande narrow gauge equipment anywhere.

http://www.quickpicbooks.com/files/DRGW_ngbooks.html

09/26/2018

Silverton, CO Sept. 2018 Businesses
Mostly Blair, Greene, & Reese streets
Individual buildings are scattered throughout.
Refer to Google Maps for exact locations.

Views of historic structures on Blair, Reese & Greene Streets

02/09/2017

New Orleans Streetcars, 2014

12/03/2016

Railroad Definitions and Explanations

08/30/2016

All are correct for 1/48 scale (O Scale) and soime will work for scales up to 1/87 (S & HO)

All are correct for 1/48 scale (O Scale) and soime will work for scales up to 1/87 (S & HO)

08/12/2016

BHI Publications's cover photo

07/30/2016

The newest title in our How-To series is at the printers. It is the lead book that will cover more advanced topics in such a way that a beginner can do it. The book teaches the reader how to cast white metal figures, the most difficult part to make.

He walks through step by step how to do everything from metal choice through the final stage of painting. The neatest part though is that this is all done WITHOUT a spin casting machine. The book includes ordering part numbers and contact info for the supplier he uses the most.

If you can mold and cast a figure, you can make just about everything else in scale model building in the way of details and non-moving parts.

It is open for pre-ordering right now but they will not ship until mid to later in September, in the order in which the order is placed with one exception.

We will have a very limited number (under 3 dozen copies) at the National Narrow Gauge Convention this September in Augusta, ME where the author will be giving 2 clinics on the subject.

The webpage for the book with ordering info and samples of pages is:
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/MMR/Advanced/Wht_Mtl/Wht_Mtl.html


While you are picking that one up, you might want to pick up Cameron Bryars’ book on how to go from a photo to a finished structure (which odds are you may need windows or doors or details for)
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/MMR/Proto/Beaver_Brook.html

And also Nick Muff’s book on how to do Modular Interiors for Structures.
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/MMR/Structures/Mod_interior/Modular_Interiors.html

05/06/2016

Museum of Transportation; Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad; East Broad Top Railroad

Museum of Transportation; Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad; East Broad Top Railroad

04/13/2016

On the way this Summer. D&RGW Closed Vestibule Passenger Cars - Quick Pic AND Historic Maine Postcards Vol 2 (covering the area of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes RR). Pre-Publication order availability will be announced soon.

02/11/2016

For our project layout the season will be late October.

With the various areas this will allow us to do seasons showing bare aspens, yellow and red aspens and as the elevation gets lower the traditional deciduous trees with the leaf raking piles and Jack o’ Lanterns getting ready for Halloween.

At the end of the Christmas season Hobby Lobby and Michaels were clearing out their small sets of 10 battery powered LED lights. I picked up a few for assorted projects. They were the Cool White LEDs so they have a naturally blue tint to the light which worked perfectly for lighting a Jack o’ Lantern.

I was looking for a quick and easy project and decided I would start the experiments for making them and picked up a pack of Sculpey Clay at Hobby Lobby. This clay is the type you make your item then bake it for a short time and it hardens.

With all these lights I had to do some projects that will use them besides building interiors and so the Jack o’ Lantern came to mind. Many artists have done paintings of this basic scene and I enjoy it a lot so am taking elements from them

Growing up I remember there were always large pumpkins in the 2-3 feet in diameter range so decided I was going to try for some in that range. I took a hobby knife and cut out a piece of clay around a ½” cube and rolled it into a ball. Some I made taller and some wider to account for the variations we always saw.

I put the batteries into the LEDs and turned them on so I could see if I had thinned the clay too much or not before I even started doing the faces.

Next I twisted the LED up inside the underside of the pumpkin trying to keep the entire thing pretty round.

I then took a set of jewelers’ screwdrivers and used one to lightly impress the lines that are on pumpkins into the clay and then used it to start to make the faces. To make the face I just had to make the clay layer thinner in those places and the light would shine through. I made the faces with the lights in the room low and the LED turned on so I could see when I had done enough for the effect I wanted.

At this time I also flattened the top of them for the areas the stalk attached.

On some I made a face on each side because I was thinking I could rotate them 180 degrees between visits by friends so they never will know which house will have which Jack o’ Lantern.

The photos on this were taken with a cell but it gives you the idea.

For our project layout the season will be late October.

With the various areas this will allow us to do seasons showing bare aspens, yellow and red aspens and as the elevation gets lower the traditional deciduous trees with the leaf raking piles and Jack o’ Lanterns getting ready for Halloween.

At the end of the Christmas season Hobby Lobby and Michaels were clearing out their small sets of 10 battery powered LED lights. I picked up a few for assorted projects. They were the Cool White LEDs so they have a naturally blue tint to the light which worked perfectly for lighting a Jack o’ Lantern.

I was looking for a quick and easy project and decided I would start the experiments for making them and picked up a pack of Sculpey Clay at Hobby Lobby. This clay is the type you make your item then bake it for a short time and it hardens.

With all these lights I had to do some projects that will use them besides building interiors and so the Jack o’ Lantern came to mind. Many artists have done paintings of this basic scene and I enjoy it a lot so am taking elements from them

Growing up I remember there were always large pumpkins in the 2-3 feet in diameter range so decided I was going to try for some in that range. I took a hobby knife and cut out a piece of clay around a ½” cube and rolled it into a ball. Some I made taller and some wider to account for the variations we always saw.

I put the batteries into the LEDs and turned them on so I could see if I had thinned the clay too much or not before I even started doing the faces.

Next I twisted the LED up inside the underside of the pumpkin trying to keep the entire thing pretty round.

I then took a set of jewelers’ screwdrivers and used one to lightly impress the lines that are on pumpkins into the clay and then used it to start to make the faces. To make the face I just had to make the clay layer thinner in those places and the light would shine through. I made the faces with the lights in the room low and the LED turned on so I could see when I had done enough for the effect I wanted.

At this time I also flattened the top of them for the areas the stalk attached.

On some I made a face on each side because I was thinking I could rotate them 180 degrees between visits by friends so they never will know which house will have which Jack o’ Lantern.

The photos on this were taken with a cell but it gives you the idea.

01/29/2016

Ongoing updates

Ongoing updates

01/23/2016

Photos that do not fit into any of our current series.

Photos that do not fit into any of our current series.

01/06/2016

Surrey, Sussex, & Southampton #6, a 2-6-0 Locomotive at Mt. Pleasant, IA

11/29/2015

BHI Publications Quick Pic Railroad Books

Back to Trains Sale



Now through 1159pm Sunday December 6, US Central Time

Order $50 or more of any combination out of our 235 books and we will refund the shipping when they ship to US Addresses.

If they ship to Addresses outside the US we will refund $10 of the shipping for orders over $50 and under $150 when they ship. For orders over $150 we will refund $20 of the shipping.

This includes:

-All of the Quick Pic Books for Standard and Narrow Gauge Motive Power and Rolling Stock Sections

-All of the Quick Pics in Color Books

-All of the Maine 2’ Books & Pictorial Guides

-All of the Mastering Model Railroading series books

-All of the titles in our Folios, Drawings, Diagrams, and Data Series books

-A Century + 10 of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 2nd Edition

In other words all of the Train books we publish are included…and even any of the 3 aviation books we offer.


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10/08/2015

BHI Publications

Three new train books will be back from the printer and shipping next week. Orders shipped as received.

http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/folio_index.html

1938 Railway Post Office Specs and Diagrams

Boston & Maine 1952 Freight Cars and 1950 Freight Train Symbols

New Haven 1956 Freight Train and Package Car Schedule

11/17/2014

National Museum of Naval Aviation - Pensacola NAS, Florida.....Part 1

Newest blog up http://digitalrover.wordpress.com/2014/11/17/national-museum-of-naval-aviation-pensacola-nas-florida-part-1/

08/13/2014

4 New Books first half of August brings the total in print titles to 236. Congrats to Cameron Gavriel Moreno-Bryars for his second book with us and Cameron Bryars III with his first appearance as a CAD Draftsman with us. http://www.quickpicbooks.com/MMR/Proto/Beaver_Brook.html
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/PRR/PRR_Cookbook.html
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/PRR/PRR_1939consists_Inter_regional.html
http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/PRR/PRR_1939consistsNY_Phil_DC.html

07/24/2014

Late July/Early August new releases brings our total books in print to 232. These three are all detail Quick Pic Books. ***#1 Steam Locomotive Service Facilities in Chama, NM Book 1 of 2; ***#2 DSP&P/DL&G/C&S Locomotive 191; ***#3 RGS/C&S/DB&W/Co&NW Loco 30/74

07/04/2014

Early July releases include DRGW C-16 #278 & SRRL Cabooses 556-558

07/04/2014

June saw three new books out. New Haven 37 & 45 consists and NH 1952 consists plus Bridgton Boxcars

05/17/2014

Our newest book is released today.

It is on Maine 2' Railroad Oddities & Mysteries
by Peter S. Barney.

This book is our 226th title in print and 22nd title by Peter.

http://www.quickpicbooks.com/files/2ft_bks/Myst_Odd_2fters.html

02/16/2014

January 30, 2014 saw our 205th title reach print from our start in 2001.

With books & photographs by (in order of their joining): Rick Blanchard, Mike Conder, Cameron Turner, Maurie Walker, Elizabeth Mulina, Carol Long Mulina, Peter S & Joan E Barney, Michael Rostocil, Jerry Morris, Ron Parker, Todd Leftwich, Laurie McLean, Nick Muff, Cameron Bryars, Jerry Day.

11/25/2013

BHI Publications Folio & Blueprint Books

Added additional Locomotive, Passenger & Freight Car Folios to bring the total number of titles in this series thus far in print to 41.

http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/folio_index.html

Historical Railroad engineering folio blueprint diagrams

11/25/2013

Newest Book:
RIVERS, RAPIDS, & RUSHING WATER
by Cameron Bryars

Is at the printers & due for release this week.

05/10/2013

Newest book, DRGW 04100-04499 Boxcars is at printer.

04/11/2013

Added 3 NYC & 1 Conrail Folio title

Added 3 NYC & 1 Conrail Folio title

NYC Steam & Electric Locomotives 1926, rev. 1930
NYC Freight Cars 1938, rev. 1944
NYC Passenger Equipment 1940, rev. 1944
Conrail Freight Cars & Cabooses 1982

http://www.quickpicbooks.com/Folios/folio_index.html

04/11/2013

Added 2 new NYC Folio Diagram books

1967 NYC Diesel & Electric Locomotives
1966 NYC Passenger Car Equipment

04/01/2013

When was this founded?

When was this founded?

Started to aid manufacturers with product R&D for model & prototype railroad and aviation markets.