About
Contact Information
Email: fosscalemodels@gmail.com
Phone: 860-800-6833
Mail: PO Box 213, Jewett City, CT 06351-0213
About Fos Scale Models
Fos Scale Models has been creating craftsman model railroad structure kits since 2002, beginning with the release of Big Lou’s Grill — designed and manufactured in a small apartment kitchen in New York.
From the beginning, the goal has been simple: to create original models with a sense of place, history, and character — the kinds of buildings and scenes you might remember seeing along a railroad, down a city side street, or tucked into an old industrial neighborhood.
Our kits are designed and produced in-house and combine precision laser-cut components, custom cast metal and 3D-printed details, select parts from Tichy, and fine scale lumber from Northeastern Scale Lumber.
Fos Scale Models is owned and operated by Doug Foscale, a New York City native with a background in art, architecture, and graphic design. Those influences have shaped Fos from the beginning, with an emphasis not just on individual structures, but on creating believable scenes and telling stories in miniature.
A New Chapter
In 2024, Doug lost his wife, Amy, to cancer. During the two years that followed, Fos Scale Models understandably became quieter. New kit releases slowed, and the YouTube channel largely went silent while life took priority.
Eventually, life began moving forward again. Doug met Sandy, and the two married in 2026. Today they live on their farm in Southeastern Connecticut with their horses, sheep, goats, dog, cats — and Diesel, the official Fos Scale Models mini-donkey mascot.
That new chapter has also brought renewed creative energy to Fos Scale Models.
Today, the focus is gradually shifting toward the parts of the hobby we enjoy most: distinctive limited-run structure kits, figures and details through our Humanity to Scale collection, model building, and an expanding YouTube channel devoted to sharing techniques, projects, ideas, and the creative process behind building miniature worlds.
More than two decades after Big Lou’s Grill, Fos Scale Models is still a small, hands-on business. The models are designed here, the kits are made here, and most importantly, we're still model builders ourselves.
Our studio and workshop are located on the farm in Southeastern Connecticut, where we also occasionally host small workshops focused on model building, weathering, painting, and detailing techniques.
A Brief Timeline
2002 – Fos Scale Models is founded. Big Lou’s Grill is released.
2004 – JJ Hollender’s boxing kit is introduced.
2005 – Fos Scale Models relocates from New York to Connecticut.
2007 – The Craftsman Structure Show is launched with Jimmy Deignan, Hal Reynolds, Rob Seckler & Brian Bollinger.
2011 – The show evolves into the Model Railroad Expo in Peabody, MA.
2012 – Limited Run Kit Red Hook Wharf is released.
2014 – Modeling and weathering clinics begin at the Fos Workshop.
2016–2017 – Workshop relocates to Southeastern CT, combining home, studio, and horses in one location. Diorama Blitz (1/35 scale military line) is introduced.
2018 – Acquisition of the Hydrocal kit line originally created by Ed Fulasz and later produced by Railroad Kits.
2019 – Launch of the Kit of the Month subscription series.
2026 - The Humanity to Scale 3D Figures line is introduced as well as the return of the Kit of the Month Club
Limited Run Kit List
BIG LOU'S 2002
RED BIRD TAXI 2003
HARRINGTON'S BAR & ENZO'S PIZZA 2003
DRAKE THEATER & NAUTLIUS DINER 2004
CALDWELL JUNCTION 2005
DEGRAW POULTRY 2006
LUDLOW BUILDING 2007
HT GORDON'S BRASIERES 2008
CANAL STREET & THIRD 2009
GARMENT DISTRICT 2010
MAGIC SHOP 2010
SALT NECK HARBOR 2011
RED HOOK WHARF 2012
EXECUTION ROCKS 2013
OYSTER HILL 2014
PRINTERS ROW 2015
BANDIT'S ROOST 2016
DEAD HORSE BAY 2017
THE TERMINAL 2018
RUST ROCK FALLS 2019
ATLAS GORGE 2020
FLAT IRON DISTRICT 2021
AXLE ROAD 2022
PELICAN ROCK 2023
RAILROAD AVENUE 2025
