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Contents: Prototype Articles (the source) – Time Machine – Modeling The Pennsylvania Railroad, C30-7 Santa Fe Diesels From G.E. In Color, Diesel Detail Close-Up: Santa Fe C30-7, Diesel Detail Close-Up: Norfolk & Western C30-7, Freight Cars of the Fifties: 40 Foot AAR Box Cars Part IV Fidelity-To-Prototype (how YOU can do-it) Articles – Scratch building: Timber Trestles, Assembly Tips for Campbell Trestle Kits, Conversion: Athearn C30-7 Diesel, Athearn Chassis for Bachmann-Conversions C30-7 Diesels, Installing PDT Self-Powered Trucks in Athearn Diesels, Air Brush Painting Basics, Index of Air Brush & Paint Articles, Athearn / MC Kean 40 Foot AAR Box Car Conversion, Build-A-Railroad step-by-step, Setting sites for structures, Bridge-Building From the Roadbed up, Installing Kadee Electro-Magnetic Ramps, Modeler’s Tricks for Easy Track-Laying, Kit-Conversions: MDC HOn3, Sn3 and Sn2 Locomotives Performance Articles (Coming closer to perfection) – Installing North West Short Line’s PDT Diesel Trucks, Performance Test Reports: No. 64 – Samhongsa / Hallmark Brass HOn3 E.B.T. 2-8-2, No. 65 – S.M.I. / Sunset $100 HO Scale Brass GP7, No. 66 – Model Die Casting HOn3 2-8-0 Kit, Can Motors & NWSL Gears for the MDC HOn3 / Sn2 2-8-0 Operations (Fidelity-to-prototype, in action) – Freight Car Routing Via Assigned Service Placards Track Plans (Combining Prototype Fidelity with operation) – N Scale Mainline or HO Branch line in 9′ x 12′ Scenery (Another variation on Fidelity-to-Prototype) – Spray-on Scenery (color-matching greens) Layout Tours – Reader’s Layouts In Full Color, Bill Grave’s Rio Grande Southern in HOn3
Issue: March / April 1985
Condition: Very Good