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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Metra Morning (Like a model, the prototype can pack a lot of operations into a small space); Scenery On A Grand Scale (Modeling California’s famed Tehachapi Loop area convincingly is not something that can be done along one wall of the family room – it takes lots of space and lots of scenery. This article looks at some of the considerations given to the design and construction of the La Mesa club’s giant layout and some of the lessons that can be learned from it. A sidebar by Don Mitchell on how to photograph large model scenes accompanies the article); N Scale Niche: Mainline Railroading In A Small Space (Designed to fit along the walls in a portion of a family room, this N scale layout plan features plenty of scenery, industries and a good bit of mainline running) Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: The Great Western: Kit bashing A Low Nose GP7 (When Steve Palmer decided that he wanted a model of one of the Great Western’s Geeps, it meant having to cut down and detail an Athearn model. Here is how he did it); The Great Western: Building The Bunyon Grain Tower (The basics of scratch building and weathering are covered in this article on modeling a grain tower located along the Great Western in Colorado); Fish Lake Sand And Gravel: Pt II (This month we cover building the crushers, conveyors and hoppers on the diorama); Modeling A Car Named Otis (The author offers some suggestions for modeling the Big Otis cars and a look at some Otis models) Prototype – A Car Named Otis: Part II – Big Otis (This month, we conclude our detailed look at the development and evolution of the Otis steel dump cars and included are plans of Big Otis); PFE’s Mechanical Reefers (The birth of the frozen food industry helped to bring along the age of mechanical reefers and over the years they were refined and improved until they eventually replaced the ice reefer) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Our Scale Heritage: Early Scale Hudsons); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Advertising Index
Issue: January 1988
Condition: Very Good