Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Local Stop (Small towns were once connected to each other and the mainline rail network by local passenger trains, and the stations they served were filled with details that create interest and realism when added to a layout); The Morada Belt Railway (Built by a career railroader, this multi-level HO scale layout is set in the western U.S. during the steam/diesel transition era and it features plenty of action); Dawson Station (This small, contemporary N scale switching layout is based on the steam-powered Hull-Oakes lumber mill in Oregon); The Naperville RPM Meet (As always there was no shortage of fine modeling on display and excellent clinics to attend at the 2013 meet) Modeling – Moving Melons By Rail (During the first half of the twentieth century, specially ventilated boxcars were used to move melons and produce to market. Here is how you can model a loaded watermelon car in HO scale); Window Glazing For A Tender’s Dog House (Adding window glazing is a simple way to improve the appearance of a tender’s dog house); Rebuilt Work Train Cars That Actually Do The Work (Inspired by a recent article on m.o.w. equipment and operations in RMC, the author turned his idle m.o.w. cars into actual work cars); Scratch builder’s Corner: Scene Augmentation (Adding appropriate small details in a scene can really help bring it to life and make your layout more interesting); Build A Beer Bottle Water Tower (This industrial water tank was modeled after one that stood for 75 years in Newark, New Jersey and is representative of the eye-catching industrial advertising of the early- to mid-twentieth century); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing Two Small Industries (With a few cuts, one Tyco freight house kit yielded two very different looking building flats for use on a narrow section of a layout); Scratch building Wesolowski Chemical (When the author decided to add a chemical plant to his layout, he chose to model it using plans for a building drawn up by long time modeler and chemistry professor, Dr. Wayne Wesolowski. Join us for a look at how the model went together) Departments – 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 (Reading’s P-7sa Atlantics: a tinplate favorite); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: January 2014
Condition: Very Good