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Contents: Bill of Lading – The Midwest Railroad Modelers (Operating realism with a Midwestern flavor); How to apply decals (Special Paint Shop feature: The basics of a most useful technique); Quick easy and inexpensive switch stands (Operating switch stands add an extra touch of realism to any layout; ABC’s of freight car tune-up (Home techniques to get good performance from HO kit cars); Caesare Bianchi’s O scale railbus no. 32 – Cucaracha (The Model of the Month award); Red Mountain Ry. (An HOn3 Colorado layout in a small space); 50 golden years with S scale (A wealth of new products has pumped new life into this modeling scale); Jersey Central cabooses in HO scale (A Life Like conversion and improvements for styrene kits); Symposium on electronics (A constant-lighting circuit and answers to reader’s questions); The Deadwood Central (See this HO scale point-to-point railroad at the 1987 NMRA National Convention); Heritage Fleet: Lionel GG1 (Not particularly rare, but almost unrivaled in popularity among collectors); Consider a photo diorama (Student fare special: A simple, inexpensive way to practice model railroading photography); Looking back: You meet the nicest people (Our author recounts two run-ins he had with shady characters) Departments And Miscellany – MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Schedules; Cartoons; MR Product Reviews; Hobby shop Window; At The Throttle; Paint Shop; ABC’s Of The Hobby; Model Of The Month; Trackside Photos; Symposium On Electronics; Heritage Fleet; Student Fare; Trains Of Thought; Club News; Looking Back; MR Workshop; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers
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Condition: Very Good