Description
Contents: Letters, Build-A-Railroad Part II: Benchwork (Translating a track plan into three dimensions), Freight Cars of the Fifties: AAR Tank Cars Part II (More prototypes for Gould’s and Mantua’s kits), Modeling the AAR Tank Cars in HO Scale (Spotting features that you can duplicate), Scratch-Building: A Wood Loading Dock (Narrow gauge standards for loading ore or freight), Modeler’s Tricks: Weathering Wood (Making wood, and plastic too, look like barn wood), The Time Machine: Loading Docks circa 1907 and 1953 (Subtle changes update or backdate this scene), Freight Cars of the Sixties: 100 Ton Covered Hoppers (Prototypes for the first of today’s common cars), Recreating the PS Covered Hopper From Athearn Parts (A kit conversion to build the 100 ton prototypes), Richard Yaremko’s Scratch-Built 100 Ton Covered Hopper (Our “Master Modeler” award winner’s version of the car), Performance Test No 61: Atlas HO RS-3 Test (The first plastic ready-to-run from Japan in HO scale), How We Test N Scale Locomotives (The procedures Bob Higgins uses to test performance), Hidden Switch Machines for N Scale (Improving the realism of an N Scale turnout the easy way), Layout Tour: The Silk City Model Railroad Club (Part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in HO Scale), The Refrigerator Cars of the Burlington (Prototypes of the Q fleet in full color), Track Plan: Baltimore & Ohio’s Cumberland Division (A dream layout, in HO scale, for mainline railroading), The First Simple Model Railroad Computer Program (Taking the drudgery out of operating leaving pure fun), Performance Test Report NO 62: PSC 3-Truck Shay (After a year in waiting, the sequel to the two-truck), Performance Test Report No 63: MDC’s HO, Sn3 & On2 2-8-0 (The basic chassis for a host of steam locomotives), Chassis for a Narrow Gauge / Old Time 2-8-0, NWSE Gears for the MDC Kit, A Sagami Can Motor For the MDC Kit, An Enclosed Gearbox For the MDC Kit, A Small Can Motor for the MDC Kit, Improving the Appearance of the HO 2-8-0 From MDC (Variations, in HO scale, on 2-8-0 superstructures), Diesel Detail Close-Up – HO Scale: Northwestern GP7 (How one modeler made a part-by-part Athearn conversion), Diesel Detail Close-Up: Maine Central GP7, Diesel Detail Close-Up: Canadian National GP9, Index Making it Modern (Where to find articles on modeling up-to-date railroads)
Issue: January / February 1985
Condition: Very Good