Description
Contents: Prototype Articles (the Source) – Prototypes for Athearn & MDC Railbox Cars; Impack’s TOFC Cars; Freight Cars of the Fifties: Express Box Cars; Diesel Detail Close-Up: F3 ABBA on the Santa De circa 1948, F3 ABBA on the Santa Fe circa 1961, RS-3 on the Southern; Index of Prototype Freight Car Articles Fidelity-To-Prototype (how YOU can do it) Articles – Scratch building: N or HO scale C&S Standard Stock Pens; Upgrading (& updating) Campbell’s Stock Pen Kit; Derail-Proofing Shinohara/Walthers Code 83 Turnouts; Super-Detailed Track & Roadbed Performance Articles (coming closer to perfection) – Performance Test Results: Bachmann HO Scale SD40-2 Diesel, Anjin/Overland Brass HO SD50 Diesel, Bachmann N Scale E60CP and SD40-2; Flywheels & Weight for the Anjin/Overland Brass Diesels; Multiple-Unit Performance from Anjin/Overland Diesels Operations (Fidelity-to-Prototype, in Action) – Express Box Car Operations Track Plans (Combining Prototype Fidelity with Operation) – Stub-Ended Staging in 12 x 12 (or 9 x 9) feet Scenery (Another Variation on Fidelity-to-Prototype) – 6-Texture Scenery (Grass, Dirt & Weeds); Creating Steam beds & Streams Layout Tours – Lee Saunders’ New York Central in HO Scale; HO and HOn3 Dual Gauge in 5 x 9 Feet; Pete Moffett’s 12 x 18 Trout Creek…Module
Issue: September / October 1985
Condition: Very Good