Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Play It Again (A fallen flag can be raised again – and with a coat of paint); Copier Decals (You can make your own custom decals with a photocopier machine); Boomer Trail (RMC presents photos from its readers) Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bash Award: Kit bashed Fish Car (This HO model is based on cars once operated ty the Department of Commerce to help stock the nation’s stream and rivers); Genesee & Wyoming GP38 (Wearing the bright new paint scheme of an expanding shortline, these ex-Conrail units are a great modeling subject); Deciduous Trees (Using sphagnum moss and blossoms from the smoke tree, modelers Bill Drummond and Cletus Bell show how you can model an eastern forest); Evergreen Trees (Here is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to make pine trees); Urban Modeling (Set in downtown Chicago, this HO railroad sets out to capture the feel of urban modeling); The View From The Depot (A periscope, which extends up the building from the edge of the benchwork, allows the viewer to look through the station windows from the inside); South Pittsburgh: Building Benchwork For A Portable Railroad (In the March issue Walt described his track plan and the ideas behind his railroad; this month he follows it up with an article with how he built his benchwork); Three Union Pacific SD24s (The Union Pacific operated high-nose, low-nose and B-unit SD24s. Modeler John Cox describes how he kit bashed all three variations) Prototype – Quincy & Torch Lake Straight-Braced Rock Car (These cars, purchased secondhand around the turn-of-the-century and later rebuilt, lasted until the end of the rail service on the Q&TL) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); N Scale Niche (Plans for N scalers); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Electric trains – it hasn’t always been integrated circuitry by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: May 1987
Condition: Very Good