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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Using Photos For Period Modeling – 1949 (A close examination of old photographs can yield a lot of modeling information); Daventry Garden Railway (Imagine building your scale layout outdoors; that’s what Brian Burchell did) Modeling – Modeling An Early U30C (The Reading’s U30C’s were built in U28C carbodies, so modeling them simply means detailing an Athearn model): Kit bashing C&S Stock Cars (Either the old E&B Valley kit or the new Rail Line kit can be used to model these cars in HO. A sidebar by Jim Wild explains how the car can be modeled in Sn3); Building A Railroad Diner (For O scalers who want to add a little character to their layout, this way may be just the thing); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Modeling A VTTX Car (With the need for more container flats, Trailer Train decided to rebuild some of their general service flats for container service. Here is how you can do the same); The Empty Boxcar (The inside of this boxcar is as interesting and detailed as the outside); Protofile 46: L&M Hopper (An Athearn car was the starting point for this easy modeling project); South Pittsburgh Part IV: Wiring (When it comes to wiring, the keep it simple approach reigns on the South Pittsburgh) Prototype – Container Tie Downs (Jim Panza explains how containers are held in place on a container car); Amy (At age 85, this little four wheel electric now sits at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in Connecticut Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial – Harold H. Carstens); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (The Pioneers: Louis Hertz Part 1 by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary – William C. Schaumburg); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Advertising Index
Issue: September 1987
Condition: Very Good