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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: The Wide World Of Switchstands (Switchstands come in a variety of shapes and sizes); Planning Two Eastern Shortlines (These two layouts, one a modern diesel shortline and one a 1930’s HOn30 pike, are both designated to fit in a small bedroom); Boomer Trail Special (A selection of models from the 1988 NMRA convention in Birmingham, Alabama, are the featured subjects in this month) Modeling – Building A Canadian National RSC24 (A lot of ingenuity went into building this kit bashed model); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing A C&O SD18 (A Santa Fe modeler turns his attention to the C&O and combines an Athearn body with a Tyco nose and Alco style trucks to produce this HO award winner); Tracks In The Street (Industrial areas of big cities often have street trackage. The author explains step-by-step how to model it); N Scale Niche: N Scale Labor Movement (Removing the base from N scale figures can produce more realistic poses); Brose Feed Company (A simple structure kit bash yields a new industry); N&W Coil Hoods (Here is how to build two different curved hoods for the new Walthers coil car); Diatomaceous Earth Scenery (Commonly used for pool filters, this extremely fine material can also be used to model dirt and sand) Prototype – Canadian National’s RSC24 (Montreal Locomotive Works built only four of these unique diesels); Philadelphia & Reading Composite Gondola (The P&R had 2,500 GHc and GHd class gondolas on their roster); CPR’s Lake Louise Depots: Part II (Two stations have served the CPR in this beautiful mountain setting. The newest one is a large log building constructed in 1910) 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); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (G.M.C./All Nation NW2); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: October 1988
Condition: Very Good