Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: The Scenic Prairies (Despite what many people think of the Great Plains, the region offers some interesting geography that is ideally suited for modeling); The Connecticut & Ohio (This O scale layout is set in central Connecticut and features first and second generation diesel operations) Modeling – Scratch building The M&NJ Engine house (This steel-sided structure is typical of many of today’s prefabricated railroad buildings); Modeling The M&NJ’s 44-Tonner (With the new M&NJ decals from Mocroscale and Bachmann’s 44-tonner, it’s easy to model this shortlilne diesel); A Traction Track-Cleaning Car (To solve the delicate problem of cleaning the tracks beneath the overhead wire and on the tight radius curves of his traction layout, the author designed this functional work car); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: A Modernized N&W Coach (A pair of IHC 1920 coaches are the basis for this HO kit bashing project); Steel-Side USRA Rebuilds Part II (Last month, we presented a survey of prototype USRA double-sheathed boxcar rebuilding programs. This month we’ll show how some of these cars can be modeled); N Scale Niche: Repowering A Bachmann Consolidation (With a little work, the performance of this good looking locomotive can be improved); Marker Magic (This simple technique lets you weather wood with felt tip markers) Prototype – Trackside Conveyor Pit (Here is an easy way to add extra traffic to your railroad without taking up much room); Sixty-Foot Appliance Cars (In the early 1970s, railroads began dedicating some 60-foot high cube boxcars to handling large home appliances) 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 (“Canadianized” Hornby by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: October 1989
Condition: Very Good