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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: New Haven Memories (A childhood spent gathering with friends at the small town depot in Wethersfield, Connecticut, led to a life-long interest in trains.), Touring the SP Western Division (Join us for a visit in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1850’s. We’ll see the famed Oakland Mole, as well as streamlined SP passenger trains behind both steam and diesel on Lloyd Robert’s HO layout.) Modeling – Paper Shell Scenery (When it came time to make scenery, ordering plaster by the truckload didn’t seem too practical or convenient, so the author went about looking for a better way. What he came up with was a method that uses reed rosin paper and white glue.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Keveny Memorial Academy (Built for the RPI Club, this HO scale model is based on a school that stood in Cohoes, New York.), Ex-press Rivets (This simple technique turns a drill press into a rivet embosser.), Scratch builder’s Corner: More about Plaster (We wrap up our look at modeling with plaster by scratch building a small stone shed.), Modeling Soo Line 2600 series Milk Cars (With a Tichy Trains underframe and a Central Valley roof, these wood sided cars are easy to model in HO scale.), Modeling the EBT’s Stone Yard Office (It started out as a farmhouse, but for the last 133 years it has served the East Broad Top Railroad.), Essential Freight Cars, 35: The X29 Boxcar: Pt 1 (Employed extensively by the Pennsylvania Railroad, this design is one of the most recognizable boxcars in railroading history.) Prototype – Santa Fe FT-13 Depressed Center Flat Car (Designed to transport high, wide and heavy loads, the Santa Fe built this car at its Topeka, Kansas shops in 1958.)
Issue: January 2007
Condition: Very Good