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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: The Loading Test (After a night or a weekend left idling, diesel-electric locomotives could produce a spectacular cloud of smoke and partially burned diesel fuel when they were suddenly brought back to life); Norfolk Southern’s Interstate Railroad (If your modeling interests are piqued by a modern, coaling-hauling railroad, then you’ll want to check out this layout planning article focusing on the Norfolk Soutnern’s Clinch Valley Extension) Modeling – The Scenery Clinic: Painting Flexible Track (Join us for the kickoff of a new series by master scenery guru Fred Scoles. This month we begin with some very useful and simple tips on making flexible track look more realistic); Improving Coal Loads On Ready-To-Run Steam Locomotive Tenders (A technique applied to Broadway Limited’s PRR M1 can work for other plastic steam models as well); Lightweight Benchwork (Designed for portable, modular layouts, this benchwork can lighten the load involved in moving and setting up a display layout); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing A Railroad Tug (A pair of HO scale Lindberg Models tugboat kits were the starting point for this rail/marine modeling project); Modeling Deciduous Trees In Winter (Modeling a deciduous tree that has shed its leaves can be a challenge, but with a little help from Mother Nature, it can be done convincingly); Scratch builder’s Corner: More On Roofs (A wide variety of modeling materials can be used for roofing); Photographing Models For Articles (While digital cameras have made model photography easier, there are still some rules that should be followed); The Fremont & South Pacific R.R. (This HO scale railroad is set in Colorado at the turn of the 20th century) Prototype – Front Of The Layout Vignettes: No. 7, Prairie Skyscrapers (Grain elevators were once a fixture along the rails in North America’s agricultural heartland) Departments – Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Nuggets From Gem, a window into the past); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: November 2009
Condition: Very Good