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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Lament for the 70-Tonners (After 62 years of service, the Modesto & Empire Traction retires its GE 70-tonners.), The Midwest Lines (Set in the 1960’s, Rolf Plachter’s HO scale layout features trains from three midwestern railroads.), Report on the 2010 Toronto RPM Meet (Here’s a sampling of some of the excellent scale modeling being done north of the border.) Modeling – RMD/Dremel Kit bashing Award: It’s a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood (A three-pack of City Classics house kits is the starting point for a series of neighborhood backyard scenes.), Scratch builder’s Corner: Metal Working Pt. II (Filing and soldering are two skills worth knowing.), Camping and Music (Here is an ingenious way to model a campfire complete with singing campers.), The PRR F33 Deep Well Flat Car (This modeling project begins with with a Funaro & Camerlengo resin kit.), The Scenery Clinic: Part IX: Modeling Deciduous Trees (In the final installment of our series on building the Stevens Pass diorama, we turn our attention to constructing deciduous trees.), Enhancing Maine Two-Foot Trucks in On2/On30 (No matter whether you model in On2 or On30, adding brake beams really enhances the appearance of your rolling stock.), Variations on a Theme: Modifications to Boone Morrison’s Homemade Turnout Controls (These manual turnout controls are simple to make and easy to use.), Modeling Erie’s 28th Street Terminal (Modeling a big city terminal such as the one operated by the Erie Railroad at 28th Street on the Hudson River in Manhattan offers plenty of modeling and operational opportunities.) 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 (HO paper sides, Part II); Editor’s Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: July 2010
Condition: Very Good