Model Railroader-1996

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January
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Features - Modeling snowscapes: Part 1, Trackside photos, We build the Alkai Central: 2, Building Haffa Mine, Prototype Drawings: The 1939 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha, The almost flat hill, Detailing N scale diesels for the Union Pacific, Ray and Renee Grosser's nostalgic HO scale Soo Line, Paint shop: Boston & Maine 2-6-0 no. 1438,
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$4.50

January
Good +
Small sticker on front cover
Features - Modeling snowscapes: Part 1, Trackside photos, We build the Alkai Central: 2, Building Haffa Mine, Prototype Drawings: The 1939 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha, The almost flat hill, Detailing N scale diesels for the Union Pacific, Ray and Renee Grosser's nostalgic HO scale Soo Line, Paint shop: Boston & Maine 2-6-0 no. 1438,
1
$4.00

February
V.
Good
Features - Bedford Falls and Fellsburg Yard on the expanded Franklin & South Manchester, Cold spells and melting snows, Tight Yankee or compact Dixie, A modeler's toolbox, Trackside photos, Building a Climax geared locomotive, George's fences, Build a Burlington Northern B unit, Evolving operations on the N scale Three Sisters RR, Prototype Drawings: CP Rail's side-stake pulpwood flatcar, Improving commercial backdrops, Checking your 110-volt wiring, Paint shop: Shadow-lining to update passenger cars
2
$4.50

March
V.
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Features - Rio Grande in N scale, Lighting the Great Western RR, The Los Angeles Junction Ry., Handlaying N scale code 40 sidings, Diesel locomotive tune-up, Winners of out 19th Annual Color Photo Contest, Erwin Welsch's Pennsylvania RR interlocking tower in HO scale, Prototype: Lehigh Valley RR's Geneva N.Y. station, New Haven rail fences, The Altburgbahn, Railroading on-ramps to the information superhighway, Paint shop: Model an HO Los Angeles Junction CF7
2
$4.50

April
V.
Good
Features - Ashlan subdivision on the L&N (A Californian looks to an Applachian coal hauler for his dream HO layout), What you need to know about adhesives (With a handy chart to help you choose the right glue for the job.), Trackside photos (Sam Posey's HO Colorado Midland that might have been)(Burlington Northern's Desert Storm locomotive), Haulin' steel on the Ohio Southern (An easy-to-build giant industry brings plenty of new traffic to this pop0ular HO line), Prototupe Drawings - General Electric's AC4400CW (This modern giant is GE's first production AC diesel locomotive), Model of the Month - Mike Hruby's HO Silverton Colorado station, Model Railroader visits Microscale (A behind-the-scenes look at this top decal manufacturer), The technical side of EasyCAB (Answering your questions about how this advanced throttle works_, The O scale Somerset County Traction System (A showcase layout built in three phases), One car for Urbana (A real switching problem from the Indiana & Ohio RR), Paint Shop - Western Maryland SD40s in N scale (Painting locomotives in both the black and circus schemes_
3
$4.50

May
V.
Good
Features - A station for Middletown, Operating night on the Santa Cruz Northern, Railroading without derailments, Trackside photos, PrototypeDrawings: Scratchbuild an outfit car, Harold Horner's Farmer's Co-op warehouse in HO scale, The NMRA surveys the hobby, How to model a burning building, The Verdugo Valley Lines, Experimenting with multi-color LEDs, Paint shop: Weathering freight cars
2
$4.50

June
V.
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Features - Modeling Santa Fe's GP50s, Trackside Photos, Modeling today's Alaska RR, Let's Model Water, Blaine Imel's G-scale Denver & Rio Grande's Western caboose, A carload of sound, Build Jenerick Metal: an HO industry that grew, George's old railroad ties, Automatic bad-order detector, Tha California & Southwestern, The Computer connection Prototype Drawings - General Electric's U3OC Paint Shop - Rio Grande F7 locomotives in N scale 1
$4.50

July
V.
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Features - The Canandaigua Southern today, Modeling surf and sand, Individualizing kit structures, The Coldwater Canyon RR, Trackside photos, The HO scale Long Beach Central, Prototype Drawings: Pennsylvania RR 10-6 sleeping car, Realistic palm trees on a budget, The Maumee turns a Mike, The Original Whistle Stop, N scale coal trucks, The Great Lake & Western RR., Paint shop: Clinchfield diesels: building a roster
2
$4.50

August
V.
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Features - Our Cover Story - Passenger Train Operations On The Chesapeake System (Planning meets and connections that will add to the sessions's fun); Basic Model Railroading - Hide Those Switch Motors (Concealed mounting techniques for two types of switch machines to improve your layout's appearance); Trackside Photos (Shots from our readers include a New York Central E8 rounding a curve and a pair of Housatonic MP15s skirting a riverbank); Build A 35mm SLR View Camera (This tilt-and-shift lens adapter produces exceptional model photos); Design And Build A Brick Roundhouse (Dummy stalls make this roundhouse look imposing without taking up too much real estate on your layout); Paint Shop - Katy's Colorful EMD Cab Units (Color renderings of freight and passenger diesels in the red, gray and yellow paint scheme); Fake Fur Grass (An easy method for adding acres of tall, wild grass along the right-of-way on your layout); Bob Carasitti's Massive Stoney Creek Steel Arch Bridge In HO Scale; Modeling Denver & Rio Grande Western Cabooses In N Scale (Modifying an Atlas car and three different paint schemes); John Allen's First Model Railroad (At the heart of the legendary HO Gorre & Daphetid lay a tiny tabletop layout); Setting The Scene On The Canandaigua Southern (Buildings, night lighting and passenger trains in O scale); Electronics Symposium - Three-Position Semaphore Control Circuit (Plus low-voltage wiring and Web sites); Along The Lilne (Nighthawks revisited) Departments - Product News; Railway Post Office; Workshop (Basic Ntrack standards); Product Reviews (Walthers HO mill gondola * Atlas N scale Evans boxcar * Accurail HO timber overpass * Hobby Innovations Vinylbed * and more); Railroader's Library (Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR CD Painting Backdrops video); Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle (Let neglected actors take center stage); Trains Of Thought (A model historical society?); Student Fare; Club News; Bull Session (Clebrity autographed boxcars); Ask Paint Shop; Schedules; Index Of Advertisers
1
$4.50

September
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Features - Remembering Jack Work, Build the Cat Mountain's South Plains District, Trackside photos, Using rock molds, Building a river crossing, Window and door screens in HO scale, Prototype drawings: General Electric's New AC6000CW, The HO scale Arizona Southern, Glenn Bartolotti's Eric Lackawanna yard transfer caboose in HO scale, A paint mixer for the workbench, Fiddle shelf staging, Signaling and operation on the Canandaigua Southern, Adventures in computer layout control, Paint shop: Maine Central U25b's in N scale
0
$4.50

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October
V.
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Features - The Raton Division (Compressed version of a famous Santa Fe line in HO scale), The digital darkroom (Use a computer to expand your model photography bag of tricks), Basic Model Railroading - Plastic kit basics (Plastic kit tips and terminology), Train and power for the South Plains District (Part Two-basic scenery, track and command control), How compatible is DCC (Field testing a variety of Digital Command Control systems), NMRA Prize Parade (Winners from the NMRA's Long Beach national convention), Built like a brick freight house (Before piggybacks this was where intermodal happened), Prototype Drawings: The Utica freight house (A mid-sized freight station on the New York, Ontario & Western), Modeling a stockcar in its golden years (Faded paint and lettering on Westerfield's HO kit_), Realistic locomotive assignments (Studying prototype practices for more believable operating sessions), Paint shop: Build an N scale Chesapeake & Ohio Alco RSD-5 (A few detail changes make this 1,600 hp six-axle engine C&O specific), Along the Line (Front row, center)
2
$4.50

November
V.
Good -
Features - Evolving paint schemes on the Allegheny & Lackawanna Southern, What free-lancers should know abut prototype paint schemes, Pennsylvania & Maryland RR, Ballast and scenery for the South Plains District, Trackside photos, The Balinskis' Burlington & Missouri River RR stockcar, Sleep til Judgement Day, The N scale Western Illinois RR, Modeling country fences, How to solder, The railroad that goes to school, Prototype Drawings: Grand Trunk Western transfer caboose, Scratchbuild the Dal-Tile Co., Turnout indicator circuits, Paint shop: Paint a Milwaukee Road Alco RS-3
1
$4.50

December
V.
Good
Features - The HO scale Huntington & Hartford, Build the N scale Carolina Central: 1, Operating the South Plains District, The Chippewa Central, Video animation, Robert W. Bailey Jr's Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 no. 268 in On3, Trackside photos, Prototype drawings: Illinois Central's Galena Depot, "Scratch-bash" an HO scale diesel enginehouse, Two loads for the company wharf, The Nonon's limestone region, Organize your car cards, Running MS-DOS software on a Mac, Paint shop: Weathering with artist's acrylic paints
0
$4.50

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Sold Out







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