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| January |
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Special Features - Perspective: Don't, 1980 calender and RAILDATES chart, Boomer trail Modeling - Trackwork installation tips, The Pine Valley Railroad, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Milwaukee bay-window caboose, 80 minutes of operation in 80 square feet, Workbench clutter, The reluctant cottage, Protofile 6: Rio Grande 100-ton PS2CD covered hopper PrototypeUnion Pacific CA-11 bay-window caboose |
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| January |
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Special Features - Perspective: Don't (Don't let good advice cramp your style); 1980 Calender And RAILDATES chart (Our second annual fold-out date-reference wall chart and calendar); Boomer Trail (Photographic vingettes of model railroad scenes and equipment); Cartoon (It's all done with electrons) Modeling - Trackwork Installation Tips (Good scenery + poor trackwork = poor scenery); The Pine Valley Railroad (A period 4 x 8 pike built as a portable hobby showcase); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Milwaukee Bay-Window Caboose (An HO combination of MDC boxcar ant Athearn caboose); 80 Minutes Of Operation In 80 Square Feet (A club's smaller, portable HO layout proved to be fun to operate); Workbench Clutter (If you can't find it, you might as well not own it); The Reluctant Cottage (Scratchbuilding in N scale turned out to be less of a hassle than first imagined); Protofile 6: Rio Grande 100-ton PS2CD Covered Hopper (Detailing and painting Athearn's HO kit) Prototype - Union Pacific CA-11 Bay-Window Caboose (A visually-different caboose finds a home in Armour Yellow country) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Railbooks (Book and recording news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and organizational notices); Trouble Shooting (Questions and answers); Test Track (Product reviews); Tips and Techniques (Modeling methods and ideas); Observations (The value of your hobby); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial ads); Exchange Place (Non-commercial ads); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month in RMC) |
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| February |
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Special Features - Perspective: It was neater then, Boomer trail, Painting models Modeling - Eye-shadow weathering, Modified Atlas factory, Pick-up shoes for improved performance, New England, Berkshire & Western (Part 2), Protofile 7: C&O 50-ton dry-bulk covered hopper, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Freight transfer terminal, Scratchbuilding methods, "Standard" freighthouses, Two new radio-control IC's available Prototype - Two typical tank cars, Corn syrup facility |
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| March |
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Special Features - Perspective: Changing times at Big Springs Jct., Boomer trail Modeling - Electrically-insulated tender shells, Rail and flange lubricators, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: 2-8-0 from Tyco's Mike, Cast retaining walls, Inglis: A small village in northwestern Manitoba, Inexpensive pinhole box camera, Modeling L&N's Little Kentucky bridge (Part 1) Prototype - Portec and Moore & Steele rail lubricators, L&N's Little Kentucky River bridge |
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| April |
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Special Features - Perspective: Changing Times II, Boomer trail, Base humor Modeling - RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Boxcab electric, Yard office and materials storage shed, Show time on the South Shasta, Protofile 8: SP&S 40-foot steel boxcar, Building a classic Mikado (Part 1), Super-constant lighting, Modeling L&N's Little Kentucky River bridge (Part 2) Prototype - New York Central yard office, The Agawa continues |
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| May |
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Special Features - Perspective: A Mogul at Middletown, Boomer trail, 1980 Trade Show report Modeling - Modeling a proposed model railroad, Hazardous cargo!, Trackplan for a family room, Making your own foam foliage-and trees, Timber gang: Part 1-Modeling a spike puller, Protofile 9: PRR-PC X58 plugdoor boxcar, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing: Modeling a CN caboose-and bookends, Building a classic Mikado (Part 2) Prototype - Erie passenger shelter, Canadian Pacific 270000-series "feed rack" stock cars |
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| June |
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Special Features - Perspective: Ruminations on Rigby Modeling - Tribute to Tolkien: Gondor & Rohan R.R., The Ruby Fruit Co., A car-maintenance program, Protofile 10: SP FP7 and F7B, Benchwork you can take with you, Late-model EMD F7 B-unit, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: High-nose EMD SD45's, One evening project: just the cellar, Building a classic Mikado (Conclusion) Prototype - Lehigh Valley short steel gondola |
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| July |
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Special Features - Perspective: Hammerhead!, Boomer trail Modeling - The Shawanga Valley R.R., Sanding facility, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Alco DL702 (RSD12), New England enginehouse, Water tank tips, A firecracker factory Protoype - ABOX: a two-door version of the Railbox (Part 1), Adena Ohio coal loader, The first five years of RBOX 10013 |
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| August |
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Special Features - Perspective: Close in, Boomer trail Modeling - Curved roadbed from straight boards, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Carstens Supply Co., Pointe du Bois Subdivision of the CPR, Modeling FMC's ABOX, Company president's house, Protofile 11: Vermont Ry. rebuilt 50-foot steel boxcar, Trackplan for the DLE&W, More fun with Fords, An overview of layout lighting Prototype - Pacific Car & Foundry's XCF30 ABOX cars |
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| September |
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Special Features - Perspective: The truth of the two-footers Modeling - Burlington's Aurora foundry-Part 1, Cascade & Copper River, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Brick roundhouse, Modeling Seebert's post office, Protofile 12: St. Louis-San Francisco EMD 3600-h.p. SD45, Structures with strings attached, Rural drug store, Removeable hopper and gondola loads, Radio-control for SWAC/2 Prototype - The model was the prototype, The bank at Byron, Seebert's post office |
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| October |
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Special Features - Perspective: Marking Time (Three sets of bridge piers tell the tale); Boomer Trail (Photographic vignettes of model railroad scenes and equipment) Modeling - Three Kitbashed Cabooses (Plastic HO models of typical road, rebuilt boxcar and rider cabooses); How I Scratchbuilt My First Steam Locomotive - Part 1 (Beginning a series on building an On3 Ten-Wheeler from brass); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Crew-Quarters Cab Alco "M625CQ" (An interesting freelanced diesel for branch line service in HO); Ceiling-Mounted Control Panels (Putting a panel high above the benchwork worked out just fine); Protofile 13: Reading 45-Foot PS-2 Covered Hopper (An HO model based on the former AHM ready-to-run model); Burlington's Aurora Foundry - Part 2 (Finishing the structure around the cast-plaster wall sections); The Poco Valley Lines (An HO pike built by a part-time railroader for operation) Prototype - Rebuilt Lackawanna Boxcar (Kits were often used to add steel sides to wood-sheathed boxcars); Maine Central Ball Signals (The one in Whitefield, N.H., is remarkably still in service) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Railbooks (Book and recording news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduned events and organizational notices); Trouble Shooting (Questions and answers); Test Track (Product reviews); Tips And Techniques (Modeling methods and ideas); Observations (On smokin' weatherin' and operatin'); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial ads); Exchange Place (Non-commercial ads); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it in this month in RMC) |
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| November |
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Special Features - Perspective: Two Southerns, Spotlight on the Sunshine Special Modeling - The Mowhawk & Hudson, How I scratchbuilt my first steam locomotive-Part 2, Stone arch bridges, Modeling ACF 50-foot single-door boxcars, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Prototypical "shorties", Concrete batch plant, Multi-level trackplan for the Yosemite Valley R.R. Prototype - Ortner 60-foot woodchip hopper |
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| December |
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Special Features - Perspective: Sharing the Gorre & Daphetid, Boomer trail Modeling - Equipment storage cabinets, Paneled benchwork, Evolution of a trackplan, Remembering the Gorre & Daphetid-Part 1, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Narrow-gauge snowplow, A quick and easy way of mass-producing coniferous trees, An industry with heritage, A focal point for the harbor, How I scratchbuilt my first steam locomotive-Part 3, One evening project: Elevate for visual variety Prototype - Railgon |
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