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| January |
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Special Features - Perspective: "Narrow Gauge", 1981 calender and RAILDATA chart, Boomer trail Modeling - Diesel sanding facility, Evolution of a short line: Lenawee Central, Local panels for walkaround control, How I scratchbuilt my first steam locomotive-Part 4, L-shaped shelf trackplan for a town, Local cabooses, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: B&O wagon-top boxcar Prototype - Michigan's Lenawee Country R.R., EMD's new 3500-h.p. GD50, L&S Ag Center scale house | 1 |
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| February |
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Special Features - Perspective: Steam Subtleties (Where the coal, water and sand come from and ashes went); Boomer Trail (Photographic vignettes oF model railroad scenes and equipment) Modeling - Making Tall Grass And Bushes From Synthetic Yarn (Eye shadow kills the sheen); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Piggyback Crane (Detail revisions convert a toy to an intriguing and useful HO scale model); Cheat River Coal & Lumber Company (A modestly-sized trackplan for the modeler who likes Shays and Class 1 railroading); Remembering The Gorre & Daphetid (Part 2); The yard and city at Great Divide on John Allen's HO railroad are studied); Protofile 14: Lehigh Valley 65-foot Gondola (A kitbashing project in HO scale); CNR's Fort Rouge 300-ton Coal Dock (Part 1) (Scratchbuilding a model of a towering monument to the age of steam); Model Storage Drawers (Commercial cabinets designed to hold 35mm slides do double duty) Prototype - GE's Fords (132-ton centercabs built for Henry Ford sert the styling trend for subsequent GE models); CNR 300-ton Coal Dock (Drawings and photos of the Fort Rouge (Winnipeg, Manitoba) facility) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable; Safety Valve; Dispatchers Report; Railbooks; RMC Timetable; Trouble Shooting; Test Track; Tips And Techniques; Observations; Editors Notebook; Classified Advertising; Exchange Place; Dealer Directory; Advertising Index | 2 |
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| March |
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Special Features - Perspective: Car Ferry Facilities (Another fascinating look at the point where rails meet water); Modeling From Memories: Fresh Encounters (A Boomer Trail special where the concept of scale size is irrelevant) Modeling - Amber Waves Of Grain (Using scrub brushes to simulate wheat fields); A Visit To The Past - Part 1 (New York Central and Lake Shore Electric combined into an HO scale spectacular); Kitbashing EMD's MP15AC (A dual-service unit based on Athearn parts for the HO scale Utah Belt); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: From Depot To Lighthouse (An N scale conversion for those whose railroad close to the sea); Foot-Operated Clamp (An evening project that gives you an extra hand for model building); One Evening Project: Birch Trees (Painting twigs does the job quite nicely); Multi-Level Benchwork For The DLE & W (A longer main line in the same space is the bonus offered by two or more levels); Protofile 15: Maine Central 50-Foot Exterior-Post Boxcar (A modern HO car that includes detailing techniques applicable regardless of road name); CNR's Fort Rouge 300-Ton Coal Dock - Part 2 (Building the main structure) Prototype - EMD's 1500-h.p. MP15AC (Drawings and photos of a switcher that was redesigned for road 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 (Scheduled events and organizational notices); Trouble Shooting (Questions and answers); Test Track (Product reviews); Tips And Techniques (Modeling methods and ideas); Observations (Influence of locale); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month in RMC) |
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| April |
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Special Features - Perspective: The "other" Rio Grande, Plastic model poll results Modeling - "Growing" tall grass and weeds, Remembering the Gore & Daphetid-Part 3, CNR's Fort Rouge 300-ton coal dock-Part 3, A visit to the past-Part 2, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: PRR H25 "sawtooth" quad hopper, Speedometer cat PrototypeCanadian Pacific dome-buffet coach |
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| May |
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Special Features - Perspective: The good ol' days (Take a good look around you, as it will be but memories tomorrow.), Atlanta hobby trade show report (What's new or planned by the manufacturers and importers for 1981.)Modeling - RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Gas-electric for HOn3 or HOn30" (MOC's vintage passenger cars were combined with an N gauge diesel chassis.), Utah Belt update (Even early second-generation power is aging as the new EMD Dash 2s assume command.), Kinked trackwork (Doing everything deliberately wrong enhanced realism.), Modeling modernized double-door boxcars (A detail-alteration project for typical HO scale plastic kits.), The timber gang 2: modeling a tie shear (The track maintenance equipment series continues.), Potterfield's barn and blacksmith shop (Two more structures for the logging company town.)Prototype - C&O's standard rectangular wood cabin (Drawings and photos of a typical two-story tower.) Departments - Notes on an Old Timetable, Safety Valve, Dispatchers Report, RMC Timetable, Trouble Shooting, Test Track, Tips and Techniques, Observations, Editors Notebook, Classified Advertising, Exchange Place, Dealer Directory, Advertising Index |
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| June |
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Special Features - Perspective: Rail speeders, Index to Volume 49 Modeling - Remembering the Gore & Daphetid-Part 4, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Pop's pop, Track scale, Furlow's Silver Canyon, Boomer trail special report, Clipper oil Prototype - C&O standard brick cabin, CSS&SB shelter |
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| July |
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Special Features - Perspective: Pennsylvania Two-Footer (A little known Pennsylvania line is recalled by a model); Boomer Trail (Photos from our readers) Modeling - Terry Metcalfe's Union Pacific (This layout models the heart of UP territory); Underframe Swaps (How to exchange Athearn and TMI parts to make different cars); Silk City CLub (We will visit a large club layout in Manchester, Connecticut); Copper Country Cabin (How to build a rugged miner's shack from scratch); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Sandy River 2-6-0 (This is a brass replica of a two-foot gauge locomotive); Evergreen Forest Backdrop (How to make a backdrop forest); Amercanized Trucks (Convert a German truck cab to a North American type) Prototype - Milwaukee Road Depots (Three Milwaukee Road depots are discussed); Ortner Rapid Discharge Cars (A discussion of how these new cars work) 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 fear of shining); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month in RMC) |
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| August |
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Special Features - Perspective: The human element (The people bring life and realism to railroads.), Remembering the Gorre & Daphetid-Part 5 (A last look at some of the sections of the layout.), Boomer trail Modeling - Tall Pine Timber Company (Visit one of the clubs hosting the NMRA Convention.), RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: C&O F-17 Pacific (Building a locomotive to achieve the general lines of a C&O F-17.), Scale-changed gas light (It can be built in S or O scales.), Modeling a burned down building (A different kind of realism brought to modeling.), Arendt's Lumber and Supply (A small business - superbly modeled.), Protofile 16: Lehigh Valley 40-foot boxcar ( A project in HO scale.)Prototype - Milwaukee Road depots-Part II (The two-story version is discussed.), CN transfer caboose (The new steel terminal and switching van.) |
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| September |
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Special Features - Perspective: Station scenes, Boomer trail Modeling - Painting corrugated siding, Texas & Rio Grande Western revisited, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Monon NW2/Montford Switzer, Modeling Monon memories, Easy gondola improvement, HO scale fire truck, Building Cedar Creek trestle, The expanding factory Prototype - DL&W crossing shanty, AT&SF and SP sulfur gons, Cedar Creek trestle drawings |
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| October |
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Special Features - Perspective: Second Moss Comin' Home (Railfanning doesn't have to stop at night); Boomer Trail (Photos from our readers) Modeling - The Ultimate Module? (A layout where the buildings and yards are interchangable); Modeling GE's Schenectady Railroad (Two track plans and a number of ideas are presented); Sandioramas (Building temporary photo settings for models); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Southern Ry. Train Master (An HO model from an Athearn shell); Working Train Order Board (Building a working semaphore type); Stone Depot (A construction project using carved stone and castings); G&D epilogue: John Allen - The Man Behind The Legend (Jim Findley remembers his friend John); Train Watcher's Telescope (A Simple detail photo); Trestle Bent Jigs (A tool designed for building identical bents) Prototype - Protofile: GN 87000 Series Ore Cars (A prouect in HO scale); GE's Schenectady Industrial Railroad (A small and busy industrial railroad); Nautilus Aquarium Car (A one time C&EI car that was converted for a museum); B&O Temporary Operators Cabin (An easy to build structure); Ore-Loading Ramp (A lumber truck dump) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Railbooks (Books and recording news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and organizational notices); Trouble Shooting (Qnestions and answers); Test Track (Product reviews); Tips And Techniques (Modeling methods and ideas); Observations (HOe: an invitation); Collector Consist (Commentary and news about collecting); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended Hobby retailers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month in RMC) |
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| November |
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Special Features - Perspective: Rush Hour Rails (The potential of commuter trains); NMRA 1981 National Convention Report (Photos of the 1981 NMRA winners) Modeling - Modeling Lehigh And New England's Alcoa (Painting and detailing Alcos of the anthracite country); Building Stone Abutments (A step-by-step method for building stone bridge abutments); From Weeds To Trees (A quick but realistic way to make a deciduous forest); Snow Country Water Tower (Scratch building a water tank in N scale); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Slaughter House (An HO conversion based on a bakery-newspaper office building); Meghan's Ferry R.R. (The layout is small, but has the look of a larger railroad); Easy Turnout Construction (The V&O's master builder shows his way of building turnouts) Prototype - SOO Line 100-Ton Covered Coil Gondola Cars (A factory tour shows how Thrall builds cars); SP's Planeport Train Order Station (Drawings of a small structure); Singer Company Locomotive (Drawings of a small electric switching locomotive) 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 - Status Quo? (Evaluation); Collector Consist (Commentary and news about collecting); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index (Where to find it this month in RMC) |
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| December |
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Special Features - Perspective: Industrial locomotives, 21st NASG convention report, Lionel's milk car Modeling - Dunleith Transfer & Eastern, Building an Erie-Lackawanna SDP45, "Totes", About wire, Prairie Village, Snow scenes, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: AT&SF 3160-series 2-8-2, Octagonal tower, Railroad bookends Prototype - Seaside signs, East Broad Top three-bay hoppers |
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