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| January |
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Special Features - Perspective: Then the whole town came out, The branchlilnes of the Sandric & Lake Superior, Setting the stage: Part one Modeling - Building log cabins, Harvesting winter trees, Milwaukee Road Fairbanks Morse H-12-44 No. 1842, Creating scale artwork using photos, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Awards" Kitbashing a CN 557000 series boxcar, Big vents Prototype - Lehigh Valley's "new" milk cars, SP narrow gauge culvert, The last stand of stock cars in the East |
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| February |
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Special Features - Perspective: Wall murals, Craig Tice's HOn3 Mojave & Panamint, Model railroad photography, Setting the stage: Part two Modeling - Using scale artwork made from photos, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing Marmoraton Mining's limestone plant, Detailing a D&RGW SD45, An enginehouse for Crandon Prototype - Cummer Sons Cypress Company water and disconnect truck, Southern Pacific's AAR boxcar |
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| March |
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60th Anniversary Issue - Special Features - Perspective: Split Image (While container cars and safety cab diesels of the modern era continue to be popular, traditional era modeling (i.e. the railroads of our youth) is once again gaining strength); The Gateway Model Railroad Club's Jersey Coast Lines RR (This HO scale railroad will be on view during the 1993 NMRA Convention, which will be held in Valley Forge, PA); A Modern Tie Treatment Facility (This railroad related industry would make a great modeling subject) Modeling - Modeling Southern Pacific's 40-foot AAR Boxcars (Last month we examined the prototype cars, this month we'll discuss how they can be accurately modeled); Build A Santa Fe GP60B (Kitbashing Santa Fe's new cableless B-units in HO scale takes a little ingenuity, a lot of cutting and a number of details, but the results can be spectacular); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing The GP60B: Another Approach (There's more than one way to kitbash a Geep, and Robert Seale won this month's award for his fine modeling of a Santa Fe GP60B); Forest Lumber And Building Supplies Inc. (When the author decided to replace the old lumber yard on his layout, he chose to update it as a more typical building supply center of today); Aging Cars With Rust (Rust is a common sight on freight cars and can be easily modeled) Prototype - EMD's GP60's and GP59 (The GP60 is the most recent and highest horsepower four-axle offering from GM's Electro-Motive Division. It's development, along with that of the GP59, is an interesting story); Santa Fe's Super Fleet (When Santa Fe went looking to improve its image, it found that a return to the classic "warbonnet" paint scheme was just what was needed to catch the public's eye); Third-Hand Boxcars: The Ex-F&CC Boxcars Of The NCNG (Built by ACF in 1899 for hauling gold ore concentrates, these narrow gauge cars were considered modern and heavy-duty for their time) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Railbooks (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Fifty plus ten by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Advertising Index |
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| April |
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Special Features - Perspective: Trains In And Out Of Context (A railroad scene, whether in the real world or on a layout, consists of more than just the train); Fire At Silver Bell Mine (A mishap with a 600-watt quartz light during a photo session brought on this unplanned photo opportunity); Scenic Views Of The South Shasta (At 42 years of age, this remarkable 36' x 60' O scale railroad is still looking good and going strong. Join us as we tour the line); Boomer Trail (RMC presents photos from its readers) Modeling - Modeling A Reading SD45 In HO Scale (The Reading purchased five of these locomotives from EMD. The author describes how he modeled one using an Athearn chassis, Rail Power Products shell, Cannon & Co. cab and a host of detail parts); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbash A Narrow Gauge SP (This beautiful model was done in On3, but the same techniques can also be used in Sn3 and HOn3, as the author shows); The Making Of Union Bay: Part 1 (We begin our series on modeling a harbor that includes rail/marine operations with instructions for building a carfloat); City In A Box: Re-Detailing Vollmer Structures (With a few modifications, some of Vollmer's European structures can be made into models of typical American big-city buildings); Surface Gang: Tampers (Rail maintenance machines can make fun and interesting modeling projects); A Kaolin "Quickie" (A simple relettering project can yield a nice looking covered hopper for kaolin service in HO scale); Building Building Bases (Using foam core board as a base for building construction can make detailing and changing scenes on a layout much simpler) Prototype - Canadian Pacific Short Caboose (Here are scale plans for the CPR's classic little wood cabooses); Kaolin Clay: From Mines To Mills (Whether you chose to model a whole kaolin plant or just a kaolin car, this southern industry offers a lot of modeling potential) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Answered questions); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Advertising Index |
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| May |
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Special Features - Perspective: Checking The Rails (A visit by a Sperry car to check the rails can cause all sorts of headaches for the team dispatcher, but for a modeler, such a visit can add variety and interest to an operating session); The Atlantic, Kennebec & Aroostook Railroad (In a Brooklyn, N.Y. basement is a 3' x 20' N scale layout that is based on the premise of what might have happened to the Maine two-footers had they survived, and designed to be accessible to children) Modeling - Modeling A Conrail Dash 8-40CW (The Dash 8-40CW is General Electric's state-of-the-art, safety cab equipped, 4,000 h.p. locomotive. With a little kitbashing and detailing, the Rail Power Products HO scale shell can be used to model a 'Conrail Quailty' Unit); The Art Of Trash (Our world is filled with clutter, and one way to make a layout a little more believable is to spice up those empty lots and back alleys with scale trash. It's not hard, and the results can bring a scene to life); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing A Cudahy Meat Reefer (A Model Die Casting "old-timer" reefer kit is the starting point for modeling this 1946-built wood-bodied refrigerator car); How To Finish And Paint A Steam Locomotive (While the idea of disassembling and painting a steam locomotive may seem daunting if you've never done it, the process isn't really that hard and the results can be very rewarding. This article will explain setp-by-step how to do it and get good results); The Making Of Union Bay - Part II (We continue our series on modeling a harbor that includes rail/marine operations with instructions for building a liftspan) Prototype - Modern Auto Racks (First used in the late 1950's, a multi-level auto rack cars have evolved over the years to better protect their valuable cargo. Here is a look at the developments of these specialized freight cars) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Railbooks (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Scale Craft OO circa 1940-1941 by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Advertising Index |
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| June |
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Special Features - Perspective: In Coal Country, Modeling the Kennebec Central in On2, Index to Volume 61, Boomer trail special: National Garden Railway Convention priview Modeling - Carpak: Two modern 40-foot boxcars, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: The making of Union Bay-Part III, Modeling a straight deck QTTX car Prototype - TTX Company's ISH50 heavy-duty flats |
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| July |
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Special Features - Philadelphia memories, Douglas West Virginia, Computers and the modeler 2.0 Modeling - A CP Rail GP38-2 in HO, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Schneider National's railborne trailers, The making of Union Bay Part IV, Bricks like "magic", Jewels from the junk box: Redetailing the Mantua 40-foot boxcar Prototype - The General Electric B32-8HW, N scale niche: Oak Harbor Ohio depot |
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| August |
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Special Features - Perspective: retirement, Inspiration for a kitbash: A tank engine gallery Modeling - The Blairstown Garden Ry. rebuilds it's Porters, A Lehmann Porter kitbash, DM&IR gondola No. 3322, Street lights for your layout, The Pennsylvania R.R. Eastern Division, Carside retaining walls, Simple fast clock, Modeling the Daily Globe, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Norfolk Southern C39-8 Prototype - BN's Downer's Grove depot, Canadian National's 1937 AAR design 40-foot steel boxcars |
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| September |
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Special Features -Perspective: Memories and a fallen flag, Ridgeway on Duane Danielson's Rio Grande Southern Modeling< - Kitbashing a Norfolk Southern CP39-8 Part II, Realistic vehicle tires, Airless gaps, Lehigh Valley WWII era diesel switches, Modeling specefic scenery, Kitbashing rock bins Prototype - Bethlehem Steel's quadruple 100-ton hopper-A western coal car from an eastern builder, The UP's Riverside grain operations, E.B. Hunt's store |
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| October |
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Special Features - Perspective: Trains are people too, Boomer Trail special: Explpring the Gunnison Mine, The city of Prineville Ry.: A western shortline that you can model, Al Crisp's Great White Northern Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway Modeling - Modeling C&NW's SD38-2, Upgrading the IHC wedge snowplow, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Awards: Kitbashing a small station, Modeling a Carrier Thinline Refrigerated Container in HO scale, Silver Wheels, Quality module frames, Protofile 65: Conrail insulated boxcar Prototype - Small work barge, Pullman Standard 4,740 cubic foot grain car |
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| November |
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Special Features - Perspective: What year is this? A New England shortline you can model Part I: Claremont Railway & Lighting Company, Learning from a layout-Model trains go to school, Visiting L&N's Thornhill Division Modeling - Burlington Northern hide boxcars, Modeling the Northlander, N scale niche: Automatic wye turnaround, Modeling five Midwestern geeps, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a corner full of industry Prototype - WX Tower |
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| December |
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Special Features - Perspective: Shortline Winter (As the seasons change, so does the look of the Middletown & New Jersey's little 44-tonner); Roger Russell's Sn3 Denver, Rio Grande, & Southern (Southwestern Colorado in the 1930's is the setting for this well-detailed 12' x 28' layout. Come along as we visit Durango); A New England Shortline You Can Model - Part II: The Claremont & Concord Rwy. (In 1954, the Boston & Maine's Claremont branch and the little Claremont Railway were combined into the Pinsly-run Claremont & Concord, thus creating one of New England's classic shortline) Modeling - Kitbashing A Conrail SD60M (Here's how you can get an HO version of Conrail's newest motive power rolling on your layout); RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Modeling A TTX Company Triple-53 Flat (Following the TTX Company's example, an HO scale Triple-53 flat can be modeled by combining a pair of Custom Rail all-purpose flats); Modeling WX Tower (Using the plans pr3esented last month, the author describes how he built his award winning model); Painting The Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH (Join us as professional model painter John Welther explains how he tackled painting Amtrak's bold new scheme on an HO engine); Scratchbuilding The Jamaica Depot (Although it was selectively compressed, this O scale model captures the look of the LIRR's depot in Qeens, N.Y.) Prototype - From SD60 To SD60M: Nine Years Of Change At EMD (A number of changes have been incorporated in the SD60 since its introduction in 1984. Here is a look at these changes, as well as drawings of the latest version of the SD60M); TTX Company's 89'-4" All Purpose Flat (Thousands of these flush deck cars are in everyday use) Departments - Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatcher's Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Five and Dime high); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index |
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