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Model Railroader Magazine 2009 October How to detail station scenes Monitor trai
Model Railroader October 2009 Vol 76 No 10
CONTENTS
6 Beyond your basement
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 Now on
The latest features on our Web site by Dana Kawala
10 News & Products
The National Train Show report by Steven Otte
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
23 Switching a small foundry
Information Desk by Jim Hediger
27 Airbrushing small parts
Workshop by Jim Hediger
32 Two layout-sized farm fields
Step by Step by Cody Grivno
SPECIAL SECTION: STATION MODELING
36 How to detail your station scenes
Realistic placement of figures, signs, and more by V.S. Roseman
Online bonus
42 A modeler's guide to platforms
Make your passenger station scenes prototypical by Andrew Roth
Online bonus
46 Santa Fe on the plains in N scale
Operations take center stage on this layout by Rod Warren
52 Making realistic tunnel linings
A technique that simulates tunnels bored through rock by R.G. Foster
REALISTIC TRACK PLAN
54 Track plan for an HO shelf layout
Notes on designing a compact switching railroad by Detef Kurpanek
58 Add window tinting to your diesels
Improving the appearance of modern locomotives by Erik Bergstrom
SPECIAL SECTION: STAGING SOLUTIONS
60 Keeping track of hidden staging
Video monitors, status boards, and more by Tom Harris
64 Simple train detection
Using infrared sensors to spot hidden trains by Robert Frey
68 Frisco fascination
A chance locomotive purchase sparks an entire layout by George Pierson
74 Wiring your layout, part 2: cab buses
DCC Corner by Mike Polsgrove
76 Product Reviews Broadway Limited's HO Hudson with Paragon2 sound, Kato's N Electro-Motive Diesel SD7OACe ... and more by Dana Kawala Online bonus
88 Trackside Photos
92 Down by the depot
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
93 Photo Contest Rules 97 Cartoon
105 Index of Advertisers
106 Caboose operations
The Operators by Andy Sperandeo
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