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Model Railroader 1995 August
OUR COVER STORY
Tiger stripes!62
By Robert Smaus
Modeling Southern Pacific's distinctive 1950s diesel switchers
Operation on Gil Freitag's
Stony Creek & Western68
By Jim Kelly
After 30 years, running on this HO railroad keeps getting better
Build an operating tunnel curtain 76 By Gary Hoover
Add a bit of drama to your layout
Modeling a light-duty crane in HO scale80
By Alan Mende
Ma & Pa's X12 makes for an interesting car-building project
A PAINT SHOP SPECIAL FEATURE
B&O's Royal Blue F units84
By Jeff Wilson
Prototype data and color renderings
Trackside Photos90
Shots from two HO club layouts
Flexible foundations95
By Tony Koester
How to make structures removable
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Charles Purin's 0 scale
Soo Line wood caboose97
BASIC MODEL RAILROADING
Scenery colors and textures98
By Jim Kelly
Use acrylic paints for realistic rocks
Detailing N scale
Santa Fe cabooses100
By Bill Pearce
Use etched-metal parts to add realism to an Atlas model
Dress up those naked power poles 104 By Carl Cascone
Use nylon thread and solder for electric and phone lines
OUTLINE FOR OPERATION: PART 2
How to build your layout106
By David Barrow
Sectional construction methods for a permanent look
Build an HO scale
Santa Fe work flat110
By Stephen Priest
Metamorphosis of a Tyco flatcar
The N scale Iowa Interstate112
By Mark Watson
A medium-size layout set in midwestern farm country
ELECTRONICS SYMPOSIUM
Exploring Hall-effect sensors116
Also, more on photodetectors
The laugh track119
Cartoonists take a look at the lighter side of our hobby
Along the Line170
Passing along a tradition
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