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Model Railroader Magazine 2003 August Tracklaying Foolproof skies Southern Ry
Model Railroader 2003 August
Features
OUR COVER STORY
48 Sectional Southern By Bob Lawson
Key scenes on this superb HO layout are built for easy moving *Online Bonus
56 Steam is still king! By David Popp
Readers' Choice Awards for 2002
PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
60 Baltimore & Ohio's wagontop caboose By Harold W. Russell The distinctive cars of class I-12 featured an innovative design
SIX GREAT LAYOUT PROJECTS
74 1: Ceiling tile valences By Mel Norwood
Call attention to your layout by framing the view
76 2: Quick and easy flextrack By Chuck Hitchcock
All-purpose adhesive caulk and topper tape - quicker ways to lay track
78 3: Get on track with this handy rerailer By Pelle Soeborg
An easy-to-make tool for staging yards
80 4: Build a layout without legs By Roger Kujawa Heavy-duty shelf brackets provide strength and flexibility
82 5: Ending the duvkunder blues By Howard Heltman
A swinging bridge can save you a headache or two
84 6: Foolproof sky painting By Pelle Soeborg
Blending oil paints results in a terrific-looking backdrop
RAILROADING AROUND THE WORLD
86 International delight By Carlos Friedrichi
A free-lanced HO layout in Brazil with American and European prototypes
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90 Locomotive splicing By lain Rice
Converting an HO scale Athearn GE U3OB into a U18B O. Online Bonus
ROOM.SIZED MODEL RAILROADS
94 Big sky (small room) track plan By Tom Danneman
Three distinct Montana Rail Link vignettes highlight this N scale track plan
Departments
6At the Throttle
The digital locomotive
10 Railway Post Office 16 Product Reviews
Atlas F-M road switchers in HO Rivarossi HO three-truck Heisler Micro-Trains N scale troop cars And more .. .
30 MR News
Product News, 32 Hobbyshop Window, 38
40 Workshop
44 Back to Basics
Drilling holes and cutting threads
69 Trackside Photos
98 Workin' on the Railroad
Interlockings great and small
104 Trains of Thought
The ultimate in operation
106 DCC corner
Reverse loops with DCC
110 Prototype Info
116 Coming Events
135 Index of Advertisers
136 Editorial Flashback
November 1949, John Page Sound - a new challenge
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