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Model Railroader Magazine 2012 February Big scenes on small layouts Re-letter a
Model Railroader Magazine Feb 2012 Vol 79 No 2
CONTENTS
50 3 big scenes for a small space CD
Dioramas make Flemming orneholm's 7 x 12-foot HO layout seem bigger than it is by Pelle Seeborg
66 Big city railroading in a garage
O scale Ironbound RR features urban scenes and radio control by Andy Romano
PROJECT RAILROAD: THE VIRGINIAN IN HO SCALE
34 Build the Virginian: A 4 x 8 with more
Building solid benchwork that's easy to expand for our HO layout by David Popp
40 4 compact track plans
MR's staff offers four different approaches to railroading in small spaces by Steven Otte
45 Upgrade your car routing with realistic waybills
An easy-to-use system based on prototype paperwork by Ted Pamperin /
58 Scratchbuild a styrene structure
These easy-to-follow techniques can be used in any scale by David J. Leider ?
64 Improve delivery trucks
Lowering the cargo box on N and HO scale Classic Metal Works trucks raises realism by Alan Skinner
84 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor
Less can often be more by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
40th annual Trainfest report by Cody Grivno
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
22 Information Desk
Unloading rock from gondolas by Jim Hediger
26 Workshop Tips
Screws and power drivers speed up benchwork construction by Jim Hediger
30 Step by Step
Re-letter and weather a steam locomotive
by Cody Grivno
70 DCC Corner
Use accessory decoders on your layout
by Mike Polsgrove
72 Product Reviews
Upgraded Athearn HO scale EMD SW1500, Digital Command Control-equipped Bachmann On2Porter, Budd RPO in HO scale from Walthers, and more by Dana Kawala
82 Trains of Thought
In search of the perfect waybill
by Tony Koester
97 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
98 The Operators
Shortcuts for blocking and routing cars
by Andy Sperandeo
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