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Model Railroading 1984 September October PRR EMD E8 Swiching oepration with pass
Model Railroading 1984 September October
CONTENTS
4 LETTERS
An opportunity to share your knowledge with other modelers.
5 ATHEARN E4, E6, E7, E8 and E9 DIESELS:
Not kits, but a simple-enough conversion to Athearn power.
7 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP:
EMD E8 on the Pennsylvania RR.
8 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP:
EMD E8 on the Erie-Lackawanna RR.
9 LAYOUT TOUR I: TOM KNAPP'S PACIFIC COAST RWY. IN Nn3
The smallest practical narrow gauge is now even more practical. 11 FREIGHT CARS FROM THE FIFTIES: AAR 40-FOOT BOX CARS,
Part II
More examples of the Athearn and MDC kit prototypes.
13 DERAIL-PROOFING/PERFECT COUPLING for ATHEARN CARS: Follow these techniques to make your rolling stock roll.
14 SUPER-DETAILING ATHEARN & MDC BOX CARS
Making simple kits look like scratch-built brass.
18 COLOR-MATCHING BOX CAR RED
Matching both the prototype and Athearn & MDC model colors.
21 OPERATION: SWITCHING ACTION WITH PASSENGER EQUIPMENT
How the NEB&W (on the covers) experts pick their passenger cars.
22 THE TIME MACHINE: PASSENGER ACTION ON THE NEB&W
One scene; two distinct eras recreated in HO scale.
27 NARROW GAUGE STANDARDS, Part I: SCENIC WONDERS
Selecting a prototype based on the overall scene's appeal. 31 MODELING THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINING DISTRICT
One place, in time, with both narrow & standard gauge. 34 TWO-LEVEL TRACK PLAN FOR HO, HOn3 or Sn3
Recreating Cripple Creek, on two shelves, around one room.
40 WEATHERING TECHNIQUES FOR CORRUGATED METAL Simulating age and rust on exposed metal surfaces.
41 THE TIME MACHINE: ERA-MODELING WITH GRAIN ELEVATORS
Using dioramas to get more modeling on any layout.
42 DIORAMA-BUILDING BASICS
Applying ground level scenery to create a scene.
45 SCRATCHBUILDING XIII: A MODERN GRAIN SILO Building something you cannot buy.
54 SCRATCHBUILDING XIV: INDUSTRIAL PLATFORMS
An intricate detail, common to many scenes, not sold in kits.
56 HOW-TO: SIMULATE THE TEXTURE & COLOR OF CONCRETE A basic modeling technique for more realism.
57 PERFORMANCE TEST REPORT NO. 56 MODEL POWER N SCALE RSD15
Testing one of the most popular N scale diesel chassis.
59 PERFORMANCE: CAN MOTORS FOR MODEL POWER N SCALE DIESELS
How YOU can do it and how it should run when you're done.
63 PERFORMANCE: TRACTION TIRES AND TWO-DIESELS IN N SCALE
We try one, then two, Model Power diesels on "the rack".
64 PERFORMANCE TEST REPORT NO. 57: PFM 2-8-0 STEAM IN Sn3 An HO-size steam locomotive built to S scale.
67 DEALER DIRECTORY 74 NEW PRODUCTS
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