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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1985 July C424 drawings Summertime modeling
Railroad Model Craftsman 1985 July
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
18 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
36 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices 89 Test Track
Product reviews
106 The Company Photographer
-Get your light up
by Steve Sint
108 Collector Consist
-Lone Star Treble-0 trains by Dallas Mallerich
111 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
112 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
113 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
114 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers 121 Advertising Index
Special features
44 Perspective: A family look by Edward H. Cass
Standardizing on common details can give your railroad structures and equipment a company look.
58 Boomer trail special: Iowa summer by Matthew Ostergrant A fictional trip to an Iowa farm in 1955 yields a look at the newly-dieselized Iowa Central Railway and the CB&Q.
Modeling
46 Anatomy of a model railroad: The GN's Kalispell Division by Don Strike
The author tells how he designed his model railroad following the GN's main line operations in Montana.
54 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: A repowered Train Master by Bill Bryant
When the Washita Railroad needed power, rather than buying a new locomotive they opted for repowering an old one.
56 Two for Main Street by John Swanson
With a few simple changes to a kit you can come up with some different looking buildings for your layout.
61 Kitbashing a Pennsy H40 covered hopper by Bobb Losse The Eastern Car Works Airslidecovered hopper is the basis for this HO scale modeling project.
67 Falling water by Dwayne Easterling and Jim Wild Here is an effective way of modeling waterfalls.
76 Details at trackside by Julian Cavalier
Small trackside details help to complete a scene. Here are three simple ones that you can model.
78 Build a weed sprayer by Jim Slaughter
This weed sprayer car is just the thing for a different summertime modeling project.
Prototype
71 The Century series: C424 by Win Cuisinier
Our series continues with a look at Alco's 2400-horsepower entry into the diesel market.
81 Copper Country: mines by Paul Meier
This month we take a look at the mines and how they worked.
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