Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1988 January Scratchbuilding Weathering Canadi
Railroad Model Craftsman 1988 January
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
16 Dispatchers report
Product and industry news
38 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
45 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
103 Test Track
Product reviews
128 Collector Consist
-Our Scale Heritage: early scale Hudsons by Keith Wills
130 Editors Notebook
Commentary William C. Schaumburg
134 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
137 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
136 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
145 Advertising Index
Special features
58 Perspective: Metra morning by William Schaumburg
Like a model, the prototype can pack a lot of operations into a small space.
90 Scenery on a grand scale by John Rotsart
Modeling California's famed Tehachapi Loop area convincingly is not something that can be done along one wall of the family room - it takes lots of space and lots of scenery. This article looks at some of the considerations given to the design and construction of the La Mesa club's giant layout and some of the lessons that can be learned from it. A sidebar by Don Mitchell on how to photograph large model scenes accompanies the article.
100 N scale niche: Mainline railroading in a small space by Ed Steinberg
Designed to fit along the walls in a portion of a family room, this N scale layout plan features plenty of scenery, industries, and a good bit of mainline running.
Modeling
56 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: The Great Western: Kitbashing a low nose GP7 by Jim Wild and Dwayne Easterling
When Steve Palmer decided that he wanted a model of one of the Great Western's Geeps, it meant having to cut down and detail an Athearn model. Here is how he did it.
59 The Great Western: Building the Bunyon grain tower by Dwayne Easterling and Jim Wild
The basics of scratchbuilding and weathering are covered in this article on modeling a grain tower located along the Great Western in Colorado.
86 Fish Lake Sand and Gravel: Pt.II by Gordon Johnson
This month we cover building the crushers, conveyors and hoppers on the diorama.
72 Modeling a car named Otis by Ken Goslett
The author offers some suggestions for modeling the Big Otis cars and a look at some Otis models.
Prototype
65 A car named Otis: Pt. II, Big Otis by Ken Goslett with drawings by Robert McLarty
This month we conclude our detailed look at the development and evolution of the Otis steel dump cars and included are plans of Big Otis.
76 PFE's mechanical reefers by Anthony Thompson
The birth of the frozen food industry helped to bring about the age of mechanical reefers and over the years they were refined and improved until they eventually replaced the ice reefer.
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