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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1988 November 3d backdrops Signs Animation CNJ
Railroad Model Craftsman 1988 November
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
33 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
96 N scale niche
Plans for N scalers
103 Test Track
Product reviews
128 Collector Consist
-A line of scale and tinplate by Keith Wills
130 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
134 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
136 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
136 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
145 Advertising Index
Special features
58 Perspective: Artwork oil donkeys by David Lustig
These colorful prototypes might be just the thing to spruce up a vacant area on your layout.
82 Intermodal cars of the eighties by Dave Casdorph
Intermodal traffic-TOFC and COFC-is a rapidly growing source of revenue for the railroad industry. This article examines some of the equipment used and some of the models that are available.
90 Boomer trail
RMC presents photos from its readers.
97 Visiting the Altburgbahn by Geoff Money
Steam, diesel and electric locomotives, passenger trains and beautiful scenery are all incorporated in this 1960s era HO layout set in Germany.
Modeling
60 Carpack: Modeling CNJ's 1926 steel boxcars by Alan Mende
With a few changes, the Walthers Pennsy X-29 boxcar is ideal for modeling a fleet of the CNI's first series of steel boxcars.
64 Three dimensional backdrops by Harry Brunk
Here's a way to make backdrops out of photographs.
67 McLaughlin's Storage: building and signs by Miles Hale
This straightforward scratchbuilding project also includes a how-to on making signs.
70 McLaughlin's Storage: animation by Miles Hale
Adding a few moving parts can bring a building to life.
73 N scale niche: Building a decrepit wood fence by Philip Mott
A few scrap pieces of wood siding are all that's needed to build this fence.
76 RMCIDremel Kitbash Award: Kitbashing a C&NW two-bay cement hopper by Clark Propst
Like the prototype, this model was a three-bay hopper that had its center bay removed.
80 Modeling the Union Pacific's "Bamberger locomotive" by Doug Moore, Richard Reed and John Lauzon
This unique product from EMD was modeled with an Atlas RS1 and a pair of Athearn SW7 shells.
93 A corner, a mirror and an illusion by Roger Baker, Jr.
Buildings and a mirror are combined to hide a corner on the author's N scale layout.
Prototype
81 Alco RS1 + EMD 567 engine = Bamberger 570/UP 1270 by Don Strack
This one-of-a-kind locomotive was EMD's first repowering job.
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