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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2007 March Scratchbuild water tank Scenery tip
Railroad Model Craftsman 2007 March
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
28 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
38 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
97 Test Track Product reviews
110 Collector Consist
1930's HO, Varney in transition: Pt. I
-Keith Wills and Bob Temple
112 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
117 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
117 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
118 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
46 Perspective: Bringing home another steam locomotive by Dwight Smith
Hobby investments can sometimes affect the family budget, especially when the purchase in question is a real locomotive.
48 The Quartz Creek & Union Pass by Dave Rickaby
Set in the mid-1920's, Bill Barr's freelanced, HO scale model railroad traces its fictional beginnings back to an abandoned D&RGW standard gauge line in the mountains of Colorado.
72 The Solano: Modeling a railroad car ferry by Dan Lewis This spectacular HO scale model of a Southern Pacific ferry and dock measures nine feet long and is all scratchbuilt.
Modeling
54 Tips for making realistic scenery by Patricia and Burton Maxwell The authors explain how using the principals of perspective, color and composition can make your layout look larger and more realistic.
59 Building the Ladysmith tank by Ed Warren
This watertank served a logging lin on Vancouver Island.
66 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Modeling an NYC m.u. coach by Ken Lawrence
A Branchline 80-foot coach kit is the starting point for this interesting HO scale kitbashing project.
70 Scratchbuilder's corner: Large projects by Bob Walker Picking up from last month, Bob Walker takes a look at solutions
for coming up with a work area for large projects and how to employ the selective compression process when modeling large structures.
82 Modeling Conrail's hot steel coil car by Ken Edmier
Using a Rail Yard Models resin kit, here is how you can model one of these interesting cars in HO scale.
89 Easy electrical pick-ups by Harold Minkowitz
Adding a pick-up made from a Kadee No. 5 centering spring helped to improve the running characteristics of an IHC old-time 4-4-0.
90 The Stonega branch: Pt. I by George Riley with John Earley Join us this month as we begin to tackle a small, easy-to-build, DCC equipped, HO scale model railroad.
Prototype
79 More structures from railroad cars by Dick Flock
Inspired by an article in SCRATCHBUILDER'S CORNER a few months back, the author shares a collection of photos of old railroad cars that have been put to other uses.
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