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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2011 October Model Gruber Wagon Works
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
OCTOBER 2011
Special features
40 Perspective: Every picture tells a story by David Lustig
A large mural depicting the role the railroad played in the local history
can be found on a building in downtown Santa Paula, California.
42 JJ Johnston's Puget Sound Iron Goat Ry. by Paul Scoles
The Pacific Northwest circa 1939 comes to life on JJ Johnston's
beautifully scenicked HO scale layout.
62 An operating scheme for my PRR Northeast Division by
David Messer
Using the prototype as a guide, the author recounts how he devised
an operating scheme for his layout.
Modeling
47 Realistic loads for hoppers by Allen Hare
Here is a simple way to make good-looking, removable coal loads.
48 Modeling a Wabash 8000-series boxcar by Pierre Oliver
An Accurail boxcar kit was combined with new Branchline ends and a number of detail parts to make a good-looking double-door boxcar.
57 Modeling the Gruber Wagon Works by Jerry Strangarity Scratchbuilt using wood and styrene, this large HO scale model is a sure attention grabber.
69 Painting wheelsets by James Whatley
Here is a relatively simple method for realistically weathering
wheelsets with an airbrush.
70 Scratchbuilder's Corner: Creating building signs by Bob Walker
Signs can add the finishing touch to a model, as well as some personality,
72 Modeling a GP40F1-1-2 using a resin shell by M.R. Snell Here is how you can mate the Imperial Hobby Productions resin shell to an Atlas HO scale GP40 frame to come up with a model of one of NJ Transit's unique locomotives.
79 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a seven-ton Shay by Mark Fry
This challenging modeling project utilizes an MDC HO Shay kit to model a small, two-cylinder 0 scale Shay.
Prototype
53 The Gruber Wagon Works by Jerry Strangarity
This nineteenth century factory is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places and is a great subject for modeling.
Cover
A Bachmann Ten-wheeler with a passenger train pulls away from the downtown Bellevue, Washington, depot. It's the Pacific Northwest circa 1939 on JJ Johnston's HO scale Puget Sound Iron Goat Railway, a mythical subsidiary of the Great Northern. Photograph by Paul Scoles.
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