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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2013 April B&M Shed CRI&P Pass train Portland
Railroad Model Craftsman 2013 April
Departments
5 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news 26 Railbooks
Book news and reviews 33 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
80 Test Track
Product reviews
88 Collector Consist
The art of lithography- Pt. Il -Keith Wills
90 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
94 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
95 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
97 Advertising Index
Special features
40 Perspective: A diesel on display by David Moran
Equipped with the latest equipment to meet EPA rules for clean burning locomotives, Union Pacific SD59MX No. 9900 not only provides the railroad with an excellent platform to test out the equipment, but a chance to show it off, as well.
42 Railroading on the D&H Sonnyvale branch by Kip Grant It is forever autumn, 1962, in Kip Grant's train room and the
marvelous HO scale layout that he has developed certainly captures the look of an upstate New York branchline during that time period.
Modeling
50 Re-detailing house models by Brian Holtz
With a few simple changes, the Rix Maxwell Avenue Home and the classic AHM/IHC Victorian house can be kitbashed in a number of variations to create a neighborhood look on the streets of any layout.
52 Modeling the Rock Island's Quad City Rocket by Alvin Ho Rather then join Amtrak at its inception, the Rock Island continued to operate its own passenger service in the 1970's. Here is a look at modeling the Chicago-Rock Island. Illinois, train in N scale.
58 Scratchbuilder's Corner: Aging and weathering by Bob Walker If you want to build a realistic looking model railroad, you've got to learn to weather your equipment and structures.
60 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Monon delivery trailer by Montford Switzer
Trailers like this one were used to pick-up and deliver 1.c.1. freight loads in the Chicago area in the mid-1950's.
66 Building a DCC caddy by Walt Muren
Here is a way to store and transport your DCC equipment. 69 Portland cement scenery by Richard Todd
A bag of cement proved just the material for this modeling project. 76 Rediscovering the past in 1/4" scale: Modeling a B&M storage shed by Bob Bennett
A 48-year-old issue of RMC provided the plans for this classic little storage shed.
Prototype
65 Grand Trunk hand pump car by Julian Cavalier
These plans are based on Grand Trunk drawings from 1908.
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