BNSF C44-9W

Model Railroader 2000-01 pg. 118     Scale: HO     Category: "Locomotives - Diesel"

Building a Compact Shelf Layout Part 1

Model Railroader 2002-10 pg. 54     Scale: HO     Category: "Layout Construction"

Choosing a theme, benchwork, backdrop, building hills, roadbed, painting the sky, distant hills, laying track, highway overpass, paving highways, coloring rock castings, culverts.

Building a Compact Shelf Layout Part 2

Model Railroader 2002-11 pg. 60     Scale: HO     Category: "Layout Construction"

Ground cover, ballast track, bushes and trees, water, grain elevator, depot, town structures, streets, grade crossings, sidewalks, and line poles and street lights.

Desert Scenery Without Breaking a Sweat

Model Railroader 2005-04 pg. 48     Scale: HO     Category: "Scenery"

This article shows how to model Western U.S. scenery starting with a foam insulation board base, which is built up in several layers, adding rocks, painting the surface, adding rocks and foliage, and finally the track, ballast, and structures.

Modeling a Union Pacific Tunnel Motor

Model Railroader 1999-12 pg. 82     Scale: HO     Category: "Locomotives - Diesel"

Using an Athearn model, the author created a modern version of an SD40T-2. Includes parts identification diagrams, lots of detail diagrams, and a full parts list.