Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 1986-09
Articles Listing

Weathering Your Yards

Railroad yards are not pretty nor clean, so this article describes some things you can do to mimic the real world.

Making Low-cost Scale Drawings for Your Scale

The author describes how to take a scale drawing in any scale and make copies of it, using a copier machine, to the scale in which you are modeling. Includes a scale conversion chart.

An Easy-to-built, Low-cost HO Turntable

This step-by-step article covers how to build a functional turntable, as well as all the details a turntable bridge has. Includes many photos and drawings.

Pinhole Photography

After the author describes why you want to use a pinhole, he describes how he built one for his camera.

Modeling Cuts and Fills

A brief how-to article on how to model cuts and fills (land above and below the track level).

Painting Faded Signs

Using press-on lettering and a couple of airbrushing techniques, the author shows how to model faded signs on brick buildings.

MR Workshop

This is an instructional tip on how to make an actuating lever to catch the axle of a piece of rolling stock that needs to be parked on a grade. His design also includes a safety LED, to be mounted in the fascia, to indicate whether or not the lever is in a position to catch the next axle.