Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 1995-11
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1995 NMRA Prize Parade

This page shows a photo of Randy's Moon Run station, which won first price in the Online Structures category. Although freelanced, it is based on the Chesapeake & Ohio depot in Thurmond, W. Va. It's entirely scratchbuilt of cardstock.

Finishing the Forest Scene Part 4

This installment covers how to install trees into the layout and how to blend the surrounding areas. It covers modeling leaves, mixing a scenery base cover, and applying that base material.

Maine Central Covered Hoppers

The author describes how he modified MDC cars to use for heavy-duty cement and lime services. Includes one prototype photos, several model photos, and a parts list.

Electronics Symposium

This column covers using the HT2014 LED flasher integrated circuit by Holtek, using a hall-effect sensor for turntable indexing, using an LM339 as a photocell detector, and a circuit design for automatically slowing an engine when it reaches the end of a spur.