Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | NMRA Bulletin 2002-07
Articles Listing

Bar Mills 1-Kit

Using the kit to create buildings and car sides.

What Does the Siding Do Anyway?

Purpose of a siding. Prototype and modeling photos.

Basic Techniques for Painting and Finishing Structures

Styrene surface preparation and priming, finishing white styrene to look like wood, base-coating plastic structures, staining wood, finishing wood structures, painting metal, finishing metal structures, painting and detailing structure exteriors, handles and hinges, base basics, detailing bases, scenery and junk-filled bases, and figures.

Folding Layouts

A layout with fall-down hinged sections of track that are out of the way when the railroad is not actively running.

Thundering Water and Belching Steam

1950s on Bill Emond's Whiskey River Division.

Western Pacific locomotive No. 14

Photo taken in 1939.