Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-03
Articles Listing

Morning at Mac Street

This article is a "railfan" view of Jim's layout, with lots of close-up photos. Includes a lower-level revision track plan.

Five Businesses for Strong

The author describes five businesses for his On30 South China & Sheepscot layout. They include a general store, a gas station, a garage, a fast-food place, and a post office. Prototype and model photos are included.

Kitbashing an Erie-Lackwanna GE U36C

The author describes how he modeled this engine from a Kato C30-7. Includes a prototype photo, and several construction photos, as well as a parts list.

NNGC Preview: The Layouts of St. Louis Pt. II

This installment covers Tom Troughton's Sn3 layout, John Waite's Sn3 layout, Richard Severance's On3 layout, Mike Van Hove's HO-scale layout, Roger Duffield's layout, Hal Shaffer's On3 layout, and John Scherr's HOn3 layout.

Retaining Walls

Bob describes various retaining walls, how to model them, and the article is accompanied by three model photos.

Steel Tower Footings

Using keyboard keys as footings for bridges.

Front of the Layout Vignettes No. 11

This installment covers creameries. Includes numerous prototype photos and several maps showing track around creameries.

The Scenery Clinic Pt. V

This installment covers how to model a river bank.

Installing Sound in a GP7

The author shows how he installed a QSI Revolution A sound decoder in an older Atlas GP7. Includes modification and installation photos.

Kitbashing a C&O Cabin

The author used a Korber Models kit to build a standard C&O tower. Includes photos of the completed model and prototype photos.

"T" is for Tiny

This article introduces "T-scale", which is 1:450 (half the size of Z-scale). It is very popular in Japan, and growing in Europe, however, there are no distributors in the U.S. yet. Products sold by Eishindo are featured in the article.