Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2014-06
Articles Listing

Building in S Scale

The center supplemental to this issue is 24 pages of S-scale modeling articles, tips, and currently available product from advertisers. This is a great source to find out what's available in S today. The supplemental was a co-operative effort by the RMC magazine and the NASG.

Fire-damaged Enginehouse

Using a variety of different parts, the author built an enginehouse that has just experienced a near-total fire. The article includes several photos, and it describes how he built the building.

Scratchbuilding a Boiler Flue Storage Rack

The author details how he built this unique storage rack, with tips on how to install it and weather the pipes. Includes prototype and model photos, and detail and scaled drawings.

Color and Texture Part II

The author covers painting buildings different colors so that they don't all look alike. Also, make sure that the colors look right under your layout lights, as well as the contest room lights, if that is your goal with the project.

Layout Building in 1:64 Scale

Chris talks about Trevor Marshall's S-scale layout construction. Trevor is modeling the town of Port Rowan in Ontario, Canada in the 1950s.