August 2010

Special features
36 Perspective: The Northern, the Mike and Uncle Russ by
James Boyd
An encounter with a departed friend’s old photographs reminds the
author of the steam-powered fan trips run by the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy in the late 1950’s.

Modeling
38 Building a modern plate girder bridge by Ken Patterson
Scratchbuilding this contemporary-era girder bridge is just the start,
as the author also shows how it can be set in place and scenicked.

45 Painting and improving scale figures by Don Weixl
These simple techniques can provide a host of good looking scale
figures for your layout or diorama.

49 Building Knedler’s Mill by David J. Leider
This unusual Victorian mill was a landmark in Prairie View, Illinois.

56 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Metal working: III by Bob Walker
This month we look a using taps and dies.

58 Modeling a Muncie & Western outside-braced boxcar by
Montford Switzer
With their prominent Ball Glass Jars logo and yellow sides and
ends, these wooden boxcars were a real standout.

67 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: A narrow gauge diesel kitbash:
U.S. Army Transportation Corp. No. 4700N by Raymond Hoppes
You wouldn’t know it at first glance, but this HO scale model
started out as a Kato NW2.

Prototype
71 Vulcan two-ton gas locomotive by Richard Dunn
These plans and photos show Vulcan’s smallest, light duty loco.

72 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 14, American small
businesses: Farm implements, manufacturers and dealers; Pt. I
by David Lambert
At the beginning of the twentieth century, manufactures and
dealers of farm implements could be found in towns and cities all
across the country and many of the larger companies were served
by rail.