February 2010

February 2010
Volume 78, Number 9

Special features

38 Perspective: The world’s largest model railway? by Karl
Zimmermann
The 73-year-old, steam-powered Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch
Railway is 13.5 miles long but only 15 inches wide.

40 Picture perfect: John Elwood’s HO empire by Tom Bartley
This beautifully done HO scale layout links big city modeling with
the Pacific Northwest.

59 NNGC preview: The layouts of St. Louis – Part 1 by Gary Hoover
Join us as we begin a look at some of the layouts that will be open
to visitors at the 30th National Narrow Gauge Convention.

Modeling

47 Modeling a PRR Alco RS-3 by Dave Messer
The Pennsylvania Railroad’s last group of RS-3’s featured carbodies
with the ventilation filters arranged in two vertical groups in the
long hood. Here’s how they can be modeled.

52 Modeling with air by Jim Martin
Leaving a little air space between the backdrop and the layout can
help to blend the whole scene together.

62 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: More on fixtures by Bob Walker
Making a jig for modeling can prove to be a big time saver.

64 A Tortoise switch machine for crossovers by Trevor Lloyd-Lee
Here is how you can set up a switch machine to move the points at
each end of the crossover.

59 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing the Walthers N
scale truss bridge by Al Skinner
Here are three ways to modify the Walthers truss bridge. No matter
which level of complexity you choose, you’ll end up with a good
looking bridge.

72 The Scenery Clinic: Pt. IV: Modeling a cut bank by Paul Scoles
This is a novel way to model a steep embankment.

74 Modeling a C&O twelve-panel side PS-1 boxcar by Mont Switzer
Changing the weld seams on an InterMountain kit produces an
interesting car.

81 A portable locomotive wheel cleaning rig by M. R. Snell
Easy to build and use, this little device is an inexpensive solution to
an old problem.

Prototype

54 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 10, American small businesses:
lumber yards by David Lambert
Lumber yards were needed in towns both big and small, and they
were almost always served by rail.