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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1999 January GT Wood caboose WM Hopper Moderni
Railroad Model Craftsman 1999 January
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
30 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
40 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
98 Test Track
Product reviews
116 Collector Consist
Early brass live steam-Part I -by Keith Wills
118 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
123 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
123 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
124 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
129 Advertising Index
Special features
54 Perspective: Neither snow nor rain by John Roberts
Almost every small town has a post office and although they come in all shapes and sizes, they can make great modeling projects.
64 Through the mountains to the lakes: a visit to Ray Hansen's beautiful British Columbia-inspired layout by Ray Hansen with Don Weixl
This HO layout captures the look of railroading in western Canada.
Modeling
56 Modeling a CNJ SW9 by Chuck Davis
It doesn't take much more than paint and decals to turn a Like-Like HO scale SW9 into a CNJ switcher.
58 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Western Maryland channel side hopper in O scale by Larry Kline
An InterMountain USRA 55-ton hopper kit is the starting point for this O scale kitbashing project.
62 Simulating brick mortar by Barry Silverthorn
This simple technique uses drywall compound to represent mortar.
77 Quick and basic plaster scenery by H. Burt Hiester
Plaster based scenery has been around a long time and with good reason; it is simple to do and it works.
79 Moveable benchwork by Sam Swanson
This sectional benchwork is lightweight and can be easily moved. 83 Stuffed hoppers by John Brown
Using straw to temporarily fill holes in hopper car sides is a technique used by real railroaders that can be modeled.
87 A coach for the 4:15 by Bob Brendle
By converting an MDC Roundhouse Overland sleeper to an HOn3 coach, the author came up with just the car needed for his railroad.
92 Modernizing for the '50's: Pt. Il by Robert Smaus
We'll wrap up our 1950's modeling piece with a look at making signs, sidewalks, foundations and palm trees.
Prototype
70 GTW wooden cabooses by George Carpenter, Jim Gilmore and Stafford Swain, with drawings by Robert Smith
This month we begin our look at Grand Trunk Western's classic wood cabooses with the first five series of cars.
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