August 2012 Volume 81, Number 3
Departments 5 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
24 Railbooks Book news and reviews
30 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
81 Test Track Product reviews
88 Collector Consist 1927 Dorfan: the smallest of the “Big Four” —Keith Wills
90 Editors Notebook Commentary—William C. Schaumburg
94 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
95 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
97 Advertising Index
Website Be sure to visit us at:
www.rrmodelcraftsman.com Special features
40 Perspective: Interlocking towers by Robert E. Mohowski Once a common sight, interlocking towers were required at terminals, yards and locations where junctions, crossovers or switches fanned out to create multiple track routes.
42 Jim Younkin’s Mud Bay & Southern R.R. by Paul Scoles Set in the early 1970’s and running with a mix of first and second generation diesel power, this large, highly-scenicked N scale layout is set in the Pacific Northwest.
77 Brunswick, the city that almost wasn’t by Mike Shanahan; with photos by Bill Brown
This impressive city grew to fill an empty space on a large HO scale home layout.
Modeling
48 A towering trace of a prairie town: Modeling the Hill City grain elevator: Pt. I by Bob Van Arnem
Join us as the author explains how he scratchbuilt this beautiful HO scale model of an Idaho grain elevator.
57 Detailing the X72 boxcar by Jered Slusser
A few simple changes to a Proto 1000 boxcar along with a new coat paint and decals can produce a good looking model of a once common Conrail freight car.
64 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Random thoughts by Bob Walker This month, Bob muses on working with backdrops and other scenery props.
66 Full-size paper templates for laying out roadbed by Bob Casebeer and Rob Sundberg
Turning a scale drawing into a large format printout for use as a track template can ease the task of cutting roadbed.
72 Realistic looking handrails for an HO scale Atlas RS-1 by Scott Lupia
New wire handrails really improve the appearance of an already fine looking model.
75 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Mack truck with a universal crane by Kip Grant This HO scale model looks right at home working in a scrap yard.
Cover
This month’s cover photograph depicting a boxcar ready for loading at a grain elevator captures a scene played out countless times over the years on the North American prairie. Beginning on page 48, modeler Bob Van Arnem tells how he scratchbuilt his beautiful HO scale model of an Idaho grain elevator. Photograph by Bob Van Arnem.
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