November 2013 Volume 82, Number 6
Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
26 Railbooks Book news and reviews
30 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
80 Test Track Product reviews
90 Collector Consist Scale Model Railways Inc., 1941 —Keith Wills
92 Editors Notebook Commentary—Christopher P. D’Amato
94 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
95 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
97 Advertising Index Special features
38 Perspective: Get your (modeling) kicks by Elrond Lawrence Historic Route 66 parallels the old Santa Fe mainline through Southern California, Arizona and on to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Along the way can be found a collection of quirky buildings and roadside attractions that are ripe for modeling.
40 A last visit to Coon Creek Lumber by William C. Schaumburg, with photos by Greg Komar
Set in the Cascades, Lou Ullian’s beautiful On3 Coon Creek Lumber Company was a true builder’s layout that stood as a visual history of logging in steam days.
72 Oh #@*%, a flat! by Al Sohl A lot of thought went into this little scene and it paid off.
Modeling
45 Build a bucket coal loader by Bob Bennett This partially scratchbuilt HO scale model is based on the simple wooden coal loader used by Maine’s Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad. Coal-filled wooden buckets were hoisted up and then emptied into the tender.
52 Adding trucks to the layout by Bill Gill With just a bit of work and some imagination, you can take some ready-to-run Classic Metal Works model trucks and turn them into one-of-a-kind eye-catching models that will improve any scene on your layout.
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58 Modeling secondhand parlor cars for the LIRR by Mike Boland In the 1960’s the Long Island Rail Road operated a fleet of ex- Pullman heavyweight parlor cars in summer service to the Hamptons and Montauk. Walthers HO scale Pullman 28-1 parlor car is a great starting point for modeling this unique service.
63 Adding details and sound to Southern Pacific’s FP7’s by Ted Haas
Adding sound and extra details to Athearn’s HO scale FP7 improves an already beautiful model.
70 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Mold making and casting by Bob Walker
Casting can come in handy when you need to make a number of identical parts.
73 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Modeling a B&O P-31a TOFC flat car by Gregory La Rocca A pair of Athearn HO scale flat cars are used to kitbash this model of the Baltimore & Ohio’s first flat car designed to carry highway trailers.
Cover
With a full load of freshly picked McIntosh apples sitting in the bed of his pickup, a farmer waits patiently at the crossing for a passing NEB&W freight train. For more on Bill Gill’s excellent HO scale truck modeling, see page 52. Photograph by the author’s son, William Gill.
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