June 2014 Volume 83, Number 1 Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
30 Railbooks Book news and reviews
33 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
77 Test Track Product reviews
86 Collector Consist Added play value —Keith Wills
88 Editors Notebook Commentary—Christopher P. D’Amato
90 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
90 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
91 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
93 Advertising Index Special features
38 Perspective: The human element by Karl Zimmermann You cannot run a railroad without people. Whether they are part of a train crew or working in some other capacity, the human element is essential when it comes to railroading.
40 Visiting Dave Lawler’s Ontario Southern Railway by Dave Lawler; with photos by David Williams This beautifully done model railroad, which will be featured on the upcoming NMRA national convention tour, captures the look and feel of railroading across the Canadian Shield during the steam era.
i Index to Volume 82 A subject and author directory for the June, 2013, to May, 2014, issues of RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN.
54 2014 Valley Forge RPM meet by William C. Schaumburg A host of interesting N, HO and O scale modeling projects were on display at this year’s meet.
Modeling
46 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Fire-damaged enginehouse by Louis Gomes A variety of commercial castings, including a tunnel portal and a retaining wall, were used to construct this eye-catching model of an enginehouse that has burned down.
49 Modeling an SCL E7B by Scott Lupia This HO scale E7 B-unit is a perfect companion for the model of Seaboard Coast Line No. 501 that we featured last month.
58 Scratchbuilding a boiler flue storage rack by Tom Troughton This simple model is based on the flue rack the D&RGW built next to its roundhouse in Durango, Colorado.
Website
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www.rrmodelcraftsman.com
70 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Colors and textures, Part II by Bob Walker
This month we continue the discussion on various ways to achieve subtle variations in color on the layout.
72 Building laminated sub-roadbed on a flat surface by Richard Todd With the lower deck already completed using polyiso foam board, it took a little ingenuity to add an upper deck.
Prototype
62 The Great Northern’s plywood boxcars by Staffan Ehnbom; with drawings by Jim Kinkaid With wartime restrictions on the use of steel, in 1944 the Great Northern turned to plywood for use as a siding material on boxcars.
Cover
A short work train passes along the cliff overlooking Muskoka Wharf on Dave Lawler’s HO scale Ontario Southern layout. Photo by David Williams.
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