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Magazine Articles By Bob Rivard

Atlas Covered Hopper Makeover

The author repaints and decorates an Atlas 3,500cuft cylindrical hopper, and applies some weathering to match a prototype photo he found.

Constant-intensity Headlights for DC

Using a few electronic components, the article describes how to install this into a locomotive.

Don't Forget the Roof

The author shows how he paints and weathers an Accurail 40-foot box car, paying special attention to weathering the roof.

Modeling a Rock Island U25B

The author converts a Bowser U25B to make it look like the one he photographed in 1977.

Re-paint the Athearn GATC 2600 Airslide Hopper

Painting, applying decals, and weathering of this car.

Rock Island F7A Units

A couple of photos of the author's combining the Intermountain bodies and the Stewart chassis to build the engines.

SOO and GN 5-foot Box Cars From Accurail's HO Scale Kits

The author changed the doors to plug doors to model SOO Line grain-loading cars, and to duplicate some Great Northern cars. Includes prototype and model photos.

Weathering Tangent NP Combination Door Boxcars

The author describes how he weathered these models as they were in 1977 as he found period photos of them.