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Magazine Articles By Dean Foster

Build a Baby Opera Window Center-Beam Flatcar

For transporting lumber.

Kitbashing EMD's GP39-2

Cover photo of a fantastic snow setting for this locomotive. Article includes prototype photos of Delaware & Hudson # 7415, #7604, and #7615. Many close-up photos of how to detail this model. The author started with Athearn GP-35s.

Paper-leafed Deciduous Trees

Using punchings from check-cancelling machines in banks, the author makes leafs for his trees. The tree trunks are made from natural plant materials.

Stringing Telephone Wires

The describes how he added telephone wire to his modular diorama using "invisible thread". The article also covers his method for construction the poles and a handy tool for unrolling the thread spool.