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Magazine Articles By Gerry Evans

A Myth Exposed: The Unicorn Lives Near Four Corners

The author built a fictitious S-scale hobby store out of a Thomas A. Yorke Design Studio Bank/Storefront kit. Includes several photos.

A Ravishing Corpse - Almost

A problem with the decals spurred the author on to take a unique direction in the purpose of this structure, to make it into a recycling center. The article includes many additional photos of the finished product.

B. Johnson Leatherworks

B.T.S. 110 2nd Street

The author describes his construction of the "110 2nd Street" kit by B.T.S. Includes several photos.

Best in Show

The author briefly describes how he built the structure, which won best-of-show at the 2002 NASG Convention. Includes a model photo.

Bike Shop - Post Office

Using a Banta Modelworks kit that is no longer available, the author shows how he builds hydrocal structures. The article covers walls, brick, concrete, stonework, decals, windows, and doors.

BTS Cabin Creek Rural Church

The author describes the kit he built.

Build A Standard-Gauge Auxiliary Water/Crane-Tender Car Part 1

A pure scratchbuilding article, this installment starts with the construction of a flat car base. A details parts list is included, as well as scaled drawings and construction diagrams.

Build A Standard-Gauge Auxiliary Water/Crane-Tender Car Part 2

This last installment covers the construction of the superstructure, and the painting and applying of decals.

Build the Stone Avenue Station

The model is an exact replica of the station in LaGrange, Illinois. The author was commissioned to build this model, and he describes the process from research to construction in this article. Includes one model photo and scaled drawings.

Building Outdoor Lighting Fixtures

The author provides a detailed guide for how to add exterior lighting to structures, to liven up the scenes.

Coffee with...

The author shares his history in S-scale, his current layout, and his take on the use of the various glues.

Creating a 72-foot Circus Stock Car

The author kitbashed two Scenery Unlimited 40-foot circus stock cars into this model.

Flagstop Station

The author describes how he built the Flagstop Station kit (#562) from the Laser-Art Structures Division of Branchline Trains. Includes several photos of the completed model.

Grandview Storage

The author reviews the building of the Grandview Storage kit #4087 by banta modelworks.

Harley-Davidson Comes to S Gauge

The author kitbashed the NASG Armco Building into a Harley-Davidson bike shop. Includes photos of the complete model, including with the interior lighting shown.

History Lesson Wabash Valley F3 A&B Units

The author recollects the history of these two engines, from how they were manufactured, to how they were detailed, to how they changed hands over the years. Includes several photos of the two units.

Juicing-up the Citrus Shed

The author describes how he added more details to the 2006 NASG Special Project kit. Includes a couple of photos of the author's model.

Light Up Vehicles For More Fun

The author describes how he strips down a Racing Champions car, redecorates it, and installs fiber optics to simulate headlights.

Meet an S Gauger

The author "introduces" himself (he has been a member of the NASG BOT, and a well-known modeler for many years).

Multi-purpose Building

The author provides a description of the construction of the kit. Includes several photos.

NASG at the National Train Show

A report and a few photos of the NASG's booth at the NTS in 2008.

O/S Scale West Report

The author reports about the activities at the show, and shares a few photos.

Painting a Santa Fe Gas-Electric

After providing a bit of a background to the model and the prototype, the author describes the changes that he made to the model, and then how he went about painting it for the Santa Fe.

Populating the AM Models GG-1

The author shows how he scratchbuilt the interior, with figures, for the American Models GG-1.

Product Review

The author reviews the Everest County Store kit by The Building & Structure Co.

Product Review Double Feature

Gerry reviews the NASG Brick Building and the Smoky Mountain Model Works GE 77-tonner engine. Both are new kits.

Product Review: "Forest City Welding"

A review and some construction notes for this kit.

Rabbit Hash General Store

The author builds and reviews the Rabbit Hash General Store by Mountain Precision Products.

S Product Review

Reviewed is the Hidden Treasure Mine Co. No. 2 by Scenery Unlimited.

Schlep Boys Army-Navy Surplus Store

The author describes how he kit-bashed the Bar Mills Majestic Hardware (Kit #0943) to create the Schlep Boys Army-Navy Surplus Store. He used a lot of 1:72 military parts and kits.

Smoky Mountain Model Works Southern RY 11-Rib Low-side Gondola

The author reviews the prototype for the car, and then covers his notes about constructing the kit. Includes several photos.

St. Louis Gets An S Gauge Department-Store Christmas Layout

This article is about how the American Flyer S Gaugers of the St. Louis Area (AFSGSLA) built an S-scale layout for Famous-Barr Department Stores in their Famous-Barr's downtown St. Louis location. It consisted of 4 loops of 300 feet total on three levels. Includes two photos.

The 'S'traight & Narrow

A review of the 2002 Sn3 Symposium held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Straight & Narrow

The author reviews the 2005 Sn3 Symposium. Includes several photos.

Trainstuff LLC's Williamson's Warehouse

Gerry reviews and describes how he built the kit.

Up-scale S Modeling

Unable to convince the owners of FOS Limited to create an S-scale version of their HO-scale Hokum's House of Burlesque, the author bought the HO-scale version, and proceeded to up-convert it to S-scale, which was not a trivial process. Includes a couple of photos of the completed model.