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AF Reefer Conversion from 1970

The author recalls how he converted an A.C. Gilbert reefer to "scale" back in 1970. Includes photos.

Applying decals Standard Refrigerator Cars Pt 2

This installment continues from the July/August, 2007 issue of this magazine. It discusses how to apply decals, dealing with lettering the ends of the car, and has accompanying photos of the steps. A materials list is also included.

Canada's Eight-hatch Iced Refrigerator Cars Part III

This article covers the GTW and PGE cars, including prototype photos, car information, scale drawings, and how one might model these in HO-scale.

Crown Reefers Variety

Crown Models Products produced a number of unique reefers in the 1990s and early 2000s, which the author covers in this article. Includes several photos of the models in his collection.

Detailing a Wood Reefer

After describing the prototype companies that transported fruit, and their cars, the author describes the changes he made to his S-Helper Services reefers to make them even more detailed. Includes photos of his models, both finished and under construction. Additional prototype and references information is found on page 33 of this issue (digital version only).

Essential Freight Cars Part 24

This installment covers the Pennsylvania Railroad's R50B express reefer car. The railroad had well over 500 of them in service from the late 1920s through the 1950s. Model and prototype photos of the car are included in the article.

Frisco USRA Rebuilt Boxcar

The author describes how he super-detailed an S-Helper Service reefer, including information about making water-slide decals. Includes many photos.

Kitbashing a PFE R-40-2-18 Reefer

In addition to explaining what all the numbers in the car's model number mean, the author describes how he modeled this car. Includes model and prototype photos, and lots of references.

Kitbashing White Elephants

The Pacific Fruit Express rebuilt two R-40-14 cars into aluminum cars in 1947. They were painted white and were a rare sight, hence their nickname. The author used InterMountain kits to build these cars.

Mather Meat Refrigerator Cars

This article covers the history of the meat packing refrigerator cars after WWII.

Mid-Continent Region Car Project

40' wood refrigerator car kits lettered for the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company produced by Accurail.

Mid-continent Region Car Project

Information and photos of the 40' wood refrigerator car kit lettered for the St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company.

Modeling a Kahn's refrigerator Car

Encouraged by the start of the project at a convention clinic, the author completed the car. The article focuses on the underbody detail. Includes construction photos and a materials list.

Modeling PFE Woodside Refrigerator Cars

After a brief introduction of his layout, the author describes how he builds reefers from scratch or from kitbashed models. Includes many close-up construction photos.

Modeling Soo Line 2600-series Milk Cars

These ten cars were built in 1924. The author built his model from a flat car kit, a roof from another kit, and scratchbuilt the main body. Many prototype and model construction photos, as well as scale drawings are included.

NASG Review Shop

The author reviews the Hoquat Hobbies Michigan Central reefer kit released earlier this year.

Reefer Roof Revamp

Scratchbuilding metal roofs and hatch platforms. Includes many detailed photos of the projects.

Resin Casting a 1920s Era Santa Fe Class RR. W Reefer

A step-by-step article describing how to author went from building the master to pouring the resin. The model is a 1927 reefer class RR.W with a distinctive ventilator hood designed by the Santa Fe. Also includes prototype photos.

S Reefer Cars Gilbert Didn't Make

How to find gently-used A.C. Gilbert reefers to update, kitbash, and improve, to make them look likes that that company never made. Lots of example photos are included. More photos are shown on page 34 of the PDF version.

S Scale Beer Cars

A listing of all the beer reefer cars.

Scale Scene

The author adds more details to S-Helper Service reefers, and explains what these details are for.

Shiny White Reefer for the Southern Pacific

How to model, paint, and decal these types of cars.

Upgrading Walthers' Royal Packing 40' ART Steel Reefer