Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | 1:64 Modeling Guide 2009 Fall
Articles Listing

Grade Crossing

Dick shows how he used two different commercial and one scratchbuilt methods to building grade crossings.

Closing the Gap: Modifying Coupler Mounts

The author shows how to modify the mounting plate for an FP-7 to allow for closing coupling. Also shown are how to make similar adjustments to passenger cars. Automatic uncoupling is still possible after the adjustments.

Canadian Prairies Module Part 2

This installment covers painting and weathering the elevator, adding the logo, building the annex building, roof construction and weathering, modeling the terrain, laying track and ballasting, and making realistic vegetation. The module can be seen on the web.

A "Your Pics" Special Presentation

These pages show photos taken by Bob Werre during the 2009 NASG convention of Bob Hogan's models. They include steam and diesel locomotives, and box-, stock-, and passenger cars.

Eastern Junction

Gary is recycling a set of modules he has used for various layouts in other scales into an S-scale layout. This month's column also has some very nice comments about my model railroad web site! He also encourages us to think about modeling a Santa Claus train on our layouts during the holidays.

My Two Cents Worth

Although S tinplate layouts are fun for small kids with all their animations, does it really inspire the more serious model railroaders to leave their current scale and model in true S scale? That is the question the author poses.