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Putting the Fun Back into Model Contests

Magazine:

ESSENCE 1987-04

Page:

2

Author:

Dave Jasper

Category:

Model Railroad Shows

Scale:

S

The author proposes that model contests have become only for the modeling elite, and the common modeler would not dare enter a model. He proposes different contest categories

Reaction to a Radical Proposal

Magazine:

ESSENCE 1987-04

Page:

5

Author:

Ken Mackenzie

Category:

Model Railroad Shows

Scale:

S

The author responds to Dave Jasper's article.

Modeler's Notebook

Magazine:

ESSENCE 1987-04

Page:

8

Author:

unaccredited

Category:

Painting & Weathering

The author discusses the idea of first painting your model with an under-coating paint before using the final color. Black, for example, works well in hiding the white of styrene sheet.