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Articles Listing
Publisher's Musings
Magazine:
Model Railroad Hobbyist 2021-12
Page:
10
Author:
Joe Fugate
Category:
Operations
The author suggests that we should operate our trains at a "selectively compressed" speed as well, to make the layout seem bigger.
What's Neat
Magazine:
Model Railroad Hobbyist 2021-12
Page:
34
Author:
Ken Patterson
Category:
(various topics)
Scale:
HO
Painting military vehicles in HO-scale with Rad McGuire. Interview with Union Pacific's Ed Dickens, Steam Program Manager & Big Boy engineer. The author also interviews Doug Blaine of Bachmann Trains.
Toot-Toot Sound System
Magazine:
Model Railroad Hobbyist 2021-12
Page:
48
Author:
Brian Krupicka
Category:
Electronics
The author shows how he used the WT588D voice chip to store a .wav file of a diesel horn.
Atlas Covered Hopper Makeover
Magazine:
Model Railroad Hobbyist 2021-12
Page:
67
Author:
Bob Rivard
Category:
Freight Cars - Hoppers
Scale:
HO
The author repaints and decorates an Atlas 3,500cuft cylindrical hopper, and applies some weathering to match a prototype photo he found.
Suction-operated Semaphore Signals
Magazine:
Model Railroad Hobbyist 2021-12
Page:
80
Author:
Henry van Wyk
Category:
Signaling
The author describes his system for using a small vacuum-pump system to trigger the semaphore's operation. Includes a sidebar on how to use levers and fulcrums.