Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 1981-05
Articles Listing

Uranus No. 2 Mine

The author describes how he built a small ore-loading bin and bucket conveyor. Includes model photos and scaled drawings.

In Defense of the Sable

The author makes a case for using hand brushes to paint models rather than airbrushes.

Sandbags, Frogs, and Jaws

Making small cloth bags filled with lead shot are great tools for clamping parts down (e.g. roofs) that are oddly-shaped and thus hard to clamp with conventional clamps. "Frogs" are weights that put all their pressure on a small tube at the end, which are great for holding down smaller parts. A "jaw" is a deep clamp to hold pressure on parts (two metal strips with a turnbuckle to provide the custom clamping pressure). Includes photos of each device and instructions on how to make them.