Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 1991-11
Articles Listing

Build a Ground Foam Applicator

The author describes how Bob Hensler built a scenery duster by connecting two rubber tubes to a lid of a jar that contains the ground foam. Blowing in one tube allows the other tube to direct the placement of the ground foam, including in difficult-to-reach areas and vertical spaces.

Electro-Motive SW1 Diesel Switcher

This article covers the history and specs of this engine. Includes are several prototype photos and scaled drawings.

Custom-made Figures

The author uses acrylic paint and water putty to build up layers of the body shape on wire armatures to build figures in various scales. He also provides information about to finish them.

An Operating Windmill

The author describes how he built an operating windmill in both HO- and N-scale using the HO-scale Campbell windmill kit. The design is to use vibration to cause the windmill's blades to spin.

Symposium on Electronics

This column covers the 741 op-amp. Included design diagrams include both the inverting and non-inverting amp, a follower amp, a summing amp, a difference amp, a decoupling amp, a tone generator, and a tone adder. The last two can be used to simulate diesel engine horns, which are usually the combination of a couple of individual notes.

Super Sculpey Stonework

The author describes how he used Super Sculpey, a clay-like material, which, when baked, turns into a hard, plastic-like material that can be sanded and carved. He used the material to scratchbuilt masonry walls for his structure.