Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Model Railroader 2006-02
Articles Listing

Get a Good Grip on Your Modeling

Jim reviews the tools necessary for cutting, gripping, and bending.

Conifers for All Occasions

The author shows how he builds conifer trees.

Bending the Iron

This article describes some of the ways that people control turnouts. It includes how to model ground throws, various switch machines, and how to install Circuitron's Tortoise machines.

Bridging Teton Gorge

This article on how to create concrete piers and erect a deck-girder bridge on top of them has parts lists, detailed drawings, and close-up construction photos.

American Dream in Germany

The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg Germany has been working hard on their American layout extension of their large exhibit. This article highlights some features of this freelanced layout.

Build the 4 x 8 Stoney Creek Part 2

This installment covers laying the track and installing the wiring of this layout.

10 Railroads 1 Layout Part 1

This layout is very, very large. It covers a 2,600 square foot area, and consists of FOUR decks. It is so large that it can accommodate 30 operators in an operating session. Many people have helped Bruce and his wife build this layout. Includes the track plan of the main level.

Add a RIP Track For Running Repairs

Covers the repair-in-place track and all the typical details one would find around such a track. There are notes on how to introduce "bad order" cars into an operating session.

Scratchbuilding a Mixed-train Combine

This car has a baggage compartment in the center and two segregate passenger compartments. Includes parts list and many detailed construction photos and scale diagrams.

More Than Bells and Whistles

Adding period music or commercials playing in the background will help transition visitors to the period you are modeling on the layout.

Sound for Brass Steam

The author describes how he went about installing a sound decoder into a Soo Line 2-8-2 Mikado from Division Point Hobbies.

Simple Rotating Signs

This one-page drawing shows how to model a slow rotation gas station sign using a Hankscraft 1rpm motor.