Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2002-12
Articles Listing

Modeling Philadelphia & Reading "Russian Decapod" No. 1127

Article includes history of the 2-10-0 destined for Russia in the early 1900s. 200 of these didn't make it there, so the article covers where they ended up and more specifically covers the P&R 1127. Includes many prototype photos. Many close-up photos of the modifications made to the model are also included.

From The Beginning

The article covers the author's opinion of why we should consider scratchbuilding.

Kitbashing a Mill Owner's Mansion

The author disassembled an N-scale model of the White House and converted into a HO-scale mansion.

Building Conrail Ballast Cars Part II

The author describes building Penn Central and Conrail H34C cars from Atlas and MDC models. Includes a prototype photo and several model photos.

Delaware, New Jersey

The text covers the history of this town and is accompanied by many old photos of the station, overhead view, and a scale drawing of the station and the trackplan of the area. Also includes photos of DL&W and PRR trains in the area.

Demystifying Command Control Part 22

In this installment the author covers operating a layout equipped with DCC. It covers walk-around benefits, smaller local control panels, indicating turnout positions in dwarf signals, and how to deal with people who are die-hard DC buffs.

Building a Scenery Cart

Photos and a drawing are included in this cart on wheels that can hold all your scenery making tools. It'll move with you are you progress along your layout.

In Defense of Freelancing

The author makes the point that even those who claim to be building prototype layouts are still freelancing. He says that those people are really freelancers working within a prototype theme. The article discusses the unfortunate compromises we all have to make to fit a layout in our given space.

Santa Cruz Portland Cement Part II

In this installment the author finishes the immense-looking structure and discusses painting and weathering. Many different angled photos of the final structure are included.

Modeling an F2A and B Set for the Atlantic Coast Line

Prototype photos as well as model photos are included in this article about the EMD locomotives. There are also construction/detailing and paint masking photos of the models.