Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2005-03
Articles Listing

Geep Kits

Photos of partially dismantled GP7 and GP9 locomotives.

Tractors by the Trainload

Moving farm equipment to the market. Prototype photos of the early 1900s. Modern day photos of equipment moving freight cars. A model railroad layout track plan that models the transport of these types of equipment.

Kitbashing a Gas-electric Railcar

Article includes photos and text of how the author kitbashed a wood car with an open rear platform that ran in 1905 to 1910 on a suburban line in Kansas City. He started with a Bachmann Brill trolley.

Modeling an Illinois Central Boxcar

Building a replica of the IC's 11280 boxcar. Mostly text, not many step-by-step photos.

Using Semi-scale wheels and couplers

Changing the wheels and couplers of freight cars to more-to-scale ones improves the look of the models. He uses wheels from Reboxx and Intermountain, and couplers from Accumate. He uses the Reboxx Exxact Socket tool to improve the free-rolling characteristic of the trucks.

The Recycled Theater

Modeling a contemporary CVS Pharmacy store in a building that used to be a movie theater. The articles includes N-scale drawings of the building which was completely scratchbuilt from styrene.

California's Golden Grass

This articles shows how the author created tall and short grasses for his On3 layout. He used Joann Fabrics Grizzly Fur for the tall grasses, and Wal-Mart plush fabric for the short grasses. The article details how to paint the fabrics, how to install them, and how to hide seams.

Operations 202

This is the second installment on operations and deals with how to get the cars to the right places and move trains so they don't run into each other.

Paper

Using paper for scratchbuilding. There is commercial paper, and the author also discusses how to take photos of prototype structure walls, print them, and apply them to your scratchbuilt structure.

Essential Freight Cars Part 20

For this installment the author show prototype and model photos of some oddball cars: QA&P boxcar, carbon black covered hopper, and a vinegar tank car. The article has a side bar on using abrasives to prepare a model for painting.

She's a Lady

Models of the 2-2-2, 4-4-0, and 4-4-2 toy trains.

Rail Service Available

Suburban industrial parks