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Over The Edge Scenery
Magazine:
Scale Rails 2005-05
Page:
20
Author:
Dave Jacobs
Category:
Scenery
You can give your layout extra dimension by taking scenery over the edge - the edge of the layout that is. The article shows three photos of how to treat the edge of the layout other than the usual Masonite board. One is to use wooden supporting timbers, complete with nut-bolt-washer castings. Another is to use rock outcroppings, and the last one shows what a rock wall will look like.
Easy Overhead Lighting
Magazine:
Scale Rails 2005-05
Page:
22
Author:
David Puthoff
Category:
Layout Lighting
Using inexpensive rope lights to light the layout.
N-scale Atlas Shay DCC Decoder Installation
Magazine:
Scale Rails 2005-05
Page:
24
Author:
David Derway
Category:
DCC
Scale:
N
Installing a Lenz LE0511W decoder in the Atlas Shay. The article includes lots of close-up detail photos and drawings of how to do this conversion.