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MODEL & MINIATURE RAILROAD BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES xx MODEL & MINIATURE BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES xx MODEL & MINIATURE RAILROAD Railroad loading ramp built from balsa or basswood. N-scale, HO-scale, O-scale and G-scale dimensions furnished. How to "winterize" a model scene by simulating icicles and snow using clear silicone caulking, matte medium and baking soda. Fenced in. Modeling barbed-wire fence for a railroad layout. HO scale model of the Superior Sandwich Factory is assembled by combining two Con-Cor/Heljan #9037 Superior Bakery kits with various Pikestuff kits. Modeling a heavy-equipment loading ramp used to load Caterpillar tractors on flat cars. HO gauge. Pacific Motor Trucking Company freight terminal. N scale drawings included. Modeling Comsumers Fuel Co., a fuel company complex located in Martinsburg, WV. A northern Michigan sawmill in N scale is built from scratch. Modeling a sanding facility using a combination of kitbashing and scratchbuilding. Based on a BN prototype in Pasco WA. Rochester NY junction station and storage building (circa 1891) in HO scale. N scale Burlington Northern. Part 5. Structures. Basic materials and construction techniques. Bulk oil depots. Building trackside oil storage tanks with their catwalks, piping, small sheds, etc. D.H. Griffin Co. scrapyard. How to model a common track-side industry. Railroad station at Shirley IL. Detailed HO scale drawings and photos of a small GM&O structure in a unique setting. Del Norte Canning Co. Building an HO cannery with Design Preservation Models' modular wall system. Modeling lineside sheds in HO scale. Kitbash the office building of the "The Sun" newspaper in Lowell, Massachusetts. Building an HO interlocking tower mostly from wood. Especially for beginners. Part 2. Building plastic structure kits. Weathering-as-you-go techniques for added realism. Port of Los Angeles project railroad. Part 4. More structures and lots of details to complete the module. Jefmar's Supply Co. Detailing the inside of a Campbell HO scale Seebold & Son Manufacturing structure to create a warehouse with completely finished interior. Especially for beginners. Part 4. Adding an operating gravel dumper. The Davies Steel Corp. coke plant. Modeling a major-size railroad customer. Part 1. Especially for beginners. Part 6. Clyde's Cycle Center. Your introduction to the art of kitbashing buildings. The Davies Steel Corp. coke plant. Part 2. Modeling the supporting structures. The Davies Steel Corp. coke plant. Part 3. Modeling the east coal bunker and quench tower. Painting the Strong, Maine, station. Finishing a wooden structure kit inside and out for the greatest realism. Modeling track scales used to determine the weight of freight cars. Chesapeake & Ohio yard structures. Exterior drawings and photos of nine small service buildings. Especially for beginners. Part 10. Assembling a polyester kit and creating a demolished building. Raia Industries cement works. Kitbash as HO rail-serviced cement plant based on a Totowa, New Jersey site. The Davies Steel Corp. coke plant. Part 4. Modeling the specialized rolling stock in HO scale. Super Sculpey stonework. A simple way to make masonry walls. Modeling the unique Toledo & Ohio Central Ry. depot in Columbus, Ohio (circa 1895). Especially for beginners. Part 13. The house on the hill. A perfect project for that first scratchbuilt wood structure. Build an HO brick freight station. Tips for kitbashing six small kits into a large city terminal. Especially for beginners. Part 14. A gas station for an HO project layout. The basics of working with cast-metal parts. Modeling Hansen Storage, a modern warehouse served by rail and trucks. Use a RR passenger car for a temporary station per this 1958 example in Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Herman's Farm Supply. An N scale complex of buildings built with a variety of techniques. Especially for beginners. Part 17. A tar paper shack in HO scale is a good introduction to scratchbuilding. Especially for beginners. Part 18. Add a factory to your layout. The other side of town. Modeling an effective urban scene in a small area. Modeling high-rise buildings using sheet Plexiglas. Especially for beginners. Part 21. Remodel those brick storefronts. Placing buildings on a street with a grade. Cooking up a curved-front building. Hot water is the key to reshaping the walls of a plastic building. West Coast Plastics Co. Modeling a Eugene, Oregon, business that takes delivery of plastic pellets from covered hoppers right in front of the office. Smith Bros. Fish Company. Modeling a swaybacked waterfront landmark in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Minnesota iron mining. Ideas for modeling the first step in steel production. Scratchbuilding a Z scale train order station. Details do make the difference. Using sprues, wire, plastic, and commercial parts to dress up a common kit. Build a molding plant that receives plastic pellets by rail. Modeling the Haines-Robinson Industrial Plastics factory. Model a headframe for a vertical mine shaft in N scale from bridge parts. Build a White Tower restaurant in O scale. Styrene is the key to modeling this art deco structure. Great Western Chemical Company's corrugated steel building (Eugene, OR). Build a see-through freight house in HO scale from styrene. Build a modern furniture factory complex. Kitbashing Pikestuff kits in a large HO structure. It's September 1950 on the Pennsylvania RR. Part 9. Adding homes and businesses using plastic kits. Scratchbuild a pair of gas stations. HO structures will fit any period from the 1940s to the present. Kitbashing an N scale stone church. Adding stained glass and stretching a Life-Like kit. Santa Fe's train-order station located in the middle of the Mojave Desert (Boron, California). Build a liquid-asphalt transfer terminal for HO scale tank cars. Aldo's Paint & Wallpaper store. The basics of working with polyester kits. Oneida Castle (New York) railroad passenger station. N scale drawings included. Tip on making window curtains and blinds. Tip on painting the mullions on small windows cast into a plastic model of a building. Scratchbuilding Weimer's Mill. Features board-by-board unpainted siding, stripwood stonework and a rotating waterwheel. Tampa Armature Works Inc. A simple lineside industry building you can model. Add a cement plant to your layout. Includes hints for representing a large plant in a small space. Typical small freight-car-repair yard. Modeling Maxon Mills (Wassaic, NY) in HO scale. The model is selectively compressed to require less room than the prototype. Staining and finishing models of wooden structures to simulate weathered wood, grain, knotholes, creosote, peeling paint, etc. Chesapeake & Ohio's Hinton (W.Va.) coal dock. N scale drawings of an 800-ton Fairbanks-Morse locomotive coaling station. Pioneer Valley RR. Part 2. Adding bridges and buildings. Burlington-Rock Island's Teague (TX) station. Detailed N scale drawings provided. Tip on modeling an HO scale intermodal terminal. Scratchbuild a sandstone station. This O-scale model's cast plaster walls and hand-carved stones capture the flavor of the New York Central prototype in Berea OH (circa 1876). Modeling the Morley Mine building originally operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corp. This structure was located in Raton Pass, Colorado. Scratchbuilding an enginehouse (circa 1929 engine repair shed) in HO scale. Nickel Plate's Wingate (Indiana) depot. HO scale drawings of a typical small-town wooden depot. Kitbashing a cement company in HO scale based on the Cayuga (NY) Lakes Cement Plant. Scratchbuilding a newspaper printing plant. Model of a six-story brick building with a large skeletal roof sign. Kitbashing the ArrowMatic Chemical complex in HO scale. The Esquimault & Nanaimo Railway station at Qualicum Beach (Vancouver Island, British Columbia). HO scale drawings of a shingle-sided railroad station. Modeling a Queen Anne Cottage from Classic Miniatures. Includes instructions for simulating a copper roof using pinking shears. Care and feeding of the steam locomotive. A detailed tour of a model engine terminal looks at coal dump, ashpit, tool rack, wash stand, roundhouse geometry, etc. Pennsylvania RRs J tower (Lemoyne, PA). Scale drawings of a structure for a busy interlocking. Flexible foundations. Make model railroad structures removable by using internal foam blocks to hold them in place. This will also prevent damage when bumped. Planning a container port. Featuring a plan for a compact HO transfer terminal. Little red schoolhouse. A easy kitbashing project for beginners. Build Sam Buca's Beer & Brawl tavern. Commercial products simplify this N scale scratchbuilding project. Build the Alkai Central. Part 2. Scenery, structures, and details to bring the layout to life. Includes phosphate mine buildings. Building phosphate mine structures for the Alkali Central layout. Lehigh Valley RR's Geneva, NY, station. Scale drawings of a massive brick depot. Haulin' steel on the Ohio Southern. Fabricating the Huron Steel Corp. mill and track plan, a specialty steel supplier to the auto industry. A station for Middletown. Learn to cast your own windows and doors (in RTV molds) and you can follow any prototype. How to model a burning building. Build the Jenerick Metal company's building complex from three HO scale Pikestuff kits and some modular wall units and detail parts. The Maumee turns a Mike. How to model steam locomotive servicing facilities. Design and build a brick roundhouse. Dummy stalls make this roundhouse look imposing without taking up too much space. Making screens for doors and windows in HO scale. Plastic kit basics. Some terminology and tips for working with plastic kits for model railroad buildings and structures. Brick freight house of the style which served as the transfer point between rail and truck prior to the use of piggybacks. The Utica freight house. A mid-sized freight station on the New York, Ontario & Western. Scratchbuild the Dal-Tile Co. ceramics plant (near Gettysburg PA) in HO scale. Unique features include storage silos, dust collectors, exhaust fans, etc. Illinois Central's Galena (IL) depot. Ulysses S. Grant left for service in the Civil War from this Italianate-style depot. HO scale diesel enginehouse. Modular walls and simple scratchbuilding techniques make this an easy project. Build the N scale Carolina Central. Part 2. Ballast, scenery and structures to complete the layout. Scratchbuilding an HO scale model of the station located at the end of a Chicago & North Western branch line in Benton WI. Build a see-through automotive service garage in O scale to conceal a visual-extension mirror from direct view. Scatchbuilding Yancy's coal dock. A compact HO lineside industry suitable for almost any era. A corner full of industry. Modeling a triangular multi-story factory building. Modeling the Jefferson CO station which was built in 1879 as the first station west of the 10,000-ft. Kenosha Pass. Making brickpaper by covering a sheet of plastic brick siding with a piece of paper and rubbing with colored pencils. Modeling the Seaboard Air Line's railroad station located in Venice FL. How to model a saltwater port. Techniques for making wharves and waves. HO scale Northwest Timber Co. Build a beginner's layout. Part 2. Adding wiring, scenery, and structures. Kitbash an enclosed water tank starting with an inexpensive Atlas water tank kit. NYO&W coaling station. Scale drawings for modeling the Middletown (New York) steel-truss wooden coaling tower (circa 1916). Wisconsin Central in N scale. Part 8. Adding buildings and roads. Wisconsin Central in N scale. Part 9. Adding a quarry, asphalt plant, and the associated structures. Up on the roof. Simple and effective techniques for adding interest to flat, gravel roofs. Build Consolidated Concrete. A variety of roof lines, angled conveyors, and interesting details add to the realism of this common trackside industry. The Linville (North Carolina) depot. Photos and detailed drawing of a 1916 mountain resort train station. Building the Devore (California) depot in N scale. Tips for assembling resin kits. Allegheny Midland's Coal Fork Extension. Part 5. Bridges, coal tipples, and company housing. DL&W (Delaware, Lackawanna & Western) RR watchman's shanty from Oxford (New York, circa 1905) features a hexagon shape. Papermaking and the railroads. Modeling a trackside industry with a variety of structures, equipment, and operations. Part 1. Papermaking and the railroads. Part 2. Ruins that improve a model city. How to model the remains of buildings that have been demolished. A double-sided divider. Using tall model buildings to separate scenes on opposite sides of a layout and prevent the viewer from seeing both sides of a peninsula at once. Several structure ideas are illustrated. Build a round concrete coaling tower in HO scale. Kitbashing the Tichy rectangular coal tower kit. Company houses for Morley. A simple project for first-time kitbashers. Loading ramp modeling projects. (1) Trailer-on-flatcar ramp. (2) Team-track ramp. Building a track scale (weigh station) in HO scale based on a Lewiston, Maine, prototype. Building tips for a plaster kit. Arkansas & Missouri regional railroad. Part 6. Building towns. Simple scratchbuilt structures in styrene. Build the Orangeburg, New York, section house and freight station in HO scale. Build a working coal tipple. PVC pipe, a 1" auger bit, and a windshield-wiper motor are the main components. Add variety with stucco. Plaster and ink washes give a distinctive look to brick buildings. Building kit basics. Assembling structure kits using as few tools as possible. Compact covered-hopper loader. Detailed drawings and photos to model the dry lading hopper loader found on the New York, Susquehanna & Western Ry. in Homer, New York. Kitbashing the Chief Petroleum Co. building in Colorado Springs, Colorado (circa 1928-1965). Build a small brick depot. Easy kitbashing creates a distinctive HO masonry structure. Enhancing an N scale tower. Adding a stairway to a Dimi Trains kit. Forced perspective. Tips on using structures and scenery to create the illusion of distance. Tips for mocking up a scene or building (using cardboard boxes, etc.) prior to constructing the model. Kirkdunnie signalbox for 7mm scale. Bere Alston station signal box (circa 1890-1970). Measuring with bricks. How the changing dimensions of the bricks used in construction over time will impact making models of various railroad structures based on photographs. Modelling the overhead support structures used on British 1500-volt DC electric railroads. Tip on simulating corrugated iron sheets used in fencing, siding, etc. Technique for simulating brick and stone walls. Smaller scales primer. An explanation and comparison of dollhouse miniatures scales with those of model railroading. | |||||||||
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