Next, Rob McLear takes you through the entire process of building
up a resin housecar kit. You will find many of Rob’s methods can
be applied to other resin kit projects you may want to do.
Then Trevor Marshall’s clever use of large scale switch stands
allows him to get a very realistic method for throwing the turn-
outs on his layout. We find the video that goes with this article
to be a lot of fun, so don’t miss watching it.
We bring you the next $500 layout design contest winner this
issue, our 2nd place winner by Robert Douglas. We also have a
First Look of an N-scale SP&S Alco RS-3, a very nice little loco.
You may have been hearing about 3D modeling – in this issue
Earl Hackett shows how you can begin exploring this amazing
new technology by designing and making some simple detail
parts for your layout.
This leaves our regular columns in this issue. Bruce Petrarca
leads out with a lot of great tips on how to install HO DCC
sound in your locos. Next, Mike Rose shows some great tips
and tricks he’s learned for improving the productivity of your
layout building efforts.
Larry Smith is back and finishes building the coal tipple he
started in his last column, and Ken Patterson shows step-by-step
how he built a diorama for a signal tower switch scene and then
took photo-stack photos of it.
Assistant editor Don Hanley shares with us what it was like
for him to attend his first National NMRA Convention, and
Publisher Joe Fugate argues the case against ever more
detailed rolling stock in this issue’s contrary viewpoint com-
mentary, Reverse Running.
Enjoy the August MRH!
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