Model Railroad Hobbyist | December 2016 | #82 WHAT’S NEAT WITH KEN PATTERSON Ken Patterson column Christmas pictures and a studio tour ... This month we interview movie producer and author Neil Enock, who tells us about his new book Doc Christmas, The Magic of Trains, which plays out in part in the miniature world of model railroading. For layout construction this month, we experiment with five different sub-bases using liquid foam to make scenery on open-grid benchwork. For modeling tips, we look at freight car loads and scenery from waste shavings of various types. In model photography, this month for Blackstone Models we model a narrow-gauge snow scene with a Christmas theme. Add to that a few modeled runbys and we have a pretty good video show this month. I missed going to the Brass Expo show in Chicago this past fall but James Wright provides us with some video of all the XX PHOTOS AND VIDEO OF SUPERB MODELS • INDEX • TABLE OF CONTENTS