February 2002 • Volume 8, Issue 2 • The NewsMonthly for Model Railroaders
• Kato Budd Rail Diesel Cars in N Scale
• Bachmann’s Spectrum Russian Decapod in HO
• Sunshine Models’ PFE R-50-5 Reefer in HO
• New Proto 1000 car from Life-Like in HO
• K-Line’s E8/9 Passenger Locomotives in O gauge
• InterMountain’s 34’ Modified AAR Boxcar in N scale
• Athearn Genesis 60’ Hi-Cubes in HO
• Bachmann’s new J Class in HO
• Atlas’ B30-7 & B36-7 in N scale
• Great Model Railroads Volume 39 video
• Grand Scale Video #1 - Big Little Railways Continued, and Steam Train Action! video
• Porter Steam Locomotive Catalogue
• Full View Displays in Multi-Scale
• Skidmore’s Large Wheel Cleaner for Multi-Scales
• Bar Mills’ 1-Kit in HO
• Larger View column by John Sipple
• Train-Tech Forum hosted by Danny Rittman
• Teen Association of Model Railroaders column
• S-Curves column by Roy Hoffman
• plus lots of new product news and photos
Review by Michael J. Pratt • Photos by John Sipple
The long anticipated N scale Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) are now shipping from Kato. All four versions are reviewed. Plenty of info on the prototype, detail parts, and decoration are included.
Review by Jeff Saxton • Photos by John Sipple
The Russians are here! Bachmann’s Russian 2-10-10 Decapod’s history, features, and performance are carefully detailed in this front page review. See if you want this Russian to invade your layout.
Review by Alan Houtz • Photos by Mike Lindsay
Alan shares his experience of building Sunshine’s resin kit of the Pacific Fruit Express R-50-5 Refrigerator Car in this full color, detailed review.
Review by John Sipple • Photos by Mike Lindsay
Read all about it! The Proto 1000 50’ Newsprint Car from Life-Like is here. Those of you with a Pacific Northwestern Empire will be sure to be interested in the history, quality, and operation of this boxcar, all covered in this review.
Review by David Otte • Photos by Mike Lindsay
Three-railers interested in operating their own favorite 1950s era Streamliners should read this review of the EMD E8/9 A-B-A sets from K-Line. Available in several different roadnames and sets, read about the history of the prototypes, and the appearance and performance of these locomotives.
Review by Dr. John Hullman • Photos by Mike Lindsay
Dr. Hullman takes a look at InterMountain’s Modified AAR 40’ Boxcar kit for Canadian National Railways. Construction tips and prototype information is included in this review.
Review and photos by John Sipple
Experience why these three Boxcars are called “Ready-To-Enjoy.” John covers the prototype along with the model’s details and performance. You may be “ready to run” to your local hobby store and purchase these for yourselves after reading this review.
Review by Michael J. Pratt • Photos by John Sipple
Waiting for the return of the J Class is over. The Norfolk & Western Class J 4-6-4 is now being produced by Bachmann. Read this review to see if it’s been worth the wait. See if the decoration, detailing, and performance of this J Class will find you welcoming its return.
Review by Michael J. Pratt • Photos by John Sipple
These diesel locomotive models are reviewed covering their prototypes, features, appearance, and performance. The Chessie locomotive is highlighted with many color photographs. N Scalers never had it so good.
Review by James A. Powell • Layout photos by Frank Bernard, James A. Powell, and Andy Dauterman
Allen Keller Productions brings you the railroad of George Sellios in this third video of his New England scenes. See if you are intrigued to watch it for yourself after reading this review of “the most famous model railroad in the world.”
A special report by John Sipple
Two videos of Grand Scale railroads are reviewed in this special report. See if these videos will make you want to build a Grand Scale layout, or just take a ride.
Review by Jeff Saxton
Are you are seeking more data on the elusive Porter? Then you may wish to read Jeff’s full review of the N.M.R.A.’s reprint of the 13th Edition Steam Catalogue.
Review by Michael J. Pratt • Photos by John Sipple
Want to show off? Clear acrylic display cases from Full View Display Company may be just the right method, with all the details illuminated in this review.
Review and photos by John Sipple
Help yourself decide between abrasives and better living through chemistry; actually clean vs functionally clean, after reading this absorbing review of Gumbuster GLS Wheel Cleaner for Large Scale, including directions and advice from actual experience.
Review and photos by James A. Powell
Better explained as the “Hundreds of Kits Wrapped Up in One Kit,” the 1-Kit from Bar Mills Scale Model Works is fully covered in this review. Can you really create anything imaginable with just one kit?
Choosing and Modeling a Railroad • Column & photos by Peter Maurath
This month, Peter seeks to give you inspiration and ideas when it comes time to choose your own prototype to model.
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Market share, multi scale, and hanging on for the new year by Editor John Sipple
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Train Videos on a Garden Railway by John Sipple
This month, John expands on the joys of making your own digital videos of your own Garden layout.
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This month, Danny shares his experience on the Bullet Train (Shinkansen) in Kyoto, Japan, and where to go to model the future.
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by Roy Hoffman
This month, Roy provides some examples of items that can be used for rooftop detailing, plus reports on other hot new products.
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