How to Model Locomotives
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Add fueling and sanding operations without taking up a lot of space
A hidden world in the diesel shop
Build this yard fixture like the prototype did – start with a hopper car
Commercial sound decoders bring realistic audio effects to a pair of HO diesels
Modeling techniques to make a good engine even better
A multi-deck staging yard feeds this busy urban facility
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Motivation for motive power
Introduction
Sound for legacy locomotives – F units
A little soldering goes a long way
How to detail, paint, and decal a locomotive
Give a road switcher a new look
How diesel facilities work
A lot of work goes on behind the scenes between road trips
Speed matching for DCC consists
Learn how to make your locomotives play well with others
Weathering N scale locomotives
Paints, pastels, and washes enhance this six-axle road unit
Detail a remote-control locomotive
Modernize yard and road switchers in one evening
How to weather without an airbrush
A modern unit gets some road grime
Getting the locomotive you want
Modify a Stewart Alco RS-3 to create Jersey Central No. 1554
Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 steam engine
Swapping out a drive axle for a trailing truck is just the start of this conversion
Scratchbuild a water tank from stripwood
A cardboard mailing tube is the core for this rustic structure
Coaling trestle refuels steam locomotives
Railroads used trestles and gravity to feed their hungry engines
Turning Big Boys in 2 x 5 feet
This HO scale locomotive terminal lifts to the ceiling to clear a doorway
Weathering a steam locomotive in 7 minutes
PanPastel colors and applicators make it easy to simulate the grime of railroading
New sound for an old brass steamer
Modern decoders and speakers add realism
Re-letter and weather a steam locomotive
Capture the appearance of an engine in its final years
Adding sound to an N scale steam locomotive
Limited space for components can present challenges
