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N Scale OT SOME FREIGHT TO HAUL? Alco-haul it! With the Aleo RSC-2 and RS-2 models from Kato. ALCO RSC-2 G Expected delivery in March/April The American Locomotive Company produced the Item , Roadname 244-engine RSC-2 and RS-2 from 1946 to 1950. These 176-4301 Milwaukee Road #977 dependable road switchers eventually went to work on a 176-4302 Milwaukee Road #989 number of well-known railroads throughout North 176-4303 Seaboard Air Line #1500 America. 176-4304 Seaboard Air Line #1527 176-4305 Union Pacific #1281 This spring, KATO Precision Railroad Models will 176-4306 Union Pacific #1288 release N scale reproductions of these locomotives for 176-4300 Undecorated you to put to work on your railroad. Our accurately scaled recreation of the six-axle ALCO RS-2 Expected delivery in April RSC-2 and four-axle RS-2 will deliver traditional KATO Item' Roadname detail and craftsmanship to transition era N scale 176-4601 Canadian Pacific #8401 modelers around the world. Each model will be equipped 176-4602 Canadian Pacific #8403 with the powerful five-pole KATO motor with dual brass 176-4501 Chicago Great Western #53 flywheels and our own semi-automatic KATO knuckle 176-4502 Chicago Great Western #55 coupler. The split metal cha ssis should be "DCC-friendly," 176-4503 Delaware & Hudson #4013 allowing for the easy removal/replacement of the light 176-4504 Delaware & Hudson #4025 board for digital control operation. 176-4603 Great Northern #213 176-4604 Great Northern #217 The RSC-2 models will all feature the air-cooled 176-4505 New York Central #8213 version exhaust stack and friction-bearing journals on the 176-4506 New York Central #8219 trucks. The stack on the RS-2 models will be replicated 176-4401 Santa Fe #2099 as air cooled or water cooled and the truck axle bearings 176-4402 Santa Fe #2110 as friction or roller, depending on the roadname. 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Precise Detail quick color changes and clean-up, along with the control and accuracy features Whether you're a novice or expert airbrush that make it the choice for your model artist, you'll find that the Aztek Airbrush railroad projects. The Testor Corporation .. 620 Buckbee Street, Rockford, fL 61104 .. 1-800·962·6654 Testor Canada .. 206 Milvan Drive, Weston, Ontario M9L IZ9 • 1-416-742·1626 An��Company - :)www.testors.com missing text in the March 1 issue but the articles are really not clear without the miss­ ing text. Therefore, the original articles are printed here in their entirety. Please accept our apology and, yes, we did replace the computer. IN THIS ISSUE... - MlOOEUNGPROlOnK., RlOMTHE THE RPM MEETIN CHICAGO. pace ... - MNnNlG PIAS'nCI 8MQ("pace - UPGMDING WADHERSCMflOAlS . pace56 - IIlOWSa"SPENNIS'Y RAT AND GON. pees26 _ 29 .. PR01Or'tPIE-8ASEDBN5fICP MIlL Il.AlOUT TOUR. 40 .... - DaAlUNIG1HE WADHERS OR MIIIL POWERAMTRAK G£ . MODElS pace21 N SCALE: .. 4O-fC01r .BOX CARmCQ:t.MERSIIONS ,.. 6 .. MIOOBIINlG11HIE MILWAUlaE 1l'CI'»D. ,..n April 1999· Volume 10, Number 11 I \ ! i I )! II \ i I' \1)1 ,I, 111'11, III'� I �\',.j (1111', i �II� � " • I II ',11 __ I ,Ii�i \' 1 1'1 III It1il' I I �,\ ,�, tl, ' ,.. �I : � �\ \ u • • • , I 'll I( - 'I - .. ';:1. , .. , • J' .J� �'H ).1 'f " ' • � v. 'I: � . • • The tour begins on page 40. -Robert Schleicher photo • Techniques: Painting Plastic Brick, by Dennis 11., BLunt .............. ............... 8 Diesels Modeling: EMD F7 A and F7B Phase 1 Diesels from InterMountain, Genesis or Stewart kits, by Ed Hawkins .................................13 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: GE Dash 8-3ZBWH as Amtrak 503 and 517 from Walthers or Rail Power models, by Louis Marre ............................... ..21 EMD F3 and F7 from Genesis, by Athearn or InterMountain Kits, by Ed Ryan .....69 Modeling Fifties-Era Freight Cars: Pennsylvania RR Class F30A Flat Cars from Bowser's kit, by Richard Hendrickson 26 Pennsylvania RR Class Gs Gondolas from Bowser's kit, by Richard Hendrickson 29 Modern Freight Car Modeling: Conrail PS-Z Covered Hopper from Con-Cor's Kit, by Mike Rose ............32 Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, Chicago 1998, by Robert SchLeicher ..48 Vehicle Modeling: Kenworth T600 Truck and Trailer from Herpa, Trucks 'N Stuff and Preiser Models, by Dan Goins ......... ..... ........38 Layout Tour: BNSF/CP Rail Joint down the banks of the Mississippi, by Mike Soebbing ... ........40 Rail-Marine Modeling: Upgrading Walthers Carfloats, by RonaLd Parisi ....... ........................56 Locomotive Performance: Summary of all previous locomotive performance test reports ............ ...... .68 4 RAILMODELJOURNAL· APRIL 1999 ENTS: Modeling Fifties Era Freight Cars: Diesels Modeling: Experience-At Your Fingertips, more 40-Foot AAR 1932 Box Cars EMD F7A & F7B Phase 1 Diesels from about what's in this issue from articles Converted from Model Power Reefers, S Helper Services models, in previous issues ..............................24 By Keith Kohlmann ............................ by Ed Hawkins ................................... 13 ............................................ 6 Calendar 78 Locomotive Performance: Diesels Modeling: What's New ...........................77, 80-82 EMD F7A and F7B Phase 1 Diesels from Summary of all previous locomotive InterMountain, Genesis or Stewart kits, performance test reports .................... 68 by Ed Hawkins ................................. 13 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD GP50 on the Santa Fe from Kato's EMD F3 and F7 from S Helper Services by Bill Pearce ....................... ............................ Model, 74 models, by Ed Ryan 69 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: GE Dash 8-32BWH as Amtrak 503 and 517 from Bachmann models, Diesels Modeling: by Louis Marre .................................21 EMD F7A and F7B Phase 1 Diesels from EMD F3 and F7 from Bachmann, Kato or other countries. Foreign subscriptions $36.00 P&D Hobbies models, by Ed Hawkins .13 Life-Like, by Ed Ryan ........................ 69 Locomotive Performance: for 12 issues, payable in U.S. funds. RAILMOD­ Layout Tour: Atlas EMD SW8/9 Test Report, EL JOURNAL, ISSN 1043-5441, copyright The Milwaukee Road in Southern by Guy Thrams ................................. 54 .............. 1999 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Minnesota, by James Nelson 33 Summary of all previous locomotive ................... Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO. POST­ Modern Freight Car Modeling: performance test reports 68 Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: MASTER: Send address changes to Railmodel Chicago, 1998, by Robert Schleicher EMD F3 and F7 from P&D Hobbies, .48 Journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. by Ed Ryan ...................................... 69 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 1999 5 ------------ [KIT CONVERSION] ------------ By Keith M. Kohlmann The Model Power N scale reefers can be converted into near-exact replicas of the 1932 AAR prototype box cars. They are models of very common cars that are not available as kits. They make fine companions to the sim­ ilar-height Pennsy X29 box cars from Red Caboose and Fine N Scale. There's an index of previous articles on upgrading N scale locomotives and rolling stock on pages 24-25 of this issue. rom studying old steam-era had their choice of applying different Underframes photographs, I noticed that not styles of roofs and ends to the standard Begin by disassembling the cars. all 40-foot steel box cars were created carbody. In constructing my models, I Slice offthe raised ring around the truck equal. They were built to a variety of did the same thing. Model Power 40- mounting hole, and cut off the large air­ standard heights. In N scale, the 10- foot steel reefer cars were modified brake cylinder. Cut new cylinders from foot 6-inch interior height PS-J box car with standard underframes, doors and N scale 3-foot pieces of Evergreen is available from Micro-Trains. The sides in an assembly-line process. 3/32-inch-diameter rod, and fi le the other lO-foot 6-inch interior height Then they were given diffe rent cat·body ends to fo rm the shape of an air tank. 1944 box car is available from Deluxe modifications to match the various pro­ Glue these to the underframes, lined up Innovations, and the to-foot interior totype cars. with the left edge of the side door.
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