S Articles in Mainstream Magazines

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S Scale Articles in
Mainstream Magazines
Revised October 13, 2002
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Title	Author	Magazine	Issue	Summary
			2002
Photographic Backdrops	Mike Brock	Mainline Modeler	Jan. 2002	Featured layouts include these Sn3 layouts; Joe Brooke's RGS, and Art Cominio's RGS

			2001
Sn3 RGS Layout	Roger Russell	Great Model RR's	2001	GREAT MODEL RAILROADS - 2001
Steel Station Beams	Dick Karnes	RMC	Nov. 2001	Steelwork for elevated railroad stations
Joel Shank's Sn3 Layout		RMC	Oct. 2001
Painting a brass Sn3 D&RGW	Tom Troughton	NMRA Bulletin	Sept. 2001
Editorial on S	Andy Sperandeo	MR	Aug. 2001
Mike Fyten's Kaw Valley	Paul Dolkos	MR	Aug. 2001	Layout feature article
Sn3 Lake Tahoe Railway & Navigation Company	Dave Dewey	RMC	July 2001
The Mikeldon Cantilever	Don Ledger	Mainline Modeler	March 2001	Lattice steel bridge construction article, bridge on Ed Loizeaux's S Scale Layout


			2000
Photography, Indoors	Vic Roseman	RMJ	Dec. p. 52	Includes photos of "CNJ New York & Newark Branch" featuring a brace of Southwind's 12,000 gal. tank cars..
AF, and S scale track plan	Paul Nelson	CTT	Nov. 2000
RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Union Station	Dick Karnes	RMC	Oct.	"Using Walthers' HO scale Bailey Savings & Loan Building, the author kitbashed a city station for his S scale layout."
The Bridges at Silver King Junction	Tom Troughton	RMC	July p. 85	"These scratchbuilt bridges serve the author's Sn3 layout."
Aged To Perfection	Don Ledger	Gazette	Mar./Apr. 4 pp.
Kit-Bashing North Pacific Coast #13 in Sn3	Paul Scoles	Gazette	Mar./Apr. 4 pp.
Set Them Up, A. C.	Roger Carp	CTC	Mar. 5pp.
The West Side Lumber Co.	Steve Anderson	MR	Feb. 6 pp.	COVER ARTICLE
Flyer at its Finest	Ted Hamler	CTC	Feb. 5 pp.
So Common, So Rare	Roger Carp	CTC	Feb. 1 p.
Notes On Scratch Building An Sn3 Porter	Tim Galgerud	Gazette	Jan. / Feb. 3 pp.
Spiral Hill Railroad	Frank Titman	Great Model RR's	7 pp.	GREAT MODEL RAILROADS - 2000
Evolution of the Pelican Bay	Paul Scoles		4 pp.	MODEL RAILROAD PLANNING - 2000

			1999
Still in Training After All These Years	Jim & Julie Patterson	Classic Toy Trains	Dec. 5 pp.
Landforms for Your Layout	Gaylord Gill	NMRA	Nov. 4 pp.
NYC Gondola		MM	Oct. p. 18	Product Announcement, Funaro & Camerlengo, RD #3, Box 2800, HOnesdale, Penn. 18431 40' NYC gondola kit.
An Sn3 Ridgway Sand House	Lind Wickersham	Gazzette	Sept/Oct 2 pp.
San Juan & South Western Sn3	George Pierson	RMC	Sept p. 48.	"Set in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado, this freelanced Sn3 layout captures the look and feel of the D&RGW and RGS."
Building Cimarron Canyon Trestle	Tom Troughton	RMC	Sept p. 71	"While the model was built in S scale, the techniques used by the author can be applied to any scale."
The Hudson & Harlem Division in New York City	Mike Palmiter	Railmodel Journal	Sept. 8 pp.	An S scale model railroad tour. Mike is former editor of the NASG Dispatch.
Redetailing A First Run PBL Sn3 K37	Tom Troughton	NMRA Bulletin	July 4 pp.
Regearing A First Run PBL Sn3 K37	Tom Troughton	NMRA Bulletin	June 5 pp.


			1998
Review - S Helper Service EMD SW9		Rail Model Journal	Oct.
Working Marker Lamps for RGS Caboose #0400	Bill Busacca	Gazette	Mar./Apr. 2 pp.
Modeling 70-ton former Railbox cars in S scale.	Randy Wilson	Model Railroader	March p. 132	Photos of repainted Railbox cars as repainted since 1982, featuring American Models' Railbox boxcars, and des Plaines Hobbies detail parts..

			1997

			1993
Review - American Models EMD GP35		Rail Model Journal	June

			1989
Rusty Paulus' Cheyenne Mountain RR	Bob Werre	Model Railroader	July, p. 58 - 62	Scenery of New Mexico and Colorado, Layout construction assisted by Houston S Gaugers.
S Scale EMD GP9/18	Dick Christianson	Model Railroader	May, p.40, 43	Product Review or AM GP9/18

			1987
50 golden years with S scale	Sam Powell Jeff Wilson	Model Railroader	May p. 80	Short history of S (1:64th) scale, current products, and Modular S scale railroading (Don DeWitt)

			1986
Powell's Produce Part I	Phil Hodges	Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette	Mar/Apr	Nice model work of an old building on a stone foundation. Part II in next issue?

			1983
RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: S scale Baldwin DS44-1000	William Geracci	RMC	June p.65	".....modifying an American Flyer Baldwin S8 Switcher."

			1982
S Scale FP7 Road Diesel -	Review by J.D.H.	Model Railroader	Dec. pp. 60 - 61	"Its slow speed was really surprising as few models can operate steadily at 3.14 scale miles per hour. Excellent!"
4-6-0 Locomotive: S Scale	Frank Titman	RMC	Sept pp. 92, 93	Review of Ten Wheeler kit by American Scale Model Corporation

			1980
Double-sheathed boxcar: S scale by H.D. Scale Models	Review by Frank Titman	RMC	Feb. pp. 108-109	"This car has no specific prototype." "... basic body parts made from fine- grained pine."

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