MARCH 2024: This month we take a fond look back at Steve Rodie’s freelanced HO scale Montana & Colorado Southern, a showcase of Western railroading that was rebuilt for operations. Doug Nelson shows us how he scratchbuilt historic Palmer Union Station using a laser-cutter and a sculpting technique to represent quarried stone, while Greg LaRocca kitbashes a one-of-a-kind B&O baggage car from a Rivarossi model. All this and more in the March issue of Railroad Model Craftsman!

This Month

March 2024

Vol. 93/No. 3


Features:

Montana & Colorado Southern

by DAN MUNSON — A look back at a showcase of Western railroading rebuilt for operations..

B&O/C&O Pullman-Standard Boxcars

by JAMES KINKAID — A collection of 60’ boxcars assigned to auto parts and general merchandise.

Scratchbuilding Palmer Union Station

by DOUG NELSON — Recreating a signature Boston & Albany cut-stone structure with a laser cutter.

B&O Class B-23 Baggage Car

by GREG LAROCCA — A Rivarossi model is the basis for this one-of-a-kind baggage car kitbash in HO scale.

Scribe-and-Break Styrene Construction

by ROBERT SCHLEICHER — A simple method to help speed construction of your styrene structures..

Weathered and Patched CN Geep

by TREVOR SOKOLAN — Following prototype practice to patch a former Northern Alberta Railways GMD GP9.


Departments

Safety Valve – Letters from our readers

Receiving Yard – Product and industry news compile by Harry K. Wong

Test Track – Product Reviews

Railbooks – Book news and reviews

Craftsman Timetable – Scheduled events and notices

Perspective

Rapido Kitbashing Award

Craftsman Workshop

Collector Consist

Painting & Weathering

Company Photographer

Diverging Points – Opinion by Jason Shron

Editor’s Notebook- Commentary by Otto M. Vondrak


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