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ARTICLE TITLE |
DESCRIPTION |
PUB |
MONTH-YEAR |
| Middletown & Mystic Mines RR | Article for 2009 NMRA Hartford Convention | SR |
Mar-2009 |
| Don Clerke Memorial Bridge | The problems of installing Don's bridge on my layout | MR |
Aug-2002 |
| Forced Perspective | Distance is simulated by reducing the sizes of background structures and trees | MR |
Dec-1999 |
Distant Pines |
Create pine trees for background/backdrop separation using window screening | MR |
Aug-1999 |
Sign Change |
Mini-scene describing a billboard sign change | NGG |
Sep-1998 |
| Car Trouble | Mini-scene of a automobile under repair by modifying a Jordan car with the hood up | NGG |
Jan-1998 |
| How to Plant Weeds | A modified spring clamp to hold Woodland Scenic weeds and planting techniques | MR |
Apr-1997 |
Incident on Depot Road |
Mini-scene describing spilled apples from a horse drawn wagon on Depot Road | NGG |
Nov-1996 |
| A Station for Middletown (COVER) | Turn of the century brick station modeled after the prototype that once stood in Middletown | MR |
May-1996 |
The Other Side of Town |
An urban scene using commercial and scratch built structures (Dave Bascom's layout) | MR |
Jul-1992 |
| Hartford Workshop Birthday Gifts | Whimsical gifts made for each member as they celebrated their 50th birthday | MR |
Apr-1990 |
Franklin & Manchester Progress (COVER) |
A photo story of George Sellios and his famous Franklin & Manchester RR layout | MR |
Mar-1990 |
| Urban Scenery | An in depth article on modeling a small city using compression, mirrors, and "fool the eye" techniques | MR |
Jul-1989 |
| Working Street Light | Modifying Campbell plastic street lights | MR |
Mar-1989 |
| Modeling Tenements (COVER) | Modeling track side tenements with their back yard laundry | MR |
Feb-1989 |
| Building Demolition (COVER) | Modeling a fire-damaged structure under demolition | MR |
Aug-1988 |
| 50+ Years of Scratch Building | A photo story of the craftsmanship of Bill Hoffman and his 50 years of scratch building in O scale | MR |
Sep-1986 |
| Modeling a Small Scrap Yard | Utilizing a pie-shaped area on my layout for a scrap yard | RMC |
Mar-1986 |
| Making Signs for the Layout | Sign making techniques utilizing dry transfers, copiers, paper sign preparation, making your own decals, etc. | MR |
Feb-1986 |
| Six Buildings From Three | Utilizing unused sides from DPM structures to make more structures | MR |
Feb-1984 |
| Hartford Workshop Revisited | Update on the progress of member's layouts | MR |
May-1982 |
Upgrading a Varney Dockside (COVER) |
I describe, along with Harold Horner, how Harold modified my first loco with flywheel and sound | MR |
Feb-1981 |
| Sterlingworth Hopper Car-1900 | My first car article and first attempt using styrene | MR |
Jan-1978 |
| Build a Backdrop Collage | Using magazine cutouts, pasted on the backdrop | MR |
Oct-1975 |
| Perkins Produce Project | Freelanced frame structure built on an embankment | MR |
Dec-1974 |
| Scenic Problem Solved | Disguising a track that enters the backdrop | MR |
Jan-1971 |
| How to Hide a Column (COVER) | Use of 6 1/2 foot mountain and timber trestle | MR |
Jul-1969 |
| The Hartford Workshop | Informal group of modelers in Connecticut | MR |
Jul-1969 |
| Scenery Made Easy | Basics and details of scenery | RMC |
Jul-1964 |
| Leaning Coal Silos | Wooden coal silos, that lean, modeled after an actual structure that once stood in Middlefield, CT | RMC |
May-1961 |
| Country Freight Station | Clapboard freight station modeled from one that once stood in Wethersfield, CT | MR |
Jul-1954 |
| Battery Shop | An old brick structure, once a livery, modeled from the prototype that once stood in Middletown, CT | MR |
Nov-1952 |