Railroad Model Craftsman August 2026
Features:
Waites River Railway: North Arlington by ERIC WILLIAMS - Building a cameo-style layout to pack big scenes and switching in an apartment.
Simple Styrene Barns by MATT WOODS - Using styrene to scratchbuild weathered wooden barns for rural scenes of any era.
DCC and Sound Update for a Kato RS-2 by PETER HALL - A step-by-step retrofi t adds modern DCC, sound, and lighting to an older Kato RS-2.
Modeling a B&O Geep in Two Schemes by BROOKS STOVER, MMR - Model two versions of a hard-working branch line Geep using extra shells.
Environmental Audio for Your Layout by TREVOR MARSHALL - Give your layout the audio equivalent of a good scenic backdrop.
The Buildings at Basalt by ROBERT SCHLEICHER - Building a series of unique structures to represent the terminal at Basalt, Colo.
Cyclone Separators for Industries by WAYNE WESOLOWSKI - An often-overlooked detail
for industrial dust-collection systems.
Departments:
Safety Valve — Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Rail Books — Electric Railways in Former NYC Territory/review by Otto M. Vondrak
Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective — Inspiration Turning into Reality/Robert Schleicher
Craftsman Workshop — Modeling Milk Platform/George Dutka
Painting & Weathering — New York Cross Harbor Bicentennial Unit/Joe Janasiewicz
Diverging Points — Sound and DCC/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers
Index of Advertisers
Lombard Hobbies - Modelers helping Modelers for almost 50 Years!
Railroad Model Craftsman August 2026
Features:
Waites River Railway: North Arlington by ERIC WILLIAMS - Building a cameo-style layout to pack big scenes and switching in an apartment.
Simple Styrene Barns by MATT WOODS - Using styrene to scratchbuild weathered wooden barns for rural scenes of any era.
DCC and Sound Update for a Kato RS-2 by PETER HALL - A step-by-step retrofi t adds modern DCC, sound, and lighting to an older Kato RS-2.
Modeling a B&O Geep in Two Schemes by BROOKS STOVER, MMR - Model two versions of a hard-working branch line Geep using extra shells.
Environmental Audio for Your Layout by TREVOR MARSHALL - Give your layout the audio equivalent of a good scenic backdrop.
The Buildings at Basalt by ROBERT SCHLEICHER - Building a series of unique structures to represent the terminal at Basalt, Colo.
Cyclone Separators for Industries by WAYNE WESOLOWSKI - An often-overlooked detail
for industrial dust-collection systems.
Departments:
Safety Valve — Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Rail Books — Electric Railways in Former NYC Territory/review by Otto M. Vondrak
Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective — Inspiration Turning into Reality/Robert Schleicher
Craftsman Workshop — Modeling Milk Platform/George Dutka
Painting & Weathering — New York Cross Harbor Bicentennial Unit/Joe Janasiewicz
Diverging Points — Sound and DCC/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers
Index of Advertisers
Lombard Hobbies - Modelers helping Modelers for almost 50 Years!






