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 Title or Topic Author Notes Vol, # Date Pg
club profile

 

 

 

Central New York S Gauge Association     14,2 Apr-91 15
club profile

x

 

 

Neshaminy Valley American Flyer Club Mike Ramsey Club & members’ stories 16,3 Jun-93 10
club profile

 

 

 

Potomac Valley S Gauge Association Builds a Modular Scale Layout   First " secret model project" results 23,5 Oct-00 16
club profile

 

 

 

Rail Joiners Silas Kayle State Line S Gaugers 11,3 Aug-88 11
club profile

 

 

 

Secret Project Bill Fraley, Jr. Lehigh Valley S Gaugers 21,3 Jun-96 14
company profile

x

 

 

American Flyer Enthusiast Tom Nimelli Lionel’s AF line 9,1 Mar-86 11
company profile

x

 

 

American Hirail Mike Palmiter Company profile 16,3 Jun-93 25
company profile

x

 

x

 Dispatch Visits American Models and Lionel Will Holt   20,2 Apr-95 21
company profile

 

 

 

Dispatch Visits Ertl Jeff Madden   19,6 Dec-94 16
company profile

x

 

 

Dispatch Visits Lionel     18,3 Jun-94 23
company profile

x

 

 

Gary Moreau Named CEO of Lionel     21,1 Feb-96 18
company profile

 

 

x

 Intermountain Railway Company Bob Jackson Mfr. of Pacific Rail Shops kits 14,6 Dec-91 8
company profile

x

 

 

Lionel to Close US Plant   Production moving to China 24,1 Feb-01 31
company profile

x

 

 

Lionel’s New Visitors Center Moe Berk   15,2 Apr-92 19
company profile

x

 

 

NASG Officers Visit Lionel Pete Mihelich   21,2 Apr-98 15
company profile

 

 

x

 Omnicon Models     11,1 Mar-88 8
company profile

 

 

x

 Photo Tour of American Models Don Thompson   14,1 Feb-91 6
company profile

 

 

 

View from a Hobby Shop Owner Brian Jackson   14,1 Feb-91 30
company profile

 

 

 

Visit to Goellner Publishing, Home of the Dispatch Mike Palmiter   15,6 Dec-92 7
construction, details

 

 

 

Coal Elevator J. P. Broadbottom   23,3 Jun-00 10
construction, details

 

 

 

Lighting the Way Mike Palmiter Homemade signal lights 16,1 Feb-93 33
construction, details

 

 

 

Model a scale rattlesnake Dan Waskes   14,4 Aug-91 8
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Pallet Jacks 8,1 Jan-85 7
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Pallets 8,1 Jan-85 7
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Hoist and Jib Crane 8,2 Apr-85 7
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Hot air baloon 18,1 Feb-94 23
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Retaining wall 20,1 Feb-95 11
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Pedestrian underpass steps 20,2 Apr-95 8
construction, details

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Push pin switch stand 20,6 Dec-95 30
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 40' Hi-Cube Boxcar Kitbash Michael E. Sulzbach   20,3 Jun-97 18
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 50' FMC Covered Hopper Ernie Horr   20,6 Dec-95 22
construction, frt. car

x

 

 

AF Flat Car to a Piggy Back James Ball One Evening Project 24,5 Oct-01 25
construction, frt. car

x

 

 

AF Penn-Central Caboose Conversion Gale Hall   10,4 Dec-87 5
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 An Easy-to-Build Flatcar James Soberman 1900-era wood car 8,1 Jan-85 10
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Assembling 40' PRS Boxcars Richard Lind   20,1 Feb-97 16
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Building S Scale Roadrailers Steve Butler   6,4 Oct-83 5
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Caboose Kitbash Michael Sulzbach B& O/Chessie I-17 " short" bay window cabooses 21,2 Apr-96 10
construction, frt. car

 

 

x

 Convert a River Raisin PRR X33a Boxcar into a PRR X32a Boxcar Bill Lane, Jr. COnvert an end-door boxcar to a plain-end boxcar 21,1 Feb-98 18
construction, frt. car

x

 

 

Hirail TOFC Gary Ippolito   15,2 Apr-92 14
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Installing Sill Steps and Couplers on Rex Car Bodies Richard Lind Replace broken steps install Kadee couplers 6,1 Jan-83 6
construction, frt. car

x

 

 

Jersey Central Caboose Gary Mueller An AF Conversion 12,2 Apr-89 21
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Kitbashing Scale Cars from Toy Bodies Dick Karnes part 1 – Flatcar variations 9,1 Mar-86 8
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Kitbashing Scale Cars from Toy Bodies Dick Karnes part 2 – 65’ mill gondola, modern boxcar 9,2 Jun-86 11
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Kitbashing Scale Cars from Toy Bodies Dick Karnes part 3 – Quad hopper, wine car 9,4 Dec-86 12
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Kitbashing Scale Cars from Toy Bodies Dick Karnes part 4 – Battleship gondola, transfer caboose 10,1 Mar-87 12
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Modern Lumber Flat Car Ernie Horr   18,2 Apr-94 10
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Modifying Pacific Rail’s 50’ Boxcars Jon Firpach   13,5 Oct-90 5
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Perma-Bilt Kits Bill Fraley, Jr. Tips on building, based on author's 2001 NASG Convention clinic 25,1 Feb-02 14
construction, frt. car

x

 

x

 Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Caboose underframe 17,6 Dec-93 27
construction, frt. car

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Sturdy stirrup steps 19,6 Dec-94 31
construction, frt. car

 

 

 

Steel-Braced Plywood Chip Car Ernie Horr   22,2 Apr-99 10
construction, frt. car

 

x

 

'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine Narrow gauge rolling stock from HO (and other) scales 20,1 Feb-97 24
construction, loco

x

 

 

Dave Butterfield's SP Locomotives Gil Hulin Daylight, cab-forward, Vanderbilt tender 18,2 Apr-94 8
construction, loco

 

 

 

How to Scratchbuild a Steam Engine Frame Sam Powell part 1 6,3 Jul-83 6
construction, loco

 

 

 

How to Scratchbuild a Steam Engine Frame Sam Powell part 2 7,1 Jan-84 10
construction, loco

 

 

 

How to Scratchbuild a Steam Engine Frame Sam Powell part 3 -- Eliminating side rod binds 7,2 Apr-84 6
construction, loco

 

 

 

How to Scratchbuild a Steam Engine Frame Sam Powell part 4 -- cylinder chest, main rods, crosshead 7,4 Oct-84 7
construction, loco

 

 

x

 Jet Age Mike Palmiter Kit-bashed New Haven EP-5 “Jet” electric loco 16,1 Feb-93 14
construction, loco

 

 

 

Kitbashing:  See It before You Do It Dick Karnes   10,4 Dec-87 18
construction, loco

x

 

x

 Making the Rex 0-6-0 and 2-6-0 Locomotives Behave Sam Powell Assembly tips for improved operation 6,2 Apr-83 4
construction, loco

x

 

x

 Modeling Amtrak's B32-8WH Gary Ippolito   19,5 Oct-96 31
construction, loco

x

 

x

 My C& O BL2 Model Mike Sulzbach Building and customizing an BTS kit 25,5 Oct-02 16
construction, loco

 

x

 

Sn3 Heisler Conversion David L. Heine   21,3 Jun-96 26
construction, loco

 

x

 

'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine 4-6-0 conversion from HO 20,3 Jun-97 24
construction, loco

 

x

 

'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine Narrow gauge diesels 21,3 Jun-98 25
construction, loco

 

x

 

'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine Convert the MDC HO Shay to Sn3 23,3 Jun-00 26
construction, MOW

 

x

 

'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine Converting Athearn rotary plow to Sn3 22,5 Oct-99 24
construction, pass. car

x

 

 

Creating a Southern Streamline Passenger Set Wayne Beachy Two kit-bashes, four repaints 23,6 Dec-00 28
construction, pass. car

x

 

x

 Passenger Car Modeling Stan Stokrocki   12,6 Dec-89 8
construction, structure

 

 

 

Big Bridge Mike Palmiter Multi-track lift bridge 15,6 Dec-92 21
construction, structure

 

 

 

Buildings Mike Palmiter Multi-story buildings and fire escapes 15,5 Oct-92 20
construction, structure

 

 

 

Convert the Korber 2-Stall Enginehouse to a Single Stall Michael Scivoletti   23,3 Jun-00 31
construction, structure

 

 

 

Electric Substation Steven Myers part 1 11,1 Mar-88 18
construction, structure

 

 

 

Electric Substation Steven Myers part 2 11,2 Jun-88 19
construction, structure

 

 

 

Electric Substation Steven Myers part 3 11,3 Aug-88 24
construction, structure

 

 

 

Four Easy Kitbashes from Other Gauges Jeff Madden Grain silos, transfer crane, gas station, grain elevator 21,3 Jun-98 19
construction, structure

 

 

 

Fruit-Stand Construction Ernie Horr Based on FinestKind’s False-Front Store 13,3 Jun-90 7
construction, structure

 

 

 

Just an Old Concrete Bridge Ernie Horr   12,1 Feb-89 7
construction, structure

 

 

 

Kitbashing a Bachman HO Bus Station to S Tom Robinson   24,2 Apr-01 18
construction, structure

 

 

x

 Modeling Elevated Rail Lines Mike Palmiter   16,2 Apr-93 10
construction, structure

x

 

 

Modifying an Atlas HO Pony Truss Bridge for S Gauge Dan De Santis for Gargraves track 24,6 Dec-01 19
construction, structure

 

 

 

Ol’ Lonesome Adobe Dan Waskes Modeling adobe structure ruins 14,4 Aug-91 20
construction, structure

 

 

 

Posthole Mine Ernie Horr   20,2 Apr-97 18
construction, structure

x

x

x

 Scratchbuild a Shortline Sand House Bill Fraley, Jr.   24,1 Feb-01 10
construction, structure

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Lineside Electrical Enclosure 10,1 Mar-87 7
construction, structure

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Crossing shanty 10,2 Jun-87 7
construction, structure

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Coal Box 12,5 Oct-89 18
construction, structure

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Roadside produce stand 13,6 Dec-90 8
construction, structure

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Passenger shelter 21,1 Feb-96 27
construction, structure

x

 

x

 Signal Bridge Conversion Roger Protas One Evening Project 24,5 Oct-01 25
construction, structure

 

 

 

Warehouse Conversion from HO to S Scale Jeff Kruger Convert a Campbell kit 25,2 Apr-02 15
construction, trackage

 

 

 

Ballast and Roadbed Tips Ted Larson   22,3 Jun-99 22
construction, trackage

 

 

x

 Bashing Atlas HO Switches to S Robert Nicholson   18,3 Jun-94 34
construction, trackage

 

x

x

 Easy Tracklaying Charlie Sandersfeld   11,2 Jun-88 6
construction, trackage

x

 

x

 Hump Yard for the Sacramento Division -- part 2 Vic Cherven Trackwork 23,2 Apr-00 8
construction, trackage

x

 

 

Module Corner Chuck Smith Laying code 148 flextrack -- part 1 21,3 Jun-98 20
construction, trackage

x

 

 

Module Corner Chuck Smith Laying code 148 flextrack -- part 2, ballasting 21,5 Oct-98 24
construction, trackage

 

 

x

 More on Re-Gauging Atlas HO Switches Robert Nicholson   21,1 Feb-96 20
construction, trackage

x

 

 

Scratchbuilt Closed-Frog Switches Bill Krause   23,1 Feb-00 18
construction, trackage

 

 

x

 Short & Easy – Another S Gauge Kent L. Singer Double-track track gauge 16,3 Jun-93 6
construction, trackage

 

x

x

 'S'traight & Narrow David L. Heine Dual gauge trackage 20,5 Oct-97 22
construction, trackage

 

x

x

 Track Construction the Rutland Way Paul Riley   11,3 Aug-88 16
construction, traction

x

 

x

 Gayton Freight Motor Martin Van Horn Building/rebuilding 5,5 May-82 4
construction, vehicle

 

 

 

48' Rib-Side Containers Michael Sulzbach   19,6 Dec-96 15
construction, vehicle

 

 

 

Building 20' and 40' Containers Gino S. Restivo   20,1 Feb-95 24
construction, vehicle

 

 

 

Mack “Bulldog” Coal Delivery Truck Don Thompson   9,2 Jun-86 6
construction, vehicle

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Motorized Cart 9,2 Jun-86 8
construction, vehicle

 

 

 

Short and Easy Kent L. Singer Double your vehicle population by splitting them in half 20,5 Oct-97 23
control

x

 

 

AF Semaphore Actuator Paul McDonald   14,6 Dec-91 23
control

x

 

 

American Flyer Reverse Loop Made Easy! Bob Furtado   16,2 Apr-93 12
control

x

 

 

An AC Powered FP7 Stan Stokrocki   8,3 Sep-85 4
control

x

 

 

Automatic Control for American Flyer Reverse Loops Monte Heppe   17,5 Oct-93 20
control

 

 

 

Basic Turnout Wiring Stan Stokrocki   10,1 Mar-87 14
control

 

 

 

Building a Hand-Held Throttle Kent L. Singer   8,3 Sep-85 14
control

 

 

 

Building a Portable Control Panel for S-Mod Railcab Layouts Don DeWitt part 1 12,2 Apr-89 25