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Continue your roads into the backdrop
By Tom Johnson
Use acrylic paints and fine ballast to blend foreground roads into photo backdrops
pg. 38
A northwestern logging branch in HO
By Eric Williams
This 9 x 11-foot track plan features logging action in the 1940s
pg. 42
Make your own roadbed
By Jim Richards
An innovative building material used under tile proves to be roadbed in disguise

pg. 45
Big steam in coal country
By Lou Sassi

This HO scale transition-era layout features realistic scenery and scratchbuilt structures on two decks

pg. 50
Model new car sides using styrene
By Bob Rivard
This technique can be used in any scale

pg. 58
Mix and match decals for railroad equipment
By Matt Snell
Four simple suggestions for repurposing decal sets

pg. 64
Modeling rural America in N scale
By Lou Sassi
This compact layout was inspired by traveling around the United States
pg. 66
Trackside Photos
pg. 82
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