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November 2012

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Contents
How to make tree-covered hills
By Brooks Stover

Tips for making quick and inexpensive trees for any scale

pg. 32
Scratchbuilding without plans
By Bob Foltz

Construction tips for building a structure from prototype photos

pg. 38
Detail a remote-control locomotive
By Cody Grivno

Modernize yard and road switchers in one evening

pg. 44
SP meets WP in N scale
By Clifton Linton

This semi-freelanced around-the-walls layout models California in the transition era

pg. 46
Build a layout gate
By Ron Gager

A swing-in section offers easy access into an around-the-walls layout

pg. 52
Moving freight around Chicago in N scale
By Clifton Linton, Steven Cox

This 1970s-era track plan is heavy on local industrial switching

pg. 54
Diesel-era scenes on the Soo
By Nobuaki Misonou

This HO scale layout fills a Tokyo living room

pg. 58
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