Workshop Tips & Projects 4

Workshop Tips & Projects For Model Railroaders

• Tools and adhesives
• Put together a basic tool kit. Jim Hediger
• Select tools that bend, grip, and cut. Terry Thompson
• Get a grip on glues and adhesives. Jim Hediger
• Glue structures using braces and jigs. Cody Grivno
• Track and wiring
• Ballast track easily. Cody Grivno
• Work with curved thrnouts. Jim Hediger
• Use magnetic couplers. Andy Sperandeo
• Tune up turnouts. Jim Hediger
• Use connectors for easier layout wiring. Jim Hediger
• Wire a layout for two-train operation. Neil Besougloff
• Shape and install spike-head feeders. Andy Sperandeo
• Solder wire and track feeders. Jim Hediger
• Structures
• Scratchbuild a station from drawings. Cody Grivno
• Make simple hoses. Cody Grivno
• Model a weather-beaten structure. Cody Grivno
• Put a big industry in a small space. Cody Grivno
• Glaze windows with adhesive. Cody Grivno
• Cast your own wall sections. Andy Sperandeo
• Cut door and window openings. Cody Grivno
• Kitbash large modular structures. Jim Hediger
• Locomotives and freight cars
• Perform rolling stock checkups. Jim Hediger
• Service locomotives. Jim Hediger
• Open handrail holes with reamers. Cody Grivno
• Remove and replace molded details. Cody Grivno
• Install a distinctive nose bell. Jim Hediger
• Clean locomotive wheels. Cody Grivno
• Repair and paint acetal handrails. Cody Grivno
• Scenery
• Add mounting pins to fence sections. Cody Grivno
• Make a forest of puff-ball trees. Neil Besougloff and David Popp
• Uncover the basics of ground cover. Cody Grivno
• Create a quiet grade crossing. Cody Grivno
• Cast rocks in place. Cody Grivno
• Add gravel parking lots and roads. Cody Grivno
• Model water with two-part resin. Cody Grivno
• Build a ballasted-deck bridge. Cody Grivno
• Install modern car-stopping devices. Cody Grivno
• Painting and decaling
• Learn the basics of airbrushing. Cody Grivno
• Loosen paint jar caps. Cody Grivno
• Airbrush models with acrylic paint. Cody Grivno
• Paint yellow boxcars. Cody Grivno
• Tint turn signals and taillights. Cody Grivno
• Detail with different brands of decals. Cody Grivno
• Model patch out freight cars. Cody Grivno
• Weathering
• Weather and string line poles. Cody Grivno
• Create hard-working diesel locomotives. Cody Grivno
• Re-letter and weather steam engines. Cody Grivno
• Make couplers look realistic. Cody Grivno
• Produce great ghost lettering. Cody Grivno
• Add grime with an airbrush. Cody Grivno
• Apply washes with artist's oils. Cody Grivno
• Weather with powdered pastels. Cody Grivno
• Simulate rust with makeup applicators. Cody Grivno
• Drybrush different weathering effects. Cody Grivno