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MODELING
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TOP TIPS FROM THE MR STAFF!
SMALL LAYOUTS
Expert advice on benchwork,
track, and scenery
Build these layouts!
Create desert
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HOW TO
Wire a small
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Model an ore-
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Build a wooden trestle
p. 71
Cast and color rocks from plaster
p. 67
Install a DCC-controlled switch motor
p. 77
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SMALL LAYOUTS
Amtrak No. 338 to Rockford crosses the Rock River on the
Model Railroader
and Trains.com staff’s N scale Milwaukee,
Racine & Troy State Line Route. This compact model railroad doesn’t replace the HO scale MR&T; it extends it. Read how we
built this project layout starting on page 8.
Photo by Connor Bruesewitz/Saturn Lounge
7
Small layouts are an ideal fit
Introduction/by Cody Grivno
36
Rails for the Tar Branch
Benchwork and handlaid track for the HO scale
Winston-Salem Southbound/by Dana Kawala
8
Meet the MR&T State Line layout
The MR&T is now available in N scale/by Eric White
44
Finishing the Tar Branch
Backdrop, lighting, and scenery for the HO scale
Winston-Salem Southbound project/by Steven Otte
14
Building L-girder benchwork
A flexible layout support system for railroads large and
small/by David Popp
51
4 small track plans from the MR staff
Model railroading ideas and inspiration come in many
shapes and sizes/by Steven Otte
18
Smooth track and wiring that works
Building a model railroad that operates reliably starts
with the rails and how they are powered/by David Popp
56
Meet the Eagle Mountain project layout
Learn how to build
Model Railroader’s
4 x 6-foot
HO scale railroad as we begin a new series/
by Eric White
22
Scenery tips you can count on
Simple steps to take your layout from bare plywood to
showstopping scenes/by David Popp
28
Going Southbound
The Winston-Salem Southbound is a compact HO scale
layout packed with operation/by Eric White
64
From cardboard to mountains
Making mountains for MR’s project layout with plaster
gauze on a cardboard web/by Eric White
4
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Looking for small track plan inspiration? Turn to page 51 to
check out the 4 x 8 foot HO scale Buckeye Paper Co. and three
other compact plans by the MR editors.
Illustration by Kellie Jaeger
A boxcar of building supplies is spotted on the HO
scale Winston-Salem Southbound, our 2018 project
layout. See page 28.
Bill Zuback photo
A ghost town in California that once served a sprawling iron
mining complex inspired Eagle Mountain, our 4 x 6-foot
HO scale 2016 project layout. See page 56.
Bill Zuback photo
67
How to cast and color plaster rocks
Rubber molds and Hydrocal make realistic rocks/
by Eric White
71
Build a trestle over a dry wash
Commercial and natural ground cover help com-
plete the scene/by Steven Otte
74
Cast a plaster liner for a tunnel
Cast a dark abyss with just a styrene form and
Hydrocal/by Eric White
77
Install a Tortoise switch motor
Control a turnout remotely with a stationary DCC
decoder/by Eric White
81
Stow-away staging
Don’t have room for a staging yard? Here are some
space-saving solutions/by Steven Otte
ON THE COVER:
Kaiser Steel No. 1037, a General
Electric U30B, emerges from a tunnel on the HO scale
Eagle Mountain layout.
Bill Zuback photo
Think your small layout has no space for staging? Think again.
Here are four compact ideas for bringing trains from the
outside world onto your layout.
Model Railroader
staff photo
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Projects in this publication originally appeared in
Model Railroader
magazine.
Some have been edited from their original form. Some materials referenced may no longer be available.

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