Model Railroader - Magazine - Vol. 91 - Issue 03 - March 2024

• Vol. 91
• Issue: 03
• Release: March 2024
• Series: Model Railroader
• Publisher: Kalmbach

Features:

6 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL WEATHERING
Follow this playbook to add realism to your locomotives and freight cars.


SIMPLE ROLLING STOCK WEATHERING TECHNIQUES
Drybrushing, airbrushing, and powders provide quick and realistic results.


STRUCTURES FOR FREEMONT
Part 3: Adding industries, railroad buildings, and storefronts to our HO scale project layout


SANTA FE’S ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION
Designing and building an HO scale version of the ATSF’s Third District in 1953.


GEARED STEAM DOWN SOUTH
This freelanced HO scale logging layout fits neatly in the corner of a basement room.


MODEL RAILROADER HALL OF FAME
March’s nominees elevated the hobby of model railroading to an art


KITBASHING A SCRATCHBUILT STRUCTURE
Just because a building is finished doesn’t mean it’s too late to modify it

Also in this issue:
ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
Why we weather our models

NEWS AND PRODUCTS, pg. 10
Broadway Limited HO scale EMD GP35reviewed, plus the latest new products

ASK MR, pg. 16
Model steel strapping for an open-top load

STEP BY STEP, pg. 19
Build a cast Hydrocal structure kit

STEP BY STEP, pg. 24
Paint, decal, and weather boxcars

ON OPERATION, pg. 60
Camp cars for wire gangs

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 62
Model Railroad Planning 2024 preview

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
Matching paint

Overview:

Model Railroader has been the leading model train magazine for the past 75 years.  Each month, we bring you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of model train layouts, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts and much more!