Issue:
1996 #2 April
Page:
15
Author:
Will Britton
Description:
The author shares a photo of an unloader found in an industrial area on the east side of Sacramento, California.
Issue:
1991 #2 April
Page:
22
Author:
Will Britton
Description:
This industry is served by Burlington Northern trackage in the town of Girard, Illinois. The factory receives vermiculite in moisture controlled covered
hoppers. Includes a track plan, and several prototype photos.
Issue:
1992 #3 June
Page:
6
Author:
Will Britton
Description:
The focus of this article is the Pacific Coast Producers, a fruit packing plant, in Lodi, California, focusing specifically on the area that receives tank
cars loaded with sugars and sweeteners. Includes two prototype photos.
Issue:
1992 #6 December
Page:
10
Author:
Will Britton
Description:
Denis Fortier submitted some information about unloading salt from covered hoppers in Coteau Station near Toronto. Includes prototype photos.
Issue:
2017 #2 March
Page:
19
Author:
Steven Allen
Description:
Using background, shallow-depth kits for foreground structures, detailing the interior.
Issue:
2009 #1 February
Page:
14
Author:
Roy Hoffman
Description:
The author gives some tips on what he did to make an HO-scale kit look like it fits on an S-scale layout.
Issue:
2002 #6 December
Page:
13
Author:
Tom Robinson
Description:
A detailed review of this kit offered by the NASG.
Issue:
1998 #6 December
Page:
9
Author:
Roy Meissner
Description:
Roy Meissner scratchbuilt a coal elevator (photo included) and won best-of-show in the structure contest at the 1998 regional NMRA convention. He describes how he built it.
Issue:
2002 #5 October
Page:
8
Author:
Gerry Evans
Description:
The author briefly describes how he built the structure, which won best-of-show at the 2002 NASG Convention. Includes a model photo.
Issue:
2020 #5 September
Page:
20
Author:
Joe Kimber
Description:
The author describes how he built his small blacksmith shop building. Includes a photo and drawings.
Issue:
2013 #3 June
Page:
14
Author:
Jim Martin
Description:
The author describes how he turned this barn model into a harbor scene's fisherman's net shack, complete with suggested interior details.
Issue:
2017 #4 July
Page:
9
Author:
Edwin C. Kirstatter
Description:
The author describes how he scratchbuilt a scale for the local coal retailer. Includes photos and scale drawings.
Issue:
1986 #4 Fall
Page:
21
Author:
Lewis Renning, Jr.
Description:
Using a photo-copier and acetate plastic to make custom windows.
Issue:
1988 #1 March
Page:
18
Author:
Steven Myers
Description:
After a foreword by Bob Jackson about how substations work, the author introduces this three-part article, describes the model he built (and for which he won an award at the 1986 NASG Convention), and provides a parts list.
Issue:
1988 #2 June
Page:
19
Author:
Steven Myers
Description:
In this installment the construction commences. Includes many construction diagrams.
Issue:
1988 #3 August
Page:
24
Author:
Steven Myers
Description:
The series concludes with the construction of the many details that need to be added to building. Includes construction diagrams, and close-up photos, as well as a parts list.
Issue:
1998 #3 June
Page:
19
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
The author took kits from HO- and O-scale and modified them to fit S. It is a brief photo essay, showing the models.
Issue:
2012 #2 April
Page:
8
Author:
Joe Kimber
Description:
Scaled drawings of a typical freight station built in the late 1800s to early 1900s, with suggestions for how to model it.
Issue:
1996 #3 June
Page:
21
Description:
A scale diagram showing the Plastruct-designed gravel loading structure.
Issue:
2020 #1 January
Page:
23
Author:
Richard Lind
Description:
The author describes his experience building the Hidden River Manufacturing Coaling Facility kit (part #HRM-512).
Issue:
2006 #4 August
Page:
59
Author:
Gerry Evans
Description:
The author describes how he added more details to the 2006 NASG Special Project kit. Includes a couple of photos of the author's model.
Issue:
2015 #3 May
Page:
20
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
Using two Plasticville coaling towers, this coal dealer structure can be built using the authors step-by-step instructions and accompanying photos.
Issue:
2014 #3 June
Page:
28
Author:
Ken Zieska
Description:
The author describes how he modified a Grand River Models kit to turn it into a freight house.
Issue:
1994 #1 February
Page:
25
Description:
Prototype photos and a track plan for the two grain storage facilities found in Clinton, Wisconsin in 1993.
Issue:
2015 #1 January
Page:
12
Author:
Bob Davis
Description:
Using HO-scale track and cheaply-acquired HO-scale gondolas, the author shortened the cars to make S-scale jennies (coal mine carts). Includes several construction photos.
Issue:
2015 #2 March
Page:
18
Author:
Randy Griggs
Description:
The author describes how he scratchbuilt a modern grain silo, and the associated equipment. Includes lots of construction photos and prototype data. See the web site link for the new, permanent location of the supplemental files the author provided as part of this article. (related web page)
Issue:
2006 #2 April
Page:
22
Author:
Gerry Evans
Description:
The author provides a description of the construction of the kit. Includes several photos.
Issue:
2021 #3 May
Page:
21
Author:
John Johnston
Description:
(the article's actual title is just ridiculously long) This article covers how to model a mobile icing truck, since the author did not have the space for a full icing platform structure on his layout. The author started with a Hartoy model. Includes a couple of photos.
Issue:
1999 #3 June
Page:
16
Author:
Robert Nicholson
Description:
Photos and a description of the grain elevators of Linn County Co-op in Alburnett, IA.
Issue:
1998 #1 February
Page:
23
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
A few photos of grain elevators.
Issue:
2002 #3 June
Page:
14
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
Photos and drawings.
Issue:
2014 #1 February
Page:
28
Author:
Bill Pyper
Description:
The author shows how he used some bottle caps and drip-irrigation pipefittings to make a structure for moving Soylent Green into tank cars on a siding.
Issue:
2020 #4 July
Page:
20
Author:
Monte Heppe
Description:
The author describes how he built a small, local icing facility to help keep reefers cool.
Issue:
2015 #4 July
Page:
17
Author:
Tom Hartrum
Description:
Showing several variations of the NASG's special-projects kit members of the Miami Valley S Gaugers club have made.
Issue:
2004 #1 February
Page:
8
Author:
Greg Bernston
Description:
The author reviews the construction of the pre-fab, metal-sided building styrene kit, including the integration of the structure into their club layout.
Issue:
1997 #2 April
Page:
18
Author:
Ernie Horr
Description:
The author provides information about how he built this mine building. It includes scale drawings, a materials list, and photos of the complete model.
Issue:
2008 #5 October
Page:
20
Author:
David Heine
Description:
The author shares his experience building the Pro Patria Mill by banta modelworks.
Issue:
2005 #3 June
Page:
16
Author:
Gerry Evans
Description:
Gerry reviews and describes how he built the kit.
Issue:
1996 #1 February
Page:
11
Author:
Jeff Madden
Description:
Small prototype photos and a track plan for the layout of a coal dealer positioned in a triangle.
Issue:
2002 #2 April
Page:
15
Author:
Jeff Kruger
Description:
The author describes how he converted the Campbell HO-scale J.K. Jansen's Seed & Grocery Store Warehouse Kit #436 to be suitable for S-scale. Includes several photos of the finished model.