NASG Dispatch 2014 #1 February Articles

2014 #1 February

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Steve Lunde & Roy Meissner

Model Railroad Shows

More details about the 2014 NASG Convention.

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Bill Winans

Model Railroads and People

The author reviews the current state of the NASG, and highlighting the many people who contribute extra time to the organization to help be run better. He states that more photos and articles are needed from the AF side of the scale for both the magazine and the web site.

2014 #1 February

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Monte Heppe

Model Railroads and People

The author recalls his early observations of prototype railroading, and how he and his Dad got involved in the hobby. He describes his current layout and the various organizations of which he is a member.

2014 #1 February

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Bill Pyper

Model Railroad Magazines

The editor of the Dispatch introduces his design idea of making the cover's text look like the font and style of a prototype railroad. Each issue will be different.

2014 #1 February

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various authors

Model Railroads and People

In additional to layout photos by Dick Karnes, Ron West, and Jeff Madden, a group photo of the Pequea Valley Model Railroaders and Baltimore Area American Flyer Club members visiting is shown.

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Pieter Roos

Freight Cars - Box Cars

The author reviews the S-Helper Service single-sheathed box car, and offers suggestions for how to improve it even more. He discusses ways to improve the center and side sills, the brake components (depending on era modeled), the grab irons next to the coupler pockets, the changing to a vertical brake wheel (which requires additional parts), and adding cut levers. Several photos are included of project cars.

2014 #1 February

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Monte Heppe

Model Railroad Shows

The author describes how to prepare a model to be entered for a contest (specifically the annual NASG Convention contests).

2014 #1 February

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Philosophy

The author captures his thoughts on how far you are willing to compromise on your layout to model the real world, and what is the definition of "good enough".

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Peter Vanvliet

Model Railroads and Computers

The author describes the "Members Only" section of the NASG web site, and what features it offers the NASG member.

2014 #1 February

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Brooks Stover

Photography & Videography

The author wrote a 30-page document for Model Railroader magazine called "Model Railroader's Guide to Digital Photography". The document is available on the NASG web site for free (see link). In this article, he describes the selection of a camera, lighting, and the 14-steps to taking a good photograph. (related web page)

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Shows

The author describes the 2013 Fall S Fest organized by the State-Line S Gaugers in Janesville, Wisconsin. There are also photos of the South Jersey S Gaugers November 2013 train show.

2014 #1 February

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Jeff Madden

Model Railroad Shows

The author describes and shares photos of the Trainfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin held in November 2013.

2014 #1 February

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Steven Allen

Structures - Towns/Cities

The author took a River Dam Model Works Rural Post Office and kitbashed it into a used car dealer ship office. He added to that a Miller Engineering animated billboard sign. Includes a number of photos of the diorama scene he built.

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Edwin C. Kirstatter

Freight Cars - Flat Cars

The author took an American Flyer depressed-center flat car and kitbashed it into a four-truck depressed-center flat car designed for carrying heavy loads. He describes how he built the special trucks for this project. For the load he is using a SouthWind Models Type A large transformer.

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Andy Malette & Jim Martin

Model Railroad Shows

The authors cover the local shows that The S Scale Workshop members attend, and how they help the effort of spreading the news of S-scale modeling in Canada. Includes some photos of show attendees.

2014 #1 February

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Bill Pyper

Structures - Industrial

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.

2014 #1 February

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unaccredited

Model Railroad Shows

Information about the May 2014 Flyer Fest West train show coming up in May 2014. Includes photos of layouts and the Cable Car Museum.

2014 #1 February

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Will Holt

Model Railroad Shows

The author reports on new S-scale items found at the annual Hobby Manufacturers Association product show.