Current Issue

September/October 2026

Volume 52, No. 4

Special Feature

A Tale of Two Photographers
One layout—two photographers and approaches. — Marc LaChey, MMR

Features

Shingles
Making Realistic Wood Shingles with Texture — Bob Staat

Sheep Herder’s Wagon
A common conveyance in the high country. — Ted VanPelt

Dead Horse Tales, An HOn3 Adventure
No. 8: Modeling an East Broad Top Boxcar in HOn3 — Rob Bell

Dual Gauge Turntable for the Cease and Desist Railroad Co.
More rails for more fun. — Glenn Lapkin, MMR

A Railroad Built On Sand: Traces of the Hueneme,
Malibu, and Port Los Angeles Railroad
An obscure private railroad almost lost to time. — Barry Hill

Moving Mountains
Part 2 of moving a large finished On3 layout. — Jeff Ferguson

Modeling the West Side Lumber Company Boiler House
Deep research for modeling a West Side icon, Part 1. — Larry Tidball

Timber Cribbing, Easy Build
Modeling a most common sight in mining country. — Dr. Gregg Condon, MMR

Scenery Series
Artistic Basics — Craig Symington, MMR

Plans

Colorado & Southern Railway
Narrow Gauge Steel Frame Refrigerator Cars Colorado & Southern Railway — Robert Stears

Depressed Center Flat — Tom Yorke

Spanish Colonial Block Building
Based on a Building in Turlock, California — Gary Caviglia

New Berlin & Winfield R.R. Co. No. 2 — David Fletcher

Diamond & Caldor Ry M/W Flatcar No.10 — Herman Darr

Departments

Chris’s Corner — The State of the State

Pigeon Hole — Letters to the editor

New in Review — Model reviews