Ask Doctor Dick – The Scenery Doctor

 

 

2003

 

February                    Gravel Industrial Parking Lot                                                                 

 

April                            Scale Fall Leaves

 

June                            Plaster for Rock Castings

 

October                      Spices on Your Layout

 

November                  Backdrop Painting

 

December                  Basic Scenery Steps

 

 

2004

 

January                      Rock Tunnel Liners

 

February                    Scenery Under Trestle Bents

 

March                         Conifer Trees - Realistic Scratch Built

 

April                             Peppergrass Trees – Making Deciduous Model Trees

 

May                              Furnace Filter Conifer Trees

 

June                            Commercial Pine Trees – Four Easy Improvement Ideas

 

July                              Rivers  - Construction and Use of EnviroTex Lite

 

August                        Forest in a Flash Scale Trees

 

September                 Rock Casting - Making a 10” x 87” Large  Plaster Casting          

 

October                      Rock Casting - Filling the Space Between Castings

 

November                  Wood Retaining Wall

 

December                  Layout and Scenery  - Minimizing the Expenditure

 

 

 

2005

 

January                      Photography for Your Model Railroad

 

February                    Scenery Suppliers

 

March                         Wet N-Shape Cotton Craft Cloth and USG Hydrocal Plaster

 

April                            Model Railroad  - Basic Steps

 

May                             City Scape – Basic Steps

 

June                           Gluing Ground Foam to Tree Branches

 

August                       Tools – Doctor Dick’s Favorite Modeling Tools

                                                              

September                EnviroTex Lite – Application and Advice
 

October                      Layout Improvement Ideas

 

 

 

2006

 

January                      Plaster – Mix Ratios

 

February                    Gauge Vs. Scale

 

March                         Tortoise Turnout Control

 

August                        Painting Plastic Parts

 

September                 Sawmill Complex – Planning a Mill and Log Pond

 

           

                                   

2007

 

Fall                              How to Mount Photographic Prints on Foamboard

 

 

 

 

2008

 

 

Jan./Feb.                    More on Mounting Prints on Foamboard 

 

May/June                   Sawmill Flow of Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bath and Hammondsport Railroad

 

 

2004

 

January                      Color Post Card Depicts the B & H RR Depot at Keuka Lake, NY   

 

May                              Part  1 – The Overall Plan

 

June                            Part  2 – The Structures:

                                                                                   Lyon Brothers Grape Packing House

                                                                                   Ice House

                                                                                   Shed

                                                                                   Freight Depot

                                                                                   Passenger Depot

                                                                                   Wharf Shed

                                                                                   Band Stand

                                                                                   Boat House

                                                                                   Engine House

 

 

July                              Part  3 – The Trestle

 

August                        Part  4 – The Vineyards

 

September                 Part  5 – The Wiring

 

 

 

2005

 

April                            Part  6 – Boathouse Dock and Floor

 

May                             Part  7 – Fishing Shack and Dock

 

June                            Part  8 – Passenger Depot

 

 

 

2007

 

February                    Photos of the B & H Engine House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building a Large HO Scale Sawmill

and Log Pond Complex

 

 

2006

 

September                 Bibliography - Eastern and Western Logging   

 

September                 Part 1 -  Planning a Sawmill and Log Pond

 

December                  Part  2  -  The Benchwork

 

 

 

2007

 

January                      Part  3  - Tools and Techniques

 

Summer                      Part  4  - The Dynamite Shed

 

Fall                               Part  5  - The Boat House

 

 

 

 

2008

 

Jan./Feb.                    Part 6 - The Slab Bin

 

March/April                Part 7 - The Sawdust Conveyor

 

May/June                    Part 8 - The Circular Saw

 

May/June                    Sawmill Flow of Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 Civil War Modeling in HO Scale

 

 

2005

 

August              Cover - Civil War Diorama at the Medina RR Museum  - Overview

 

 

September                 Cover - Civil War Diorama at the Medina RR Museum - Union Soldiers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Danby, Ludlow & Springfield RR, Ned Spiller, MMR

 

 

2005

 

August                         You Can Take It With You - Designing & Building a "Transportable" Layout - Part I

 

October                        You Can Take It With You - Part II

 

November                    You Can Take It With You - Part III

 

 

 

2006

 

October                         Rutland/B & M Ball Signal on the D, L & S RR  -  Part I

 

November                     Rutland/B & M Ball Signal on the D, L & S RR  - Part II

 

 

 

2008

 

Jan./Feb.                       Rebuilding the Danby, Ludlow & Springfield Railroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decoders - How to Install in Older Locomotives, Dave Mitchell

 

 

2006

 

 

July                                How to Install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Part I

 

August                          How to Install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Part II

 

September                   How to Install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Part III

 

October                         How to Install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Part IV

 

November                     How to Install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Part V

 

December                     How to install Decoders in Older Locomotives - Conclusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Oil Creek Rail Road Company

 

 

 

2002

 

 

May                               OCRR News

 

August                         Cover - Reflections on Oil Creek; Model RR Updates - The OCRR

 

December                    Environmental Sounds on the OCRR; OCRR Expands  

 

 

 

2003

 

September                   Cover - Oil fields on the OCRR

 

 

 

2004

 

October                         Cover - Pioneer. PA on the OCRR - Oil Wells and Coal Mine

 

October                         Densmore Tank Car, Allegheny Transportation Company, Pioneer RR Bridge

 

 

 

2005

 

        

January                          Cover - Treyz Chemical Works

 

January                          NRHS Presentation - Oil Creek Rail Road 1860 - 1868

 

February                        Cover - 4-4-0 Loco Stops for Photo Shoot on the Pioneer RR Bridge

 

March                              Supersage Trees, Large Trestle and Coal Mine on the OCRR

 

March                              Shooting Digital Images Using a Mirror - Allegheny Transportation Company

 

March                              Coal Mine, Densmore Oil Tank Car, and Miller Farm on the OCRR

 

June                                Cover - A Small Town in the Late 1800s - Shay & Log train; Coal Mine

 

June                                Oil Creek Logging & Mining RR - Inside the Coal Mine; Shay/Tunnel Portal; Lantern

 

July                                  Oil Derricks on the OCRR - Close-up Model Image and Information on Oil Derricks

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

February                         Cover - Oil Creek RR 4-4-0 at the Pioneer Bridge - Prototype Image Circa 1866

 

February                         Model of the Above Scene

 

February                         Pennsylvania Road Marker for the Densmore Oil Tank Cars

 

February                         Model of the Large Truss RR Bridge Over the Oil Creek

 

February                         Image of an Original OCRR Stock Certificate

 

February                         Prototype Image  -  4- 4- 0 Locomotive with Oil Barrels on Gondolas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sociology of Model Railroading, John Bruce

 

 

2005

 

June                                Introduction

 

July                                 Swap Meets

 

August                            Train Shows

 

September                     E-mail Groups

 

October                          Modelers' Meets

 

November                      Model Railroad Clubs

 

December                      The NMRA

 

 

 

2006

 

January                           Hobby Magazines - Part I

 

February                         Hobby Magazines - Part II

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Trees - How to Model in HO Scale

 

2002

 

 

August                            How to Improve Commercial Pine Trees

 

 

 

2004

 

March                              How to Make Realistic Scratch Built Conifer Trees

 

April                                 How to Make Peppergrass Trees; "Learnings" from Making Peppergrass Trees

 

May                                  How to Make Good Looking Furnace-Filter Type Conifer Trees

 

June                                Improving the Appearance of Conifer Trees

 

August                            Forest in a Flash

 

September                     How to Make Scenic Express Supertrees

 

December                      Pete Vassler's Model Railroad Conifer Trees

 

 

 

2005

 

January                           The Forest Magic of Canyon Creek Scenics - How to Make Great Conifer Trees

 

March                               How to Make Scenic Express Supersage Trees

 

June                                  How to Glue Ground Foam to Tree Branches

 

April                                   Cover - Fall Peppergrass Trees on the Rochester Model Railroad Club Layout

 

July                                    Cover - Model Trees on the Layout of Matt Kovacic

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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