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Celebrating<br />
the art of<br />
1:48 modeling<br />
Issue #27<br />
July/Aug 2006<br />
Art Director<br />
Jaini Giannovario<br />
jaini@oscalemag.com<br />
Contributors<br />
Ted Byrne<br />
Bobber Gibbs<br />
Mike Cougill<br />
Carey Hinch<br />
Vol. 5 - No. 4<br />
Publisher<br />
Joe Giannovario<br />
jag@oscalemag.com<br />
Editor<br />
Brian Scace<br />
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Advertising Manager<br />
Jeb Kriigel<br />
jeb@oscalemag.com<br />
Customer Service<br />
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Hobo D. Hirailer<br />
Roger C. Parker<br />
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Cover & Centerspread: Harry Hieke, Jr. reworked this Custom Brass<br />
PRR S-2 for a customer. All the hatches that should open, open on<br />
both the locomotive and the tender. Anything that should slide, slides.<br />
The engine has literally hundreds of added detail parts. But, the most<br />
special feature of the locomotive is a working water scoop on the<br />
tender. Harry describes how he made that work in this issue. Both<br />
the cover and centerspread photos were staged and photographed<br />
by Jeb Kriigel of Get Real Productions. Harry painted and lettered the<br />
locomotive.<br />
Features<br />
4 A Working Water Scoop<br />
Learn how Harry Hieke, Jr., made a static detail in to a working feature.<br />
13 Canadian Pacific Ice House<br />
Got reefers? If so, you need this neat structure by Tom Houle.<br />
23 Building a Small O <strong>Scale</strong> Layout — Part 10<br />
Mike Culham adds an interior to the structure built last issue.<br />
28 OST 2K6 3rd Annual Digital Photo Contest<br />
Try your hand at winning one of this year’s prizes. It’s free!<br />
40 Building Lauther’s Perfect Pickles — Part 1<br />
Need an industry for that pickle car we built in OST #9 or the vinegar tank<br />
we built in OST #22? Martin Brechtbiel has the solution.<br />
48 Idea File: Grain Elevators<br />
Mike Cougill surveys some small grain elevators with an eye toward<br />
scratchbuilding one in a future article.<br />
58 Snap-on Hi-Rail to <strong>Scale</strong> Coupler Adapter<br />
An easy conversion project by Nick Pulskamp.<br />
60 The Creation of a Cam-Liner<br />
This project started out in one direction but ended up in another. John<br />
Fryant explains how it happened and show us the result.<br />
Departments<br />
9 Easements for the Learning Curve – Brian Scace<br />
26 The Art of Finescale – Mike Cougill<br />
29 Confessions of a HiRailer – Hobo D. Hirailer<br />
30 Reader Feedback – Letters to the Editor<br />
33 Narrow Minded – Bobber Gibbs<br />
34 PoweringUp – Ted Byrne<br />
38 Traction Action – Roger C. Parker<br />
50 Modern Image – Carey Hinch<br />
53 Product News & Reviews<br />
64 Modeler’s Shelf<br />
67 Advertiser Index<br />
68 Buy-Sell-Trade Ads<br />
68 Events Listing<br />
70 Observations – Joe Giannovario<br />
July/Aug ’06 - O <strong>Scale</strong> <strong>Trains</strong> •
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