NASG Dispatch Articles by Joe Kimber

2020 #5 September

20

Structures - Industrial

The author describes how he built his small blacksmith shop building. Includes a photo and drawings.

2019 #5 September

32

Structures - Tunnels

The author describes how he built a backdrop viaduct out of 1-inch thick foam insulation board.

2022 #1 January

8

Layout Design

The author proposes a 12'x13' layout based on the Lewisburg & Buffalo Valley Railroad, which was a 42-inch narrow-gauge logging railroad in central Pennsylvania, but using standard-gauge track components. Includes a detailed track plan, and prototype information.

2016 #2 March

6

Track

Using a piece of Masonite hardboard or similar material, the author describes how he built an S-scale version. Includes a photo and CAD-style drawings.

2017 #6 November

18

Freight Cars - Flat Cars

The author describes how he built a truss-rod flat car. Includes several drawings, and a couple of photos.

2020 #1 January

9

Locomotives - Diesel

A simple solution as to how to clean your diesel locomotive's wheels.

2012 #2 April

8

Structures - Industrial

Scaled drawings of a typical freight station built in the late 1800s to early 1900s, with suggestions for how to model it.

2016 #4 July

16

Layouts - S

A description of the author's 17'x4'6" A.F.-based layout. Includes a track plan and several photos. The layout was dismantled in 2004.

2020 #2 March

21

Layout Design

The author proposes a design and a construction method for modeling the Pennsylvania L&BVRR, which was narrow-gauge in the real world, as a standard-gauge U-shaped layout that might fit in a spare bedroom.

2020 #3 May

4

Layout Design

The author introduces the prototype West Jersey Short Line railroad, and offers an around-the-room, shelf-style S-scale track plan for modeling this line in a spare bedroom. Includes two prototype photos.

2024 #1 January

25

Structures - Towns/Cities

The author shares how he scratchbuilt this small-town grocery store. Includes photos of the final model and some CAD drawings.

2021 #5 September

18

Layout Design

The author describes a stand-alone logging layout's design that fits in a 4' x 8' space utilizing Sn3 track and equipment.

2019 #3 May

15

Structures - Bridges

The author describes how he scratchbuilt a two-track through-girder bridge. Includes photos and diagrams.

2021 #4 July

12

Structures - Towns/Cities

The author found an intact model on eBay, updates its, and adds LED strip lighting to the interior.

2019 #6 November

4

Structures - Homes

The author describes how he found a couple of Plasticville Cape Code buildings, and set about making them more S-scale.

2017 #1 January

14

Layout Design

The author shares his plan and design for his new layout to be built in a 12'x27' space.

2017 #3 May

21

Layout Construction

The author mentions that help from his friend makes the new layout construction possible, as his illness prevents him from doing the work. Includes photos of the layout so far, as well as an updated track plan.

2017 #4 July

16

Layout Construction

The author describes how he controls the trains on his layout, having divided it into three blocks. Includes photos of the panels, and the girder bridges he is building from scratch. The DCC schematic is shown on pages 33 and 34 of the PDF version of this issue.

2019 #2 March

8

Layouts - S

Photos and a description of the author's layout continuing to be built, this time covering scenery and structures. Also includes the latest version of the track plan.

2016 #1 January

17

Structures - Trackside

The author describes how he scratchbuilt a freight dock. Includes photos and scaled drawings of the model.

2012 #3 June

13

Structures - Depots/Stations/Yards

Drawings of the depot at this location.