2024 HOn3 Annual Magazine
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You don’t have to be into narrow gauge or even HOn3 to find a wealth of information and value in its pages. Maybe you’ve always suspected that the narrow gauge guys are having more fun, and you’d be right! The 2024 HOn3 Annual is loaded with exciting layout tours, in-depth construction projects, and plenty of detailed prototype information, sure to keep your workbench full and your modeling fires stoked all year. Now in its 16th year, the HOn3 Annual is the only publication exclusively dedicated to HOn3 narrow gauge model railroading, but with something for everyone in each issue.
Table of Contents:
From Kits to an Operating Layout
An Exit Strategy — by Keith Pashina and Mike Engler
Mourning Shapeways
Eulogy for the 3-D printer That Got Me Started — by Robb Thomas
Hitching the Wagon
The Final Stage — by George Riley
SOCal’s Narrow Gauge Tank Car Fleet
Part 3: Distribution, Operations, and Infrastructure — by Greg Maxwell
Norman’s Creek
My 12×2 ft. HOn3 Switching Layout — by Martin Fischer
Snowshed at Lizard Head
Adventures in Stripwood — by Dave Vollmer
Building the Aberdeen Shed
From Scotland to Appalachia — by Sam Swanson
On Any Given Day: Part II
This Layout Features Rio Grande Southern, Colorado & Southern, and East Broad Top — by Linn Moedinger
Elevating Scratchbuilding
A Grain Elevator From the Western Plains — by Peter Metzker
New Tools in Scratchbuilding
Modeling Denver & Rio Grande T-12 No. 168 — by Glenn Butcher
Resuscitating the Rio Chama
Malcolm Furlow’s Famed Layout Lives On — by Rich Mossholder
Sway Back Flatcar
Tips for Putting That Bow Down Low — by Bob Brendle
Nine Millimeter News
A Product Survey for HOn30/9mm Models — by George Riley
Around Town
Structure Kits Plus Details, Details, Details — by George Riley
The Boiler
Part II of Building D&RGW 600, a 2-6-6-2 — by Paul Buhrke
Are Your Experienced?
The new Johnson City Railroad Experience — by Geoff Stunkard and Dr. Fred Alsop
Radiused Turnouts for Tight Spaces
Using the Fast Tracks Jigs and Twist Tie Strips — by Dennis Carrell
New England and Beyond
The HOn30 Sheepscot & Strong Railway — by George Riley
A Water Tank for Sheepscot
A Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Inspired Tank for the S&S — by George Riley
Rio Grande Southern’s Ophir Loop
Building a Free-Mo Sectional Layout — by Fuzzy Anstine, Krys Gieskieng, and Jonathan Zook
Narrow Gauge Trains of the Catskills
A Mini Book Review and Proto-Primer — by Ray Buteux
