MER Clinic: Red Iron as Scenery and Destinations

This is a different look at how to use steel on the layout. First we will examine the different shapes. Their prototype uses, corresponding modeling sizes, loading and unloading, and the ways that you can model steel fabricating industries for your railroad. After fabrication comes the field use of the steel where you will delve into the erection and staging for a construction site model on your railroad. The main lesson I want you to leave with is that a properly staged building under construction can be as interesting to build as a completed one. The clinic will deal with construction and steel from pre-WWII to the present. A CD of the photos used and charts will be handed out.

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