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As Rick Nicholson mentioned earlier, there's a treasure trove of articles of interest in old issues...thing was, these may not have been of interest at the particular time one read the issue initially. I'm fortunate in having over 56 years' worth of uninterrupted MR issues. I still find articles of interest, and surprisingly, many of the construction and operation articles hold up very well. Just some of those late great modellers who contributed articles, had excellent skills, and very worthwhile techniques. ie: E.L.Moore's balsa stuctures can be built quite readily with today's, [ or yesterday's] alternative materials....or balsa itself ! Art Curren's kitbashing ideas are readily adaptable to other projects. Jack Work's wood craftsmanship is timeless. Eric Stevens' wood structures and "dollar cars", great stuff. Frank Ellison's, Doug Smith's, Francis Adams' operation articles....great. John Allen's mastery of overall dramatic impact. I enjoyed an article a couple of decades ago, on completely fixing up 'el-cheapo' Life-Like hopper car kits, with couplers, new wheels, weighting, weathering, etc....and I thought : "What a great article for beginners on a limited budget...or anyone else for that matter."...I even bought a few of those car kits, marked the boxes with the month/year of the article, and went back about 5 years later and fixed them up. I wish more articles like that were contributed to MR...fixing up lower cost items to be good performers. NOT articles like L.Strang's, which I find to be my least favorite, along with most of T.Koester's. regards Mike
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