What are you reading MRH with?
Hopefully Adobe Reader - I'd recommend version 9. IIRC, the cover of Issue 1 pushed the limits of what Adobe was capable of - it's possible that what you are using to read it simply can't display it.
On my system it doesn't show up until I select whether or not...
3rd Plan-It tutorials
Part 1 - January 2009 issue, page 55 - file should be named something like MRH-2009-Q1.pdf
Part 2 - April 2009 issue, page 37 - file should be named something like MRH-2009-Q2.pdf
Part 3 - October 2009 issue, page 85 - file should be named something like MRH-2009-Q4.pdf...
The September-October 2010 issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available at the MRH website.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com
Articles in this issue include:
Lessons in Passenger Car modeling
Part two on Kitbashing a U18B
Zip Texturing Resurrected
The On3 Cascade County Narrow...
Walthers's seemed to be concentrated on their Broadway Limited train this year - they did have a nice diorama with the LAUPT set up on it. But it was showing off their UP City cars and single-level Santa Fe cars.
The July-August 2010 Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available for free download. It's 155 pages includes:
Kitbashing a U18B
Modeling the Pennsy Middle Division
Modeling decrepit track
A First Look at several recent ExactRail Releases
A column on modeling Amtrak in N Scale
...and many...
Jim, thanks for the suggestion. By any chance are you on Facebook? Athearn's there and has gotten up a bit of a storm recently by asking questions about kits vs RTR.
This was one of their last comments:
"Trust us when we say that we stop[ped] building kits because we had so many in stock that...
Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine will be present, in strength, at the National Model Railroad Assn's 75th Anniversary Convention and the National Train Show in Milwaukee.
In 2008 we videotaped several interviews in Anaheim. http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/mrht_2008_nts
In 2009 we did it...
The May-June 2010 issue of the free Model Railroad Hobbyist eZine is now available (147 pages of new model railroading how-to content).
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com
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Jeff Shultz
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Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine
Issue 6 (March 2010) of Model Railroad Hobbyist is out - check out articles on the updates to George Selios' Franklin and South Manchester, Modeling Roof Details, and how to build your own static grass applicator - with 3 different models demonstrated.
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com
Dump the air - otherwise known as going into emergency by opening the valve that rapidly depressurizes the brake system, causing all the brakes to lock to the wheels.