December 2022

The December 2022 issue of Model Railroader

Featured

In this Issue

Building a trestle from the top down

From temporary 1 x 4s and plywood to a trestle, all while staying operational

Make your own grass mats

An electric flocking box turns bridal veil material into easy scenery

New life for a club layout

The HO scale Eastern Loggers exhibition layout is on the move

Upgrade a ready-to-run car

A new deck, frames, and load enhance this On30 pulpwood hauler

Brush-painting model vehicles

You don’t need an airbrush to get realistic results

Also in this issue:

ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
When is your realism level good enough?

NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12
Hobby industry news

ASK MR, pg. 18
Speed matching DCC locomotives for better consisting

STEP BY STEP, pg. 24
How to weather a modern road locomotive

DCC CURRENTS, pg. 52
SoundTraxx Blunami sound decoder

ON OPERATION, pg. 54
Run a detour train

PRODUCT REVIEWS, pg. 56
Rapido Trains N scale F40PH-2D, HO scale insulated boxcar from Eastern Seaboard models, and more

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 62

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
What do you see?