HOn3 Annual 2024: The How-to-Guide to HO Narrow Gauge Railroading

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations.

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

Features:

• New
• Softcover
• various
• White River Productions
• 2024