HOn3 Annual 2025: The How-To Guide for HO Narrow Gauge Railroading

Magazine, 116 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations and advertisements. Packed with stunning layout tours, step-by-step construction projects, and rich prototype insights, this issue will keep your workbench busy and your creativity fi red up all year long.

Now in its 17th year, the HOn3 Annual is the only publication dedicated entirely to HOn3 narrow gauge modeling—yet every issue offers something for modelers of all stripes.

Contents:

• Gilpin Tram's Buckley Mine Branch, pp. 8–12, Details - adding the goodies, p. 13, Main Street - scratchbuilding one structure at a time, pp. 14–17, Joining Forces Tweetsie Style! - Modeling 1925 era transportation challenges, pp. 18–23, Living with 3-D Resin Printing - Setting up and maintaining printing operations, pp. 24–30, Regauging Rapido's GE 44 Tonner, pp. 31–35, Municipal Square - putting scenery in perspective, pp. 36–39, Scratch a Barbershop for Silverton - a community hub with working barber pole, pp. 40–46, Creating the Animas River in HO, pp. 47–49, Black and Rusty Logging and Mining (Colorado past), pp. 50–57, Kitbashing 2 Vintage Motor Homes - new uses for old Jordan model kits, pp. 58–61, Dirty Thoughts - an artist looks at fine-tuning weathering, pp. 62–67, Narrow Gauge Legacy - legacy and updated HOn3 freight car kits, pp. 68–69, Building the Laurie 2-8 - a diorama of a 1920s oil well pad, pp. 70–76, Building the Ruby Basin Trestle - modifying the Heljan / AHM styrene trestle kit, pp. 77–81, Nine Millimeter News - a product survey for HOn3 / 9 mm models, pp. 82–85 SOCal's NG Tank Car Fleet - Part 4: distribution, operations and infastructure II, pp. 86–92, Zerolene Tanker No. A9 - from the Nevada - California - Oregon Railway, pp. 93–95, Forest & Western Gets an Idler Car - for all your dual-gauge operations, pp. 96–97, Making Tracks on Red Mountain, Pt. 1: templates and building replacement track, Pt 2: end-of-track bumpers, pp. 98–105.