NYCentral Modeler Magazine
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And here's what you'll find in this quarter's issue...
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The cover photo for this quarter's edition is from Dave Staplin's article about “Dressing Up Brass Fleet Prewar Lightweight Pullmans”
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Seth Lakin shares his time at the “St. Louis RPM”
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John Emerson returns with “Hand Laying G-Scale Track and Turnouts - Part 2"
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Steve Bratina shares “Keeping My Aging Fleet Running”
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Tom McHugh explains "Quest For Fire Revisited"
You will also receive all of our regular quarterly features including:
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"From the Cab"
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“Extra Board“
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"What’s New”
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“NYCSHS RPO"
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"NYCSHS Models"
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“NYCentral Workshop" (debuting Brian Scace)
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"Observation Car”
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"Final Thoughts"
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If you haven’t been reading our NYCSHS magazine, you have been missing out on a lot of NYCS action. Each edition contains five to seven articles covering different scales of NYCS modeling, a section reviewing all new NYCS models being offered by manufacturers for the quarter, letters and emails from members and readers, the latest news on models being offered by the NYCSHS at 20% discounts, and a variety of other information about modeling and happenings at the NYCSHS. The magazine is FREE and all you need to do to read or download the latest issue is to click here. Previous issues can be obtained at the links below.
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*CAUTION: If downloading from "Adobe", be sure to uncheck ANY add-on options under the "Included with your download" heading BEFORE pressing the "Download Acrobat Reader" button. There is no automatic add-ons when downloading the Foxit reader.
Previous Issues
Did you miss a recent issue of NYCentral Modeler??? You can read back issues from 2022 Q1-to-present at the following links:
For issues of the NYCentral Modeler prior to 2022...The NYCentral Modeler was originally introduced in 2011 as a free-to-all, online digital publication dedicated to the modeling of the NYCS. It is published quarterly and represents some of the finest NYC modeling by both NYCSHS members and non-members alike. For your convenience, you may now obtain all of those editions of the NYCentral Modeler on a single flash drive. (See "Cost" section below for details)
This flash drive provides all of the editions of the NYCentral Modeler published from 2011 through 2022 for research and your reading pleasure. In the past these magazines were available on this website for downloading and viewing. We have removed all of the issues prior to 2022 and made those available on the aforementioned flash drive. We will still publish newer quarterly editions on this website and the current editions will remain available until we publish the next flash drive.
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Cost
The purchase price for the NYCentral Modeler flash drive is $44.95 for non-members and $29.95 for NYCSHS members. (That's a 33% savings off MSRP.) Our Collinwood Shop makes purchasing quick and convenient.
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Shipping is free for US customers but Ohio residents must pay 8% Ohio sales tax. Non-US customers will pay actual cost of shipping.
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Enjoy!
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Publishing this magazine continues to be a major challenge each quarter as I receive very few articles for publication. I spend as much time trying to find modelers to write articles as I do focused on the publishing of the magazine. In our recent NYCSHS Modelers Survey, we received over 600 responses to the survey indicating that the respondents modeled the NYCS.
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If you model the NYC, please contact me to let me help you display your modeling to the rest of the readers. Writing an article is not very hard and we can help you do it. Without article contributions, we cannot publish the magazine. We really need your help with this, if you enjoy reading the NYCentral Modeler each quarter. Take a couple of minutes and send me an email and let us help you display your modeling or collecting talent to our readers.
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Noel Widdified - Editor, NYCentral Modeler Magazine​​
New York Central System Historical Society
