2021 HOn3 Annual
HOn3 is all about building narrow gauge trains and layouts. The 2021 HOn3 Annual is the only publication exclusively dedicated to HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! Now in its 13th year, this issue is packed full of exciting layout tours, in-depth construction projects, and plenty of detailed prototype information. From California to Maine and all points between, get on board for narrow gauge fun!
Narrow-Minded Notes
National Narrow Gauge Convention Wrap Up – by Chris Lane
Scale Illumination Part 2
More LED Lighting Projects – by John Niemeyer and Keith Pashina
Better-Looking Commercial Track
Better Appearance than Hand Laid? – by Dave Vollmer
Old Signs on Old Walls
Creating and Adding Signage to Model Structures – by Peter Metzker
Short Line on a Mission
Diorama of Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula – by Matt Woods
The Gold Hill Project
“A Square-Footer” Micro Layout – by George G. Riley, Esq.
A Room With a View
A Window for the Vida Division’s Dispatcher – by Dean Smith
Tin Foil Rocks, Stone Portals, and Walls
We Will Rock You – Parts 1 and 2 by Bob Brendle
Converting HO Locos to HOn3
A Kato Mechanism is the Start – by Rich Mossholder
Building a Post Driver Wagon
When No One Makes an HO Posthole Digger – by Sam Swanson
Build an Autocar White Metal Kit
“Old School” kits and How to Kitbash, and Paint them – by L. Todd Leftwich
Switching In/To HOn3
Diorama Update and a New Business – by Bob Bennett
Embracing 3D Printing
Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks – by Mike Mackey
Iron Horse Sense
Feeding and Caring of the Tweetsie Stable – by Geoff Stunkard
Otter Creek & Rio Grande
A John Allen-Inspired Timesaver Layout – by Dennis Carrell
Scratchbuild a 24-Foot Boxcar
Early 1930s Boxcar From an Obscure Iowa Line – by Dale Smith
Work Crane Kitbash
A New Use for the AHM Barnhart Log Loader – by Duane Richardson
The Venado Post Office
An HO Scale Interpretive Model – by Rich Mossholder
Colorado in Switzerland
Revisiting the AMORS HOn3 Modular Group – by Peter Gloor
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Scenery and Structures
Some Unique Features of the Prototype – by Johnny Graybeal