Some time ago I seem to remember an article in either MR or RMC - I’m thinking back 8-10 years ago now - which had a very nice article on modeling a diorama based on San Juan Capistrano. I suspect I have the article lurking somewhere in my collection of magazines - sadly the majority of that collection is in storage in England since my emigration 3+ years ago!
Does anyone remember this, and do you have a reference so that I can order a back issue? As I’m now based just down the coast from SJC I was looking to it as a possible modeling challenge - as the Surf Line has changed so much lately though I am looking for more of a historical perspective - 40’s / 50’s era preferably…
Check out the August, 2004 issue of MR. Keith Jordan had a track plan and article for the Surf Line (including a 1940 picture of the SJC depot). There was also a supporting article in the August, 2004 issue of trains by the same author. Suydam (now Alpine Models) used to make a kit for the San Juan Capistrano depot, but apparently it’s out of production.
Thanks Andre - I have both those issues, and it was partly that MR article (plus my location a few dozen miles down the coast!) which sparked my interest and memory of the article I had read many years before. I also recently managed to locate a kit for the SJC depot building (labeled “HSM - Historical Scale Models”) cheaply on eBay…
Thinking back, I suspect the article was possibly in RMC, not MR…