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I have every issue of Lionel Model Builder ever published. IIRC, the issues began in 1938 and stopped around the late 40's . It was important for me to have each and every copy as my layout is completely designed, built with the structures, scenery and ideas developed by Mr Frank Ellison, one of the greatest model railroad builders of all time. In each magazine he wrote an article on how to build each one of the structures used on his Delta Lines layout that was a scenic masterpiece. When Mr Ellison retired the layout was taken down and purchased by Dr Sam Sachs but in transit the truck that carried it struck an overpass in the rain and much of the layout was destroyed. I liked the layout so much that I recreated most of it albeit in a slightly smaller space. It was a 20 year project and like Ellison all buildings but one were built from scratch. You could say that the Delta Lines lives on today as the Hill Lines.