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ADMIN - let's focus on Freight Cars
Aley, Jeff A
Hi Folks,
Gentle reminder – this is the (real) Steam-Era Freight Cars list. It’s a place where we talk about Steam-Era Freight Cars (thank you, Captain Obvious!). Recently we’ve strayed into some specific modeling techniques (cutting styrene strips, unclogging glue bottles), which are related to STMFC’s. But we’ve also strayed farther afield into magazine archives, DCC sound, and the politics of a particular club.
Let’s be self-policing and try to confine ourselves to the topic of Steam-Era Freight Cars.
Thanks,
-Jeff Aley Deputy Moderator, RealSTMFC
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Re: Photo: NP Covered Hopper 75513
leakinmywaders
That's the paint scheme the early NP's Airslides had in service.
Chris Frissell Polson, MT
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Re: AAR Closed Car Loading Guide
Bill J.
I'm 1943-1944!
Bill Jolitz
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Lester Breuer
Donald yes it can, just my way of doing it as the dental pick is much stiffer than a pin or needle. And, when you have a good number supplied by my dentist ( years back), as Bill mentioned, you look for ways to use them.
Lester Breuer
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Richard Townsend
I like Tony Thompson's approach. He publishes in the magazines, and then refers to the articles, corrects them, summarizes them, or expands on them in his blog. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: Schuyler Larrabee via groups.io <schuyler.larrabee@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Thu, May 7, 2020 9:08 am Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019 “stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner”
And is therefore harder than hell to find. I’ve stumbled on to some great stuff, but it’s essentially unsearchable content.
Schuyler
From: Brian Carlson
I know Otto well. He’s open to articles. I’ve pitched a few and the only thing holding me up is I can’t take pictures at the model RR club since the landlord locked it down.
They can only publish what they have.
One thing I noticed in the past few years Is that a lot of modelers have taken to publishing their own blogs with great content, so stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner
Brian J. Carlson
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Re: Photo: NP Covered Hopper 75513
Schuyler Larrabee
A builder’s photo for sure. Did that car get painted another color when it went into service? And that color would have been . . .??
Schuyler
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Hudson Leighton
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 11:36 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] Photo: NP Covered Hopper 75513
NP Covered Hopper 75513
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Schuyler Larrabee
“stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner”
And is therefore harder than hell to find. I’ve stumbled on to some great stuff, but it’s essentially unsearchable content.
Schuyler
From: Brian Carlson
I know Otto well. He’s open to articles. I’ve pitched a few and the only thing holding me up is I can’t take pictures at the model RR club since the landlord locked it down.
They can only publish what they have.
One thing I noticed in the past few years Is that a lot of modelers have taken to publishing their own blogs with great content, so stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner Brian J. Carlson
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Richard Townsend
Agreed. I've got more dental picks of more kinds than I can begin to describe.
Also, your doctor can be a source of tools. In some circumstances they just throw away tools rather than go to the cost of sterilizing them. I've gotten hemostats, forceps, and scissors that way. Their quality isn't high but for most procedures they get the job done. I just ask if they're throwing the instruments away. If they are they give them to me. My dermatologist is great for this. I suspect they believe I'm using the hemostats for, um, off-label uses, but they make great clamps. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: Bill Welch <fgexbill@...> To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Sent: Thu, May 7, 2020 8:30 am Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle Another source of Dental tools is your Dentist, just ask to see their broken tools the next time you are there. Great price.
Bill Welch
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
Can this not be done with a ladies common sewing pin or a needle with the one end pushed into a cork for grip? Cordially, Don Valentine
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Mont Switzer
Didn't RMC just add a person to the staff charged with, among other things. writing for RMC? Didn'tmake sense to me. Mont Switzer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] on behalf of Brian Carlson via groups.io [prrk41361@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 11:35 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019 I know Otto well. He’s open to articles. I’ve pitched a few and the only thing holding me up is I can’t take pictures at the model RR club since the landlord locked it down.
They can only publish what they have.
One thing I noticed in the past few years Is that a lot of modelers have taken to publishing their own blogs with great content, so stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner
Brian J. Carlson
On May 7, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Mont Switzer <MSwitzer@...> wrote:
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Mont Switzer
Bill is correct, just ask you dentist. I asked my dentist and he gave me a hand full of various picks he no longer used. I was afraid to ask how he managed to break the ends off
of a couple of them.
You can grind the broken tips into specific shapes that meet your needs. While waiting for a crown which my dentist makes "while you wait" I got to see the machine that does this. Looks like "rapid prototyping" to me. I had a lot to think about during the remainder of my visit.
Mont Switzer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] on behalf of Bill Welch [fgexbill@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 11:30 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle Another source of Dental tools is your Dentist, just ask to see their broken tools the next time you are there. Great price.
Bill Welch
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps
Bill Welch
I have long found it ironic that the slippery plastic used for CA tips seems to be the only slippery plastic CA will adhere to.
Bill Welch
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Photo: NP Covered Hopper 75513
Hudson Leighton
NP Covered Hopper 75513
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
I know Otto well. He’s open to articles. I’ve pitched a few and the only thing holding me up is I can’t take pictures at the model RR club since the landlord locked it down.
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They can only publish what they have. One thing I noticed in the past few years Is that a lot of modelers have taken to publishing their own blogs with great content, so stuff that used to end up in a magazine is put online by the owner Brian J. Carlson
On May 7, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Mont Switzer <MSwitzer@...> wrote:
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Bill Welch
Another source of Dental tools is your Dentist, just ask to see their broken tools the next time you are there. Great price.
Bill Welch
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Mont Switzer
Schuyler and all,
RMC has some 1950's material, several articles, some even requested by former editor Stephen Priest. It appears to me the magazine has gone in a different direction. That being said I suppose it is hard for Otto to know about all of the prior submissions
submitted to RMC under the previous regime.
Mont Switzer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] on behalf of Schuyler Larrabee via groups.io [schuyler.larrabee@...]
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 10:48 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019 I know Mike Schafer of RMC fairly well, and what he says is that he can’t publish what he doesn’t have…That said, I wonder about the direction of the magazine under the new editor, Otto Vondrak. Perhaps he’s pushing for more contemporary modeling coverage. I know the new editor got a lot of reader blow-back when he took the back and forth between Mike and Bill, the “Look Both Ways” column, and pushed it to the back of the magazine, and I think shortened it quite a bit. I preferred the previous format and always enjoyed reading their differing approaches or opinions.
Schuyler
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Nelson Moyer
I scan the few articles of interest from MR and RMC so I can search them on the hard drive using keywords. The problem with that is that as interests and needs change, I have to go back through the magazines to find the newly relevant material. I was hoping the ten year archive would facilitate that search. Content for my areas of interest has really slipped in both magazines – MR is to basic and RMC is moving past my cutoff era for most content. The latest MR is pretty thin. I’m debating with myself about letting my subscription expire.
Nelson Moyer
From:
main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Schuyler Larrabee
I know Mike Schafer of RMC fairly well, and what he says is that he can’t publish what he doesn’t have…That said, I wonder about the direction of the magazine under the new editor, Otto Vondrak. Perhaps he’s pushing for more contemporary modeling coverage. I know the new editor got a lot of reader blow-back when he took the back and forth between Mike and Bill, the “Look Both Ways” column, and pushed it to the back of the magazine, and I think shortened it quite a bit. I preferred the previous format and always enjoyed reading their differing approaches or opinions.
Schuyler
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Nelson Moyer
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 8:22 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
I scan the few articles of interest from MR and RMC so I can search them on the hard drive using keywords. The problem with that is that as interests and needs change, I have to go back through the magazines to find the newly relevant material. I was hoping the ten year archive would facilitate that search. Content for my areas of interest has really slipped in both magazines – MR is to basic and RMC is moving past my cutoff era for most content. The latest MR is pretty thin. I’m debating with myself about letting my subscription expire.
Nelson Moyer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor
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Re: Tsunami sound for GN Y-1 (PRR FF2)
On May 6, 2020, at 9:13 PM, main@RealSTMFC.groups.io wrote:
1e. Re: Tsunami sound for GN Y-1 (PRR FF2)I was very disappointed in the decoder quality in the Broadway Limited PRR P5A boxcabs. The sound wasn't good to my ear and it didn't run as well as I would like. I'm a Loksound user so I went rummaging thru the various European sound files until I found one that I liked...that didn't have modern inverter whine etc. I used the Lokprogrammer software to add an American horn and bell to the sound file, hid the German conductor and station announcements, and loaded it to the decoder. The model runs much much better and sounds pretty good too. Craig Zeni Cary NC
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Re: My superglue spouts stick to the caps. - Tool to clean nozzle
Lester Breuer
Many have found the nozzle does close on some of the super glues as once in a while on the Zap I use. I would like to share a tool I made to clear the nozzle. It is a dental pick with a straightened end. The dental pick came from one of the tool venders at a train show. Works great for me without ruining nozzle.
Lester Breuer
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Re: Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
Nelson Moyer
I scan the few articles of interest from MR and RMC so I can search them on the hard drive using keywords. The problem with that is that as interests and needs change, I have to go back through the magazines to find the newly relevant material. I was hoping the ten year archive would facilitate that search. Content for my areas of interest has really slipped in both magazines – MR is to basic and RMC is moving past my cutoff era for most content. The latest MR is pretty thin. I’m debating with myself about letting my subscription expire.
Nelson Moyer
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2020 6:57 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Model Railroad 10 Year Archive 201-2019
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