Hi Clark, I assume that's the same thing as "ARA cast steel" ... the photo in the article looks like the Proto 2000 model truck to my eye. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Tom, The bar should be at the bottom of the page, under a math question captcha (aka a "prove you're human" test). In either case, you don't need to subscribe in order to download the magazine, it's

Clark, I'll send you some scans when I ship your kit. Haven't received your order yet. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga, NY From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

Tom Madden wrote: Except for the soldering tweezers (a set of which I owned before 1990), all your examples, Tom, are MATERIALS, not TOOLS. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Thanks Al, I noticed another NKP caption in the RMJ article listed Barber trucks. Who makes "Cast-steel double truss."? Clark Propst

LOL! Spell check got me : )) Clark Propst

"Cast-steel double truss." MM 2/90 p 36, RMJ 11/99 p 26. They appear spring plankless (photo in RMJ reference). Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Engineering plastics, super glues, epoxies, silicone rubber, urethane resin, soldering tweezers, micromotors, smaller sizes of rail..... Tom Madden

Tom Completion of the subscription process may require that that site be able to store a "cookie" on your machine. If your Web preferences always blocks cookies, then when you return to the site,

Hope that you meant "compilation"! John B. Allyn Nashville TN

Aley, Jeff A wrote: How about personal computers, powerful applications like Photoshop, laser printers, scanners, etc.? Today we take for granted an ability to digitally capture and manipulate

I showed my historical society support by buying a Branchline box car from the Nickel Plate HS. I looked at the list Ed Hawkins put on the Steam Freights website finding these cars (7100 series) had

Denny, I think we can certainly say that there are new materials available (many forms of styrene, adhesives, Archer rivets, many scratchbuilding supplies (grabs, fine injection-molded

I know Nick Muff, sort of, anyway. Every time I try to subscribe to the MRH, it doesn't work. I bring up the application page and see the blue bar that says "subscribe." First, I fill out the

Nelson Moyer wrote: Well said, Nelson. It has for many years been the belief of Richard Hendrickson, to name one, that the process of better modeling has to start with better prototype

Dennis S. wrote: And of course the firefighting process has to take into account how tall buildings are and how to work around them. Wall height (or eave height) is a good measure of what

Thank you Dennis.  You beat me to the question/answer. Steve Stull

I think the issue in comparing models of yesteryear with those of today has more to do with a modeler's level of discernment and acceptance rather than modeling skills. Many modelers back then,

Which makes sense, when you consider the insurance rating purpose of the maps. A collapsing wall endangers everything for a distance more or less equal to the height of the wall; roofs tend to

There are five of these cars in various states of preservation at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. http://www.mcrwy.com/collectn/woodfrt/acy3011.html I looked these cars over