Hopefully someone can come up with an address for the East Coast Santa Fe modelers who were selling decals. I sent an email to the Santa Fe Historical Society to see if they could give me information

Nice work, Rich. I like those Duha rebar loads. I've had photos of a TTJX car with rebar for over 25 years. Overland eventually made the car but it wasn't until recently that I finally finished the

For those who came along after the M-53 question was split off... I don't think anyone answered the GM&N part, but I declared it to be a "foobie model" (one that's not prototype)... but iPhone decided

Message 104031 from October 21, 2011.

Jim.   The reason I was told,  it takes too much time to look for the decals than its worth.  I can understand  on their part. That's a lot of decals.  On our part, it hurts. Dennis

Elden wrote: <I was introduced to that on the west coast some years ago, and would <just add <that it is either a technique you like....or not. You have to try it <and see <if it meets your

Sunshine used to sell their kit decals and I used that fact to suggest Sunshine decals several time. But, sometime recently Sunshine changed their policy and no longer sells kit decals. And yet at

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Nelson; I was introduced to that on the west coast some years ago, and would just add that it is either a technique you like....or not. You have to try it

I don't remember which clinic it was at Lisle, but at least one presenter uses Prismacolor white pencils to make chalk marks. The explanation was that decals have sharp edges, whereas real chalk marks

Chad Boas please contact me off line at pennsy6200@... Thanks, Dennis Williams

Hi Randy, I've been trying Prismacolor artists' pencils from my favorite art supply store. White, pale gray, and pale yellow are good colors, and be sure to keep the points sharp. Andy

Clark, Thanks for the compliment on the rebar load, and for the attempt at the correct pronounciation of my last name in Polish. Re-mee-osh (with a roll on the "R", and osh pronounced the same way

Scott -- I can't find the message regarding the GM&N car in the thread.  I too bought one of these cars way back when.  It was a particularly noxious shade of green -- a shade usually associated

Thanks a lot Dave! I'm always amazed at what I didn't see. Rich Rom-e-osh's rebar load is really something. Next time please take some photos of that N scale layout : ) I think it's the best

My understanding at one time, per Jim Hayes, was that at least one year after Martin released a kit, that the decals would be available for seperate sale. I wrote Sunshine on this a short while back

If you buy the complete kit. I recently ordered some decals from Sunshine along with several kits to receive a refund check for the decals with a note stating "Sunshine does not sell decals other than

Hi just wondering if I could get suggestions on the types of pens people have been using to make chalk marks Thanks Randy

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Great photos, Dave! Elden Gatwood

Hello Group, While helping Ted Schnepf pack up after the Lisle meet ended on Saturday afternoon, I found a bag containing five F&C bagged kits. If you can identify them, or know someone who is

Original post had two unrelated questions; the GM&N question (which concerned a "foible" model) quickly fell by the wayside. Scott Pitzer McCarthy <thesupplycar@...> wrote: [Non-text portions