Hi Tim, I agree with you as MRR layouts are always somewhat inaccurate, but can convey the look and feel of the real thing. Levels is merely a way of quantifying how close you get to the real thing.

Joel, I don't know about "levels" or whatever. I have a very simple definition -- If there is a prototype for your model, and your model is a close approximation to the prototype, then that is a

Yes Joel

Hi Tim, I will bet that you could categorize prototype modeling into several, or so, levels. I consider my self somewhat a prototype modeler. However, I do not run out and get the latest museum

What is the cubic yard capacity of the Walthers HO scale Difco Dump Car? http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-8606 __________ Mark Mathu Whitefish Bay, Wis. The Green Bay Route:

Joel Holmes wrote: Of course I could, but would it match what MR meant in their survey? would it match what YOU think it means? or anyone who was surveyed? I do know that there are individuals

Speaking of MR, Charley Duckworth has authored a very fine article on weathering Steam Era freight cars in the current issue of MR. Well done Charley! Bill Welch

Joel, I think that's the point. These definitions are slippery to begin with, so asking people how they categorize themselves is scientifically meaningless. On the other hand, the survey may be

Hi Tony, Can you define a "prototype modeler"? Joel Holmes

A friend bought an undec ‘Front Range’ kit this morning at a swap meet. Think he bought it because it was an undec kit and cheap. From what I saw it has welded sides with maybe 12 panels, 8ft

you might want to consider that the majority of the MR readership are not modelers, but rather model railroaders who prefer to shake the box and run trains. A survey by RMC might be more indicative

Tim O'Connor wrote: No argument whatsoever. Des Plaines is also among the very best hobby shops in the country, and I always count a visit to DPH as a mandatory part of attending Naperville. But

Remember, this is a survey -- probably conducted voluntarily (self-chosen) and the answers are self-descriptions. Not what you would call a 'scientific' poll. If you look at the models I've built,

Rich Orr wrote: then Pierre Oliver replied: Surveyors know that when questions are asked which the subject may perceive as having a prestige component, more people will answer in the prestige

Tony, you're a well travelled fellow. To quote Stephen Stills, when you're out of town, just "Love the one you're with"! Once a year, Des Plaines Hobbies is my LHS, for example. This year I'm going to

I'm very surprised to see the percentage that high. Pierre Oliver

Greg I use Modelflex reefer yellow, sometimes with a little BC red mixed in. For the ends I mix MF oxide red and their freight car brown about 50/50. For the fans I would use the photo of FHIX 40152

Paul Koehler wrote: This is certainly true of the "OWS" (I wish it WAS my LHS), but then it's one of the country's best hobby shops. An awful lot of modelers are nowhere close to even a mediocre

I think it was the December MR where the editorial referred to a survey conducted by MR which revealed that 6% of modelers were strict prototype modelers. Indeed a small segment of small

For a year, I operated a partnership with two friends called Keyser Car Shops to produce custom lettered B&O freight equipment.... While we tire-kickers are fed up with sold-out preordered releases,