I'm puzzled by the references to 156# rail. PRR's 152# and 155# sections are documented in (prototype) engineering literature and vendor's catalogs, but I'm unaware of 156#. Is this just a typo

well, I can't disagree with you Dennis. To answer the "other software" question, I use two programs - both free - to convert and scale a Sketchup file. So first I export a sketchup file as a 3d

Well, for some reason I had no trouble enlarging the images, and the tank cars were as follows: DNCXX 5509 8K gal. AC&F Type 11 TRNX 12001 16K gal. Santa Fe Tk-M built by GATC in 1942 DNCXX 2719

Thanks for the explanation. It would indeed be frustrating to find out at the end that there is an error(or many) somewhere, and not know where to find it! Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in

I think Rob's problem lies elsewhere. Let me preface this comment with the confession that I am by no means an expert on Sketchup... In fact, I've never used the software, and all I know I've learned

Hello folks- I'm currently scratchbuilding a Pacific Electric boxcar based on these

There are a couple of good stories about the [M&StL] box car mentioned above that should be told sometime. Gene Green No time like the present, Gene. Schuyler

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I wrote: Well, that doesn't make a lot of sense! Yahoo dropped two instances of "Save as" enclosed in greater than/less than brackets. They belong where I put the double asterisks above. Tom M.

Good thing that Rail Alphabet hasn't entered the discussion yet...(grin). Steve Lucas.

Don't know if this will pertain using Sketchup... I design in 1:1 because I work from prototype drawings. When I'm satisfied with the part or assembly I <Save as> an STL file. Also 1:1. I bring that

So you would output your final object to another program for scaling? What other programs would you use? Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantm ent

yes - but if using Sketchup to scale the drawing to HO, you can also run into the 6 decimal place rounding problem if you are not careful. Dividing most large numbers by 87.1 seldom produces neat 6

Rawil Ismail wrote: Yes, thanks. I was fooled by all the images "more from this seller" and did not scroll down. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Tony, did you try the "See original listing" link? From that linked page, I was able enlarge the photos. Pete Ismail Peyton, CO thompson@...> wrote: [Non-text portions of this

Rob In Sketchup, c an't you draw in full scale then reduce the final result at the end? Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantm ent

Tim O'Connor wrote: Since bidding has ended, or the item sold, in all five cases, you can no longer click to enlarge. Not many of us can identify much in the little thumbnails provided for

very nice parts Tom! The detail you are able to draw with solid works is impressive. Rob -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 12:50 PM To:

Anyone know of any HO or N scale decals that contain a Watch Your Step warning in white? I had a set of old Walthers with this for a caboose but naturally ruined one of the decals. Many of the decal

Dennis has basically nailed the source of my difficulties. Better software is the obvious solution, but for now I'm getting sufficiently good results with free software (Sketchup) that I am instead