So it really DOES take a rocket scientist to run an RPM meet. I was already too fat to be an astronaut by the time I found out I was also claustrophobic. But I was always a space fanboy, still am.

Annette got me a Hawaiian shirt in Kissimmee, and I wore it today only to feel like an outcast. I think there were only four in the whole place. I guess I didn't get the memo.... Andy

Aaron, The parts are here and look fantastic. The kits are packed and the sampleof the ATSF ends are here as well. Picked up a photo from Bob's photo of theRock Island car with ROUTE of the ROCKET

I just got an Archer email for their new "piano hinges". It make me think. Could different styles of refrigerator door hinges, door latches, straps of various kinds, be made with this technology? How

I'm sure there is a thrift store somewhere nearby. I've picked up nearly a dozen Hawaiian shirts over the years for little more than $3 a piece. Maybe I'll wear one here in El Paso this weekend and

Hi Scott--I keep distilled water handy for doing any and all decal work. A wet Q-tip can be used to wipe off the normal residue around the outside edges of the decal. A little experience will let you

When the decals have dried and hardened very gently rinse off using a cotton bud or Q tip when its thoroughly dry apply your favourite flat coat, I prefer testors dullcoat but any good flat varnish

Scott, I take a fresh Q-tip, dip it into warm water then just rub the area around the decals to remove any residue. I let the water to dry & then apply dullcoat. That's the method I have used for a

I have all the decals on the model and they have had a few coats of Micro Sol and look fairly well. Do I rinse the model off with water before spraying with flat clear? I dont want all my decals to

aaron, "The Shake N Take parts I mailed are out for delivery in Merrit Island, FL. Somebody please tell Greg Martin or Mike Brock to look for the mailman." Came in an hour ago and are in my car's

The Shake N Take parts I mailed are out for delivery in Merrit Island, FL. Somebody please tell Greg Martin or Mike Brock to look for the mailman. It was -8 when I walked to the Post Office to mail

Hello from Cocoa Beach- It is 70º as we speak, and with an unusual (to me) east wind, there is a very high surf, more familiar to me on the Pacific, than onto the Atlantic here in previous years..

Sounds like your own version of October Sky. Freight cars did pick up coal from the mine so I should stay out of jail. Brian Carlson Who wanted to be a rocket scientist but the Cold War ended.

Greg Martin says: "Seeing how this is your first time at the Bash at the Beach a faded old tee shirt hanging out over your faded jeans and sandals works as well. We're just trying to capture that

Was our buddy Mike the one they told "Just light the fuse and run like hell!"? Chuck Peck

Spen, Seeing how this is your first time at the Bash at the Beach a faded old teeshirt hanging out over your faded jeans and sandals works as well. We'rejust trying to capture that scruffy beach

The following is FYI. Announcing Atlanta Railroads Prototype Modelers Meet September 19 through September 20, 2014

Due to eating very well for too many years, none of my Hawaiian shirts fit. I hope a Barbados tee shirt will be an acceptable substitute. Alex Schneider

Bruce; Since you are on the beer making faculty, I thought that was your department :-) Otherwise I could have brought some of those Yakima hops foubrewing in the "demonstration" room! Jim Murrie

Go to Ron Jon’s surf shop, about a mile north of the hotel. They have a free parking garage. Or any of the other dozens of nearby stores will do. -Jeff From: STMFC@...