I am very sorry to hear of Ken's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. Ken clinics were interesting and he was a cheerful clinician. It was obvious to me that he was a guy

To the many members of the STMFC that have attended Prototype Rails at Cocoa Beach during the last two years, I have the sad duty to report that on Tuesday, March 11, Prototype Rails and prototype

Dennis and all- Guess it depends how good your eyesight is….. 3-D scanning is already being used by progressive manufacturers. Rapido Trains (Canada) scanned an entire FP-4 (Canadian FA) to

The Santa Fe Society book by Richard Hendrickson and Richard Pelouze says: PSC 100, AC&F 200 Western Steel Car Co 250 Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 2108 Buffalo Tundra Dr

I'm having a bit of a problem with the builders ofthese cars. The full series is 96053-96602 divided into groups of 100, 200, and250 according to the valuation reports. No builders wereidentified.

More than once I bought a photo unseen of what I thought was a unique LV freight car only to find that it had been rebuilt (or rebuilt for a second time) with standard components and looked pretty

Stepping well around the prior postings about.......Hmmmm, I'll say pattern acquisition of 3-D printing. I had meant to post this earlier, as a follow up to the comments of Tom Madden, and when

I have 4 volumes for sale that may be of interest: No.11 Freight cars 1879-1943 No 26 Railway Service Cars No. 29 Freight Cars 1892 No 48 Hoppers, Industrials, Lettering (Part 2) 1931 I would like to

I'm using it for weathering - specifically freight cars. I need acrylic for what I'm doing. I could have sworn I saw someone post a recipe for it a year or two ago. Must have been on another

I needed to paint my rails and ties and needed a large quantity. I decanted Rustoleum’s Camouflage colors by hot gluing a flex straw to the tip. I mixed 6 parts earth brown (#1918) with 1 part

Dennis Storzek wrote: When I was in materials research, and repeatedly heard about "wonder materials" just over the horizon, a saying emerged, that you should write down the first thing you

Does anyone have a recipe that approximates PollyScale “RR Tie Brown” and “Grimy Black”? Thanks, Burl Rice Sparta, TN

Kent, That's the popular misconception. You hadn't heard of "3-D printing", to use the current buzzword, but those of us who had a legitiment use had, ten, twenty, and even more years ago. 3-D

Well actually it's closer than you may think. I am working on parts for my Clinchfield challenger and have done a few parts this way. For example I did the exhaust steam injector this way. I have a

"I'm sure 3-D scanning will have a place, but it is hardly a panacea; nowhere in the foreseeable future are you going to be able to point your "Instamatic Scanner" at a prototype and send the file out

This issue extends well beyond just copying models. What about thewide spread scanning of photos? I feel that this has lead to photo dealerscranking up their prices because they know that once a

Aw, heck, the microwave oven had already attained its highest use in in 1970, in the student break room at U of I Chicago Circle, where the students would load it up with ketchup packs and watch them

Sorry… I did not mean to start a hizzy. Shoulda known better because that is what happens here. The easiest way is copy casting – old school. It does not take long for the details to fall

There's one thing you can say about the Lehigh Valley - they keep you guessing when it comes to their rebuilds. Just start researching the cars they rebuilt into covered hoppers if you don't believe

Hello group, I know many of you have been waiting for this, our two piece HGC trucks are now available with code 88 wheels. Product numbers are on our web site. Also we have bulk packaged some of