Thanks Scott! That Bard Parker handle is a pricey item, about $50. I found this but have not compared shape or length yet w/BP but $28.97 from Amazon. A nice substitute for the round X-Acto handle but

Here's the link to that video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZzU7udLZo Bill Welch wrote: "I would swear I have seen a video where he talks about his preferred

Here is an interesting page on tools by well known modeler Paul Budzik. Scroll down and you will see his favorite scalpel. I would swear I have seen a video where he talks about his preferred scalpel

The problem with scalpels is the blades are too flexible for the force the mounting allows. I have seen a scalpel buried to the hilt in vulcanized rubber, and cut perfect freehand V grooves for white

Chuck- Sorry for the misspelling of J. Harold Geissel’s last name. While the accuracy of some of the drawings was not always dead on, the pen and ink art was a joy to see. I was too young to

Is the clinic schedule available? I will be there. -Ed Shoben

There is no doubt that the scalpel holder I have is a hobby one (although better than the first one I bought which was made in Pakistan…probably around a campfire). My current one was also made in

Ed Mims wrote: Not sure what "superior" means here. I think that scalpel blades are probably a superior alloy of steel, but I most certainly would not agree that they are superior for model

<<Overthe last couple of mornings I have been using my favorite cutting tool, theSingle Edge Razor Blade, to make some very small styrene nuts for an unusualfitting on a Tenn. Central RS-3. As I was

I bought a scalpel years ago on the recommendation of this list. It was the second worst tool I have ever purchased. I retired it and went back to a variety of xacto blades. Maybe I got a poorer

Over the last couple of mornings I have been using my favorite cutting tool, the Single Edge Razor Blade, to make some very small styrene nuts for an unusual fitting on a Tenn. Central RS-3. As I was

Scalpel blades are vastly superior to X-acto or other hobby knife blades. But they must be the "real thing", not a hobby knock-off. They are stiff and stay extremely sharp for much longer. The down

I use both. I won’t call the scalpels “flexible” but the blade is about .015” thick compared to the Xacto which is about .020” thick. But the scalpel does have a tendency to wander a little

Some of you have or do use scalpels instead of, or in addition to, hobby knives such as X-acto. Are scalpel blades stiff or flexible? Gene Green

---In STMFC@..., <b.hom@...> wrote : Thanks! The $64,000 question is "did anyone actually build cars to this design", or is it another Gould tank car? ============ Just found a pix of one on e-bay,

One problem I used to encounter in trying to kitbash from this model is that the belt rail is HUGE, and not easy to remove. Few prototypes have a belt rail in that exact location or appearance. Tony

I thought that the old Lambert brass cars were Santa Fe prototypes? The prices I've seen those go for are about the same as present day plastic cars. Tim O'Connor

On 4/20/2015 7:56 AM, Andy Sperandeo asperandeo@... [STMFC] wrote: I second that Andy! -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI

Hi Ben, The Athearn standarad or heavyweight baggage car definitely does not represent any Santa Fe prototype. The Athearn car lacks the Santa Fe's characteristic I-beam side sill (often mis-labeled

Dennis Storzek wrote: "I thought the Athearn heavyweight baggage car more or less faithfully followed the drawings of the USRA design published in several of the CBC's, except they missed the fact