Thanks for all the kind comments. I had a great time at the RPM and preparing this clinic as well as meeting many new friends. I hesitated publishing this CGW Clinic but as Kristin mentioned, it is

The STMFC and the RPMs show that we can aspire to great modeling without feeling superior about it. (And boy, would I need a lot of aspiration to get anywhere near what RPMs display.) As much as I

Ken, The file is a standard pdf. I can email it to you. You can contact me at gtws00 at yahoo dot com George

On my model the connecting rod is between the center sills (underframe channels). Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Can not open this file -- Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Alex, I haven't gotten the chance to see the new Rapido car, but the foundation brake rigging diagram you directed us to is for passenger cars. Few freightcars used brake cylinders with an attachment

Outstanding and instructional for any number of box car projects! Thankyou! Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I received mine, and I have a question about the K brake system. I don’t see any connection between the lever on the “A” end and the rest of the system. My 1928 Car Builders Cyclopedia shows a

George, Thank you for sharing this. Really well done. I had hoped to sit in on the clinic in Chicagoland, but unfortunately missed it due to scheduling. Kristin

Great presentation George, thanks for sharing. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Incredible building! Thank you for sharing for those who couldnt make it. Scott McDonald

A note to Al--Shared with the Group---- Your early and continuing work, really, contributions, in the hobby have been huge. Even those early kits, fragile as they might be, were wonderful and brought

Al - Well said Paul Greenwald -- Paul R Greenwald PRRT&HS #1802 NMRA #129229

I gave a presentation at the Chicagoland RPM on my building of the 2017 CGW Minit-Kit. This was a plastic kit plus resin parts that was a gift for attendees. Here is a link to the presentation, Please

Al, I meant no disrespect in my comments on your NYC hopper kit. I purchased and successfully assembled many of your boxcar kits made of the same material. It was the scale thickness of the carbody

Today I would be unable to assemble a Westerfield kit. I have pretty severe hand tremors and poor close-up eye sight. That hasn’t stopped me from building an operations layout here in Tucson.

Hi Tim, Interesting article. I would change "mediocrity" to "good enough". We all have our levels of good enough... just have to accept what we are comfortable with... it does change with time. I

Sorry for a late thought on this but theRPM got in the way. I suspect the B&O ventilated M-14 carcould be built by modifying the M-13 kit with vents and scratchbuilt ventilateddoors. There

I've been working on a couple of freight cars -- steam era, mind you -- a building and some vehicles. And I have reached the conclusion that I am truly mediocre. But I'm still having fun. I do aspire

Tim, Bravo! I have always assumed that we do model trains for fun! And I agree that not every model has to be a museum piece. If I approached it that way, I'd never get around to building my