I looked up the media that qualify for media mail rates on the USPS web site, and magazines and newspapers aren’t listed. Maybe the rules changed? Nelson Moyer

And newspapers don't? Newly printed magazines go media mail... as I recall, to qualify, the magazine has to be less than a certain percentage of advertising, I want to say 50% , but it may have been

Tim, My local post office told me that you cannot ship magazines Media Mail, since they contain advertisements. It's probably done all the time; but... gary roe quincy, illinois

Media Mail is still quite inexpensive. You probably can ship a year's worth of issues across the country for just a few dollars. Just pack them between sheets of cardboard. -- *Tim

Friends, I am in possession of two gifted boxes of about 170 issues of MAINLINE MODELER dating from early 1983 well into the 21stC. I have no notion of continuity, and some issues have reportedly

And another interesting page that illustrates the proper use of the terms T&G. shiplap, bevel siding and drop siding, for those who care. While not very applicable to freightcars, all these wood

Finally found a current version of the WWPA standard architectural siding patterns, which should give some form to all the names that have come up in this discussion. WWPA Siding Patterns Dennis

Larry Smith wrote: "The hopper car with some added parts is a very accurate model of a C&O car as well as the B&O car. There have been several articles on adding the parts to the C&O

The Athearn enclosed pickle tank can be reworked into a reasonable Heinz Prototype. Lester Breuer

A number of years ago, I was in a Menard;s store (Wisc. based home improvement chain similar to Lowe's Home Depot) and they were selling a product they called "car siding" which appeared to be just

The hopper car with some added parts is a very accurate model of a C&O car as well as the B&O car. There have been several articles on adding the parts to the C&O versions. Larry Smith

Athearn Rolling Stock Ad from the October 1959 issue of Model Railroader. Ben Hom

No, "shiplap" used to have a specific meaning in the lumber and construction industries, it was lumber with the edges milled with a rabbet on each edge half the width of the edge, so the boards

See my post in the thread on grain level markings. It contains a PDF of interiors with doors.

Hi Tony, I don’t think we really have a disagreement here. I understand what is being called “shiplap,” but regardless of what it’s called, it has nothing to do with boat or ship building

Not quite that simple. Novelty siding is a generic category, and there are many sub-categories. http://www.woodsiding.com/pattern.htm Both clapboard and shiplap are sub-categories of novelty

Nice, Jack! Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

Ralph Brown wrote: Sorry, Ralph, not so. Clapboard and lap-strake have similarities, but they are NOT the same as shiplap. True shiplap is just a plain board rabbeted top and bottom for a snug

Hi Charlie, Most of the home improvement “shiplap” images I’ve seen are real more like the tongue and groove siding used on some wood freight and passenger cars. In the seafaring sense,

Google it and you’ll find that Novelty, Dutch Drop, German Drop, Cove, and Drop siding are all the same thing. Tony Thompson