Jack- If you are using a program to do 2D vector graphics I find CorelDraw to be very intuitive for somebody trained on a board with a T-square. CorelDraw has become outrageously expensive and now

If one is serious about model trucks, must do the prototype research. Also trucks could be changed out depending on the age of the car. Two springs unless otherwise noted. And

Video: New York’s West Side Line https://youtu.be/ogJJIw1Ed_I A short video featuring the street-level freight rail line that operated on Manhattan’s far west side alongside horse-drawn

Dave... What CAD program are you using? I had been using AutoCAD for decades to produce drawings of Yosemite Valley Railroad equipment, stations, etc. on an old 486 computer which finally died.

I too have done many drawing on the board using plastic lead and ink on mylar and many using CAD for the DoN. I have to tell you, I much prefer the product done using CAD. Line thicknesses could be

Good luck with your surgery. Hope you have a speedy recovery George Toman

I've found the drawings to be "typically good, but not always" For instance for the "free" example posted by Steve - look at p57-68 Pretty good, but the paper version is probably a LOT easier to

Pierre, Good luck on your prostate surgery, and speedy recovery. This seems to be a common problem for older men; my father had it; I had it a few years ago (got reamed out so I could pee). So, again

Good Morning gang Sadly Yarmouth Model Works will not be present afterall at the Indy RPM. Yesterday I just got confirmed on my prostate surgery date and the recovery time required precludes my

Hello Bruce, since I don't paint and weather myself I only can give links to videos of two peoples being viewed as authorities: painting with Hal Maynard:

Typical small town sidings were parallel to main line with multiple businesses all in a row. My GUESS is that loads were infrequent enough to not interfere much with each other. -- Ted

Friends, Can anyone recommend an .io group that focuses on scale model Steam Locomotives that might offer insights into painting and weathering techniques? While they were almost almost all painted

If the buyer didn't specify otherwise, or provide their own trucks, Pullman supplied ASF 70-ton plain bearing A-3 Ride Controls. Scott Chatfield

The website gives a link to this free sample. It looks good to me. https://chessieshop.com/repository/samples/products/AV-15-195/mm-1992-05.pdf J. Stephen Sandifer

All Case in point…. …..after his passing, material from h the Geisel estate was offered at various train shows. By happy circumstance I was able to buy an original pencil drawing on onion skin

Scott, I don't know how they were reproduced, nor the quality of the images.I do not own a copy, as my collection is almost complete. It is my understanding that

The Pullman-Standard ad in my copy of the 19th edition of 1953 Car Builder's Cyclopedia, shows the new 70-ton PS-2 two bay pilot model with solid bearing journal trucks having a 5' 8" wheelbase on 33"

Anyone know what the original truck used on these when new (1953 iirc)? Or did each road pick their own? Thank you, George Courtney

Has anyone ever started a list of known errors in MM drawings? At least then if someone wants to use them, they know what to watch out for. Don Burn

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 02:39 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: You all are misunderstanding the point. Yes, Hundman’s drawings are handsome, and yes, he produced a great lot of them, and yes, mistakes