I usually refrain from getting into discussion such as this because I have been deeply involved doing work requested by the magazines as well as engineering design for most of the major

Tim O'Connor wrote: Kind of like custom RTR...<VBG> Regards, Spen Kellogg

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Already been done. I remember (but being a senior I can't remember where or when) that someone took photos of a graffiti laden car and had decals made of the complete car

Hey, now there's an idea. With these new color printers, just take a photo of the car in question, photoshop it into orthogonal shape, print it out on card stock at the right size, and glue it onto

A while back I had inquired about Vol. 4, specifically for the article on freight car trucks. I have searched the net far and wide, and have come up empty. No shop that carries the magazine has it and

Dave Nelson wrote: "For those with a few seconds more time to spare and/or a bit less money, ordinary pennies weigh about a tenth of an ounce and so with a dab of adhesive caulk and five minutes time

Bad place for a typo, isn't it? You are, of course, correct. True. SGL

Tony Thompson wrote: "There are plenty of us out here with manuscripts safely moldering away in Waukesha. In military terminology, it's called a "pre-emptive strike." Hey, given their current policy

Eric is right concerning magazine content. If no one writes the article, then there is nothing to publish. I have heard the same complaints about the PRRT&HS Keystone. I have had a number of

Ok but for sheer $ sense, I think buying locally makes sense. I know, I bought a box with a friend once and it came out very reasonable. Jerry Glow <schuyler.larrabee@v...> wrote: friends" that I

That's true, having looked through every single decade of Model Railroader starting from #1, the balance of articles hasn't changed much, less scratchbuilding stuff, but then you don't have to make

I guess that's true if you have access to a nice club layout... That's why it's a great hobby, even though I admit to spending much more time on freight cars than any other hobby aspects lately. But

In a message dated 12/22/2005 9:40:47 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, Elden.Gatwood@... writes: But, TKM only covers the PRR. One road of many. ---> If I were to make any complaint about

schuyler.larrabee@... writes: Bad place for a typo, isn't it? You are, of course, correct. ---> Yup <G>, oh well, like the saying goes, stuff happens. Regardless, you really did have

schuyler.larrabee@... writes: Hey, now there's an idea. ---> I can't remember which magazine it was in, I think MR, but someone did just that. He did an N scale BN caboose (with

All- Longer. I've met at least one editor who seems to have a "twelve page" policy, over that, and he loses interest for some reason. Shortened attention span? ADD? In many cases, some of the topics

Ah, Pat, you missed my point then and continue to miss it now. Likely on purpose. On the other hand, the reason that magazines and even more so Yahoo groups are losing their hold is Balkanization.

Home Depot here had nothing but vinyl flashing. Said to try Bass Pro. Sigh. I ordered my lead from McMaster-Carr. 25 lb, 10 square feet for about $69 including shipping. Amazing you can get sheet

Mike Brock wrote Not at all Mike. I'm not against layouts... I just think elaborate HOME layouts are ultimately a waste of time better spent working on models or on a good club layout. You see, it's

Pat, Here's some advice, but you're not gonna like it: BROADEN YOUR APPEAL. Sure, you and Ed hate the 1960's and 1970's, but you know what? There are a LOT of people who like this era and they are