A safe baking item is a "jerky maker?". Most have a fan and a low wattage heating element. they never get to hot, work for both plastic and brass, and can be had quite cheaply. Most will just fit a

Gatwood, Elden J SAD wrote: Elden, What is your time period - post-1960? According to the ICC, there were 714,568 Boxcars owned by Class I RR's in the US on 12/31/1950; on 12/31/1955, there were

All, Back in my baking models days, I always left the oven door cracked open (broiler position) to help with the temperature swings. It also served as a reminder to the rest of the household that

Then Tony replies to Richard: Richard Hendrickson wrote: is perfectly appropriate. As Richard well knows, I'm quite familiar with most regions of Oregon <g>. < Richard is right the area he

I think the sun comes through windows at times. Robert Federle ---- "Peter J. McClosky" <pmcclosky@...> wrote:

Come on Tony, I saw the sun yesterday. (For about an hour.) [Big Grin!!!] Of course our high temp yesterday was 39 degrees! [Not so big a grin!] Peter J. McClosky ======= Anthony Thompson

Can anyone on the list send me contact info for freight car modeler Todd Sullivan? you can send it offline to bwelch@... Thanks! Bill Welch

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; I have been reading with great interest the lists put together by Ed Hawkins and others, and working on some of the numbers we've been discussing

Fred, Note that none of the Kadee PS-1s represent cars built from 1947 through 1949. These cars did not have stiffening panels in the end roof sections. Cars built in 1947 and 1947 also lacked the

The main way people get in trouble in baking models is that they rely on the oven temperature gage or a thermometer put into the oven. These devices just measure the air temperature in the

Denny, I use Scalecoat I over Floquil Zinc Chromate primer all the time and have never had a problem. What I like about the Zinc Chromate is that what ever you spray it over, it covers well with a

Greg Martin wrote: In Oregon? As if! Guess you must be a really patient guy <vbg>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

<schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: thinner is lacquer thinner, doesn't impression, but willing to learn. But "lacquer thinner" is just a generic name for a blend of toluene, xylene, and other rather fast

I for one would like to see more coverage of late 19th century equipment on the PRR. I think that's a lot of material that could be tapped and would be really interesting. and now I'll go back into

Denny's question certainly stimulated a good deal of discussion. Dennis, asserted that Scalecoat I is an enamel. Really? It's thinner is lacquer thinner, doesn't that suggest it really is a

the model Like many great ideas, how simple and direct and no doubt, effective! Thanks. SGL

Ben, it's an arch bar truck with a Pilcher trussed side frame. See the 1922 Car Builders' Cyclopedia, p. 628. Richard Hendrickson

Tony writes: Greg Martin wrote: Tony Thompson< Com'on Tony stop rubbing it in... That's why I have to fade to the 60 watt bulb which is roughly equivalent to a really good sunny summer day

Denny, I bake mine in the sun or under a 60 watt bulb with the model under a clear plastic cake cover that you get in the grocery store. It is far safer and it gives it dust free drying environment.

Dennis: I have been painting with Accupaint for 20 years and used a hair dryer to accelerate the drying process. It also produces a glass- like finish. Gene Deimling Los Gatos, CA (Accupaint).