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Hi all.......Has anyone received any info on the Sunshine meet in Orange County on March 2nd?.......Best Jim Williams

By Jim Williams <wwww5960@...> · #69744 ·

Re: Chips

If only I'd know... All those years of wandering the open range, I apparently should have been photographing dung instead of rocks ;-) FYI, there's no danger of confusing cow pies and antelope

By David Smith · #69743 ·

Re: Chips

In a message dated 2/8/2008 11:43:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, brockm@... writes: <<But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or Wyoming.

By WaltGCox@... · #69753 ·

Re: Southern Pacific 800-Series Freights.

Beckert, Shawn wrote: Shawn, please see pages 70, 71 in Signor's _Beaumont Hill_ book. It does depend on era. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #69742 ·

Southern Pacific 800-Series Freights.

Paul Catapano asked: Paul, and Tony, I did some serious digging in the timetable collection last night. In addition to confirming that 833/834 were indeed Coast Line (Ventura Subdivision) freights,

By Shawn Beckert · #69741 ·

Re: Chips

I can see it now, next January in Mike's layout room: Stock extra 4012 West, the "Fecal Flyer", Cheyenne to Laramie..... Tom Madden

By Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> · #69740 ·

Re: Chips

Great stuff! And lots OF it!!! Frank Mike Brock <brockm@...> wrote: Doug Harding notes: But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or

By Frank Fertitta <frank1357@...> · #69739 ·

Re: Chips

Tom Madden wrote: Glad someone besides me noticed this <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #69737 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

I like what Tony said. It should look full, but with some degree of ambiguity. If the load clearly looks like animals, then it will look wrong for half of the car's miles and when it's in the origin

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #69738 ·

Re: Three freight cars...

Frank, On the Bamberger 50' box car from the photo Ive seen it looks to be a Freight Car Red. This off a color slide. Ryan Ballard

By balryan@... · #69735 ·

Re: Chips

Mike Brock regales us with tales of colorful cow chips and the confusion he experiences because the large number of "analopes" (an interesting mispelling considering the subject at hand - and

By Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> · #69734 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

use. The consider a was visible. FWIW, I have begun shooting the interior of my stock cars with a medium gray, weights and all. You'd be surprised how subtle the effect is; in my opinion, gives the

By Jerry Dziedzic · #69733 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

I use a thin layer of lead sheet on the floor, painted black like the floor. The lighting is rarely good enough to notice the floor inside a stock car and besides my eyes aren't small enough to see

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #69736 ·

Chips

Doug Harding notes: But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or Wyoming. Wouldn't it be better to match to a chip in the area of actual use? To add to

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #69732 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I closed Outlook, reopened it and now the main page link works. Doug

By Doug Brown <g.brown1@...> · #69731 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I got to the index page last night through the link on the aclsal.org main page. Today that link does not work. The /index.htm is still on the link but not on the page URL. Doug Brown

By Doug Brown <g.brown1@...> · #69730 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I had to go to the site and take the / index.htm off of the link..... Rob --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

By ROB <lawdog99999@...> · #69729 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, Haven't you modeled those chips on the federal grazing land alongside your track work climbing up and over Sherman Hill? <VBG> What color are those "chips?" Regards, Spen

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #69728 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Garth G. Groff wrote: Except I think the most striking feature of an empty stock car is being able to see through to the other side. Regards, Spen Kellogg

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #69727 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Stockcars were typically shoveled out and then steam cleaned after use. The steam caused the paint to peel and the wood to fade. You might consider a grey for weathered wood with an off-white to

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #69726 ·

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