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Modeling the Yosemite Valley Railroad makes that a non-issue for me....<g> Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #70913 ·

Jack Burgess wrote: Jack, Does Rail Graphics raise the trademark/copyright issue, or has the UP's about face on the licensing issue made that a moot point? Regards, Spen Kellogg

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #70912 ·

Re: Micro-Mark Ink Jet Decal Set

Jack, Excellent suggestion. I have used Donald Manlick in the past, he does (did?) great work for a reasonable price. a bit different fonts and arrangement that Rail Graphics, and have used RG as

By Stokes John · #70911 ·

Re: ribbed wheels

Tim - We have 1-W and 2-W wrot steel wheels (33" diameter) in PROTO:48. These are done +/- 0.002" and are available from Protocraft - close enough for government work! Check Gene Deimling's P:48

By proto48er · #70910 ·

Re: Micro-Mark Ink Jet Decal Set

Of course, an easier approach is just custom decals. I've had decals made up for all of the YV equipment (locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, etc.) by Rail Graphics. They have a minimum order

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #70909 ·

Re: Micro-Mark Ink Jet Decal Set

Jack Burgess wrote: Jack, The critical issue is probably how well the smaller letters will reproduce. Years ago (about 13) I used such a system to make multi color name tags on a standard laser

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #70908 ·

Re: New Book - CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial

Someone posted, somewhere, that the book is heavy on SP and PE, with very little UP. (ATSF somewhere in the middle, WP I'm not sure.) I have one on order. Scott Pitzer

By Scott Pitzer · #70907 ·

Re: ribbed wheels

Tim O'Connor wrote: At least as early as the late 1930s. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #70906 ·

Re: ribbed wheels

Looking at ads in railroad industry magazines, it looks like there were steel wheels with ribs too. And as Ben says, these were never banned from interchange. Wouldn't it be great if our model steel

By Tim O'Connor · #70905 ·

Re: ribbed wheels

Jim Hunter asked: "Does anyone know in what year ribbed-back freight wheels were outlawed for interchange? A friend and I were discussing replacement metal wheels, such as those offered by P2K, and

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #70904 ·

Re: Southern Pacific Freight Cars models in N scale

Jef, There are no accurate SP stock cars in N Scale. I got an effort together to try to convince Bill McClung (?) to do the Red Caboose HO ones in N, to no avail. George "Aley, Jeff A"

By George Hollwedel · #70903 ·

ribbed wheels

Does anyone know in what year ribbed-back freight wheels were outlawed for interchange? A friend and I were discussing replacement metal wheels, such as those offered by P2K, and he said that after

By naptownprr · #70902 ·

Re: Southern Pacific Freight Cars models in N scale

Enzo, Your email is very much on-topic for this group. Thanks for posting it. In fact I just used your website today to see if there are any N-scale stock cars listed (but I find

By Aley, Jeff A · #70901 ·

Re: CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial

I was asked off-list if I had any specific comments or criticisms. All I would mention is that whoever wrote the captions (Gilbertson is now deceased) does not know a great deal about PFE, so don't

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #70900 ·

Re: Micro-Mark Ink Jet Decal Set

I used the MicroMark ink jet decal set to make a herald for a boxcar. I printed a black ink design onto the white decal sheet to make the heralds. It worked quite well. Note that a different decal

By Charles Morrill · #70899 ·

Re: Air Brush Compressor pressure regulator and water trap

This is my experience; yours may vary. 19 years ago our house was burgalarized and, among many other things, my air compressor with attached inline water trap, regulator, and air brush were

By pennsylvania1954 · #70898 ·

Re: New Book - CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial

Thanks, Tony for the mini-review. I shall order a copy post-haste. Rob Simpson the color is from the era when most were shooting B&W. I would give it my highest rating for photo value. It's not a

By Robert <riverob@...> · #70897 ·

Strange roof

_We We must have left our clubroom door unlocked again and someone deposited strange unwanted model RR stuff. Among them was a very interesing HO resin roof. It is a 50' radial roof with a pattern

By Andy Miller <aslmmiller@...> · #70895 ·

Re: New Book - CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial

Robert Simpson wrote: Excellent book. I picked up one at Winterail. Gilbertson's color quality is superb (he must have stored the slides in a deep, dark cave), though a few aren't sharp. The

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #70896 ·

Re: Air Brush Compressors

I have been using a CO2 tank for airbrushing since college with a set of gauges that were orignially used for draining beer kegs. The tank pressure gage gives you an idea of when the tank is about to

By bdg1210 <Bruce_Griffin@...> · #70894 ·

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