Gentlemen, First, many thanks to all, including Ben Hom, Richard Hendrickson, Al Brown, Frank Peacock, Steve Wintner, Ed Mines and Bob Witt, who responded with information answering my questions

Thank you Jack & Steve: I did look at the Proxxon Machine and it looks like another good candidate. One thing did concern and that is its speed (5000 rpm the slowest) when using it with styrene. I am

Bill, I have three Sherline mills and use them constantly, have not had any problems with them. Also, Sherline has the best selection of accessories of any that you listed. I have probably more

I have both the Sherline milling machine and a Sherline lathe. I haven't used them that much but they have done a very good job on each project that I did use them on. Tolerances are tight, specs are

bill, I own a proxxon mf70 (check model expo) and have used a sherline. I have heard that the harbor freight machines are sturdy but not so accurate. hearsay only. heard of taig but cannot recall

Gentleman I have been spending time online looking at small milling machines as I anticipate some model making/building challenges. For example one project could involve cutting apart several SFRD

on the fallen flags site go to Erie, box cars - XM75893 & XM76335 second car may have a yellow diamond C&O had a lot of cars with this Chicago Cleveland climax radial roofs Ed

westerfield also offers Erie single sheathed decals.... have fun steve wintner

Especially if the two-stroke is a Diseasel. -- Nolan Hinshaw, native Californian since 1944 "Every freight train has at least one NP box car" the Brock Corollary to the GN hypothesis

Al Westerfield reports on a "new" scam...and others have replied. This report should have been reported to me and Jeff Aley and not the group. Note the STMFC rule: "ALL SUBJECTS OTHER THAN THOSE

No mfgr is in a hurry to dip his toe in that particular pool, Gene. Rapido's Jason Shron explained it very nicely on Trainorders.com the other day in the following exchange regarding fantasy paint

As has been discussed here often, the bogus paint schemes help pay for models we might not otherwise get. I wish the label would include a mention of accurate or not lettering as a caution to those

Good Morning Guys, Thanks for tipping me off to the previous postings regarding the Atlas lettering schemes on the wrong cars. I am running a bit behind in my email and had to go back to look for the

Tom, I interpret the term "new paint schemes" to always mean "old [existing] tooling". When a model is newly-tooled, most companies will point out that fact ("all new

FRANK PEACOCK wrote: note A p.176) and I think that it is telling us that only 75 of the cars kept their wood doors, the rest (122 cars) I guess had steel? There seem to be slight differences in the

I will add that in the one photo I have of a car in MW service, the small corrugations between the seam caps are clearly visible. Richard Hendrickson

One reference to these roofs is in the 1931 Car Builders Cyc. p. 362 and 363. It is a radial roof with two minor corrugations spaced more or less equally between the carlines. One of the

Well here in Aussie we think that they speak a sort of English, but it shouldn't be misspelled anyway. ;-) Rob McLear Brisbane Australia.

Richard and STMFC, I checked my copy of the ORER (10/47, p.175, and note A p.176) and I think that it is telling us that only 75 of the cars kept their wood doors, the rest (122 cars) I guess had

Al Brown wrote: "I offer a small correction about the Tichy kits. Tichy 4032 is their kit for the Georgia Railroad rebuilds; between the trusses the sides are as smooth as, well, steel. The Tichy kit