Anthony Thompson wrote: I suspect the two HO rivets (7/8" and 5/8") are the same as the previously available Archer 0.011" and 0.008" rivets but with different spacings. The 7/8" N scale rivets would

Nought, spelt with the 'o', is the word describing the number that you guys refer to as zero, although the wider use of computers has brought zero into greater use. There is also a common usage

I've forwarded below an announcement by Jim Eager of the Modern Freight Cars List about new Archer rivets specifically for HO and N scale. I've ordered some myself and am looking forward to making

Best regards, Charlie Charles Dean Shelbyville, Kentucky

Marty McGuirk wrote: Nope. The "nought" form is just more archaic, probably taken from the name of the original ship. Even the _Shorter Oxford English Dictionary_ contains both spellings and

--- On Fri, 4/24/09, cvsne <mjmcguirk@...> wrote: <I'm curious about something. HMS Dreadnought was spelled with an "o" while the railcar component - ie., "Dreadnaught ends" is

Tom Olsen wrote: Tom, you are right, of course, but I will observe that over a number of years judging, in any particular contest it was not uncommon for there to be at least one entrant

Hi Steve; I think Chad Boas is not longer doing resin kits (which is a shame for me as well since I would have liked to have a couple of the bizarre IC "shortened height" hoppers he offered). Jim

I'm curious about something. HMS Dreadnought was spelled with an "o" while the railcar component - ie., "Dreadnaught ends" is usually spelled with an "a" - making it hard to see how one is directly

In fairness to the guys handling the contest room for the NMRA Convention in Hartford certainly did acknowledge the prototype modeling meets when they discussed the "radical" changes to the contest -

What's worse... we understood what you were saying!!! What does that say for us??? -- jerry <jmlaboda@...> I hate getting old... I have learned a lot of things, I just can't remember much of

Tony is right in regard to documenting work done on contest models for NMRA model contests. Unfortunately, the judges do not always read everything. Many years ago a friend of mine entered a brass

For BREX reefers there is Burlington Bulletin No. 12 that covers early wood through steel into the 1980's (it was published n 1984).? The May 1988 RMC had an article on milk containers on flat cars

Bruce Smith wrote: Gosh, Bruce, sounds like you're the very guy to volunteer to judge in your region . . . and if you do, I'll wager you find it's tougher than you thought. Tony Thompson

Or not bother with a system where you have to teach the so called "judges" what is correct so that they can turn around and "judge" your work... and where at least 75% of them have no clue what the

Steve Lucas wrote: Yes, ANYTHING out of the ordinary should be called out, and if possible documented with a photo (Xerox copy will suffice). Judges cannot know all prototypes, and will

I used this part on a CN 40' steel frame car. At NMRA AP judging, I was fortuante that one judge knew what it was. The other judge was going to deduct points for the car having no brake wheel. A

Hello Group: Thanks to everyone for the input. It is appreciated. We counted no less than 10 of these cars within twenty miles of each other. They are all more or less in the same shape. Thanks

Some of the NKP cars were de-roofed and used in coke service, e.g. NKP 120 in series 120-139 (1959 ORER). These are listed in the 1963 ORER but not in 1965, so I guess N&W had no use for them. There

Undec kits of the first version are now available for order by your dealer.? So it is not much of an extrapolation to assume the future variations will be available as undec kits.? But most likely, as