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

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

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)

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

_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

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

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

There is a rumor or perhaps it's an urban myth that somewhere there is white toner for laser printers. I spent some time once on the net and never saw any. There were hints on some European sites

Are you talking about the white decal paper for use in an inkjet or laser printer? (I don't see any other such item.) It seems to me that the Micro-Mark's system only works if you are printing decals

The primary reason people talk about the ALP's is that some ALP's printers could print white, which is a common color for decals. AFAIK the ALP's cartridges are now out of production. Don Burn

Hey Guys, flipping through my newest Micro-Mark catalog and saw yet again the advertisement for creating your own decals using your home ink jet printer. I searched the archives and only found

I just got a notice from Karen's Books that this new book is in: CALIFORNIA RAILS 1950'S: A Color Pictorial California Rails in Color! Dallas Gilbertson made an effort to photograph the last of seam