I found a great supply for short small screws for coupler mounting. I use them to replace the integral pin on some box covers. I buy plastic 35MM cameras at thrift shops for $1 to $3 and disassemble

Dean Payne wrote: "I am more (very) likely to get around to replacing the cast-on roof corner grabs on my Accurail USRA...box cars..." And Ben Hom wrote: "The Accurail SS boxcars are NOT USRA box

[SNIP] I owe Southern Car & Foundry an apology. Upon careful review of the instructions, they are NOT wrong. The only thing wrong is the way that I read them -- the error is entirely mine. The kit

Brian, Go to NMRA.org --- Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...> wrote: __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection

My sentiments exactly. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni From: Don Worthy <don_worthy@...> Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:26:14 -0700 (PDT) To:

I wish that I could have seen the photo but, I'm not a member of that site. Can you send a copy of the shot to me or post it to the stmfc site? Don Worthy scottp3212000 <scottp459@...>

Last night a friend had a bunch of us over to view his layout and look at slides. This guy is an older gentleman, but quite active. I hadn't seen his layout in a couple of years (we thought he died) I

Brian Ehni asked: "Where does one order the book?" You can order it from the NMRA Company Store on their website: https://www.nmrastores.com/NMRA_Store/Store_Entrance.html Click on the appropriate

Dean Payne wrote: "I am more (very) likely to get around to replacing the cast-on roof corner grabs on my Accurail USRA...box cars..." The Accurail SS boxcars are NOT USRA box cars. The truss

Friends, I've always considered adding brake detail as something akin to having a lit cigar thrust up one's nose. Yet, I do it with most of my resin cars, major kitbashes, and some cars where the

I, for one, DO add full brake detail to all my resin cars. I don't do it with quite the exquisite detail that Ted Culotta does, but I'm with Denny in that I do it for my own enjoyment, with no

I don't know if this is appropriate for this list, but it is an interesting story. A friend of mine grew up in Britt, Iowa during WWII. The Milwaukee WB passenger train would sometimes setout a

Detail is great ,that is, until some "Hamhanded" individual tries to rerail the car or more closely inspect the workmanship.Armand Premo

http://www.trainorders.com/images2/view.php?159684 Scott Pitzer

I like the detail and most of the time it's fun to do. But on the other hand I model HO because detailing in a larger scale would drive me crazy. just my 2 cents Jeff Coleman you

Where does one order the book? -- Thanks! Brian Ehni From: "Thomas M. Olsen" <tmolsen@...> Organization: University of Delaware Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006

Hey YUZE GIZE, If you where at my "SHAKE and TAKE" KCS 40-foot Boxcar Conversion clinic in Cocoa Beach last January please try to remember to bring your car back to Cocoa Beach completed (or

All, I too actually "pick my battles" when adding brake details. I believe that it should be there regardless, but I often minimize my effort to maximize my time. I will commonly use styrene

To paraphrase Bruce's post about this book...............yes, they are out! My was waiting for me when I got back to the house Thursday evening. Great Book! Larry and Ted did a great job bringing

$1,600.00 takes everything left!!! An updated list is not yet available, but the list on the web that I posted a short time back (links below) are still fairly accurate. This price drop is $700 less