Barry Roth wrote: Glad you reminded us of this, Barry, as it may be helpful with many topics concerning Irv Athearn to imagine a parallel universe . . . and likely over in that universe, the

There is, of course, a Parallel Universe where everything is like here except that diagonal panels run the other way. Sometimes one of those will slip through a wormhole and ... voila! Barry

Tim O'Connor wrote: See, like I said, only one more thing to correct <g>. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I also rebuilt the placards, extended the diags and posts, rebuilt the door track and corrected the door, carved off the grabs to replace with wire... The model has more problems than just the roof!

Tim O'Connor wrote: No need, Tim. Just replace the roof. I've done it and it's not hard. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Irregardless, it's a good looking job for the first edition. Keep up the good work gentlemen! Tim Barney (one of those TKM reading #^$##@^ pennsy guys)

Denis, Sure, whenever you get time, do that for me. I'm sure there must be some TYPO on the plans or a misinterpretation on my part. John Degnan Scaler164@...

For HO modelers, the Trix UP stock cars are correct. But I'm holding on to my superdetailed Athearn car -- I invested too much time in it to just toss it away...

Garth Not just wooden freight cars. I use pencils to simulate the rubbing of radial bands on tank cars, to highlight rivets on any car, to shade or add rust or grime to door hardware, ladder rungs,

Hooray!!! The Atlas and Model Power copy models are correct!! The roof-ribs run opposite to the Athearn HO body!!! Thanks for posting the photos Ben! Charlie Vlk

Greetings all: I'm a board member of the Cascade Rail Foundation. Our organization, in cooperation with Washington State Parks, is working to preserve and interpret the South Cle Elum Rail Yard

Ed and friends, I recently sprayed a styrene wooden grain elevator barn red. I was going to give it a wash of diluted black paint. Then I had the idea of experimenting with colored pencils. I went

Interesting to me too. They are painted different batches of paint, maybe from different manufacturers. The cars were made in different batches with lumber from different sources. I find this

Ben: LOL! Oh, you were THERE for that at Naperville too, eh? Those that were will not forget it, including me, who was standing 18" away with Ned, in front of the crowd. Although I was doing the

You are a bad, bad man Mike Brock! being in know. He day before doing his that Cuban

I realize that this is out of scope but I hate to see people being so misled. So, I'll make it quick. Scott Mason says about Mike Rose: "Mike does have a face for radio! I'm only kidding!!! Mike did

ANYONE IN GROUP MODELING NEW ENGLAND ROADS{ MEC-BAR-BM }LATE 40'S IN HO???ALSO LOOKING FOR RAILROAD PAPER{ WAYBILLS /EMPLOYEE TT'S FOR NEW ENGLAND ROADS }..... ALSO LOOKING FOR DATA ON SAL-ACL COVERED

Now now now boys. Mike is quite good in front of a crowd and a camera. Scott too. Both of these fine gents are very popular presenters at our annual prototype meet in Connecticut. I, on the other

Scott Mason wrote: "When I met Mike at the Proto Meet in Cocoa Beach last January, it took me about three minutes to realize that this guy needed to be on a DVD. I was right." It won't be the same as

Ben, I'll agree with Dave. Mike does have a face for radio! I'm only kidding!!! Mike did a great job. My cameraman John and I were amazed at how easily he ytook to being in front of the camera,