--- In STMFC@..., "Gatwood, Elden" <Elden.Gatwood@h...> wrote: A niche largely unfilled to-date is a good discussion of the most common > cars each RR owned, by class, by era, so that one

I prefer kits to RTR for the following reasons: I do a slightly better job of building kits than the Chinese who assemble RTR models. Some details which are often omitted from RTR models (e.g.,

Elden This probably is an appropriate idea for a publication like Ted's which is aimed at modelers. I once wrote up a 1953 PFE roster with notes indicating which cars could readily be modeled in HO

In a message dated 12/22/2005 2:49:40 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, mahlkov@... writes: Who says N scalers don't have a sense of humor? Gregg, thanks for posting this! And we N scalers

In a message dated 12/22/2005 2:12:03 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, pwider@... writes: No problem, there will just be a $24.95 "handling fee." ---> Very funny! Take Care! Brian R.

In a message dated 12/22/2005 2:03:11 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, timboconnor@... writes: The problem with RMC is that Bill uses a poor quality paper that does not age well... My 25

Dean Payne wrote: "Resin hoppers (empty) are another issue, having NO real place to hide weights. I will probably have to "hide" some shot inside the underframe, but that compromises the (hard won)

In a message dated 12/22/2005 1:36:47 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, brockm@... writes: Given today's environment...for whatever reasons...I would not have expected to see Ted Culotta's

All interested; With time increasingly short, there ARE many that will take the route of buying what prototypically-accurate freight cars as are available to them, and be thankful for it. Kadee

I think it was Jim Six or someone he is associated with.

On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:38 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote:

Tim O'Connor writes: Perhaps. Well, since it's my envelope, I'll respond. If there's anything that would turn me away from such sources as the RPCyc it would be pollution of its content by

<schuyler.larrabee@v...> wrote: a photo of the car in question, right size, and glue it onto a manufacturers, screw on a coupla trucks, ========================= Actually it is already being

I usually refrain from getting into discussion such as this because I have been deeply involved doing work requested by the magazines as well as engineering design for most of the major

Tim O'Connor wrote: Kind of like custom RTR...<VBG> Regards, Spen Kellogg

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Already been done. I remember (but being a senior I can't remember where or when) that someone took photos of a graffiti laden car and had decals made of the complete car

Hey, now there's an idea. With these new color printers, just take a photo of the car in question, photoshop it into orthogonal shape, print it out on card stock at the right size, and glue it onto

A while back I had inquired about Vol. 4, specifically for the article on freight car trucks. I have searched the net far and wide, and have come up empty. No shop that carries the magazine has it and

Dave Nelson wrote: "For those with a few seconds more time to spare and/or a bit less money, ordinary pennies weigh about a tenth of an ounce and so with a dab of adhesive caulk and five minutes time

Bad place for a typo, isn't it? You are, of course, correct. True. SGL