Walt Lankenau notes: I don't either but I think it's time to end it. I'm issuing a warning ticket to members that want to talk about hobby shops, RTR vs kits, screwdrivers, various inabilities with

as "Small Brass (Messing) and whitemetal (Weißmetal) actually.... was on German eBay and 300 Gene, did he mention the name of the mfgr? My frirst thoughts were Weinert Modellbau, but nothing like

That model happens to be a Rio Grande Models Marion shovel built from one of their kits which currently is available and sells for $60.00 US. I know because I manufacture them. The kits comes less

Yes, an odd one but.... are in construction, or pushing "professionals" (as I Same background, took everything apart as a kid, went to school got a liberal arts degree, my first job out of school

What appears to be a very nice steam shovel model described as "Small series-kit from babbitt and brass components" was on German eBay and sold for just under 150 Euro or about $194.00. A friend of

Paul Lyons, quoting: Jon Miller: That's certainly what I've said as recently as a month ago, with the qualifying phrase "economically". It would be foolish of me to continue to make that claim in the

Walt I'm not sure where I fit in on your theory :-) I'm a 33 year old software architect and project manager for a software development consulting company. I started with the first computers

I have a BS (and lot's of bs) in Industrial Education and was a shop teacher long ago. I am now a maintenance technician for the Postal Service after working in the auto business (and racing) for

I don't know where this thread started, but... The lack of mechanical acumen among the general population today is staggering. I once worked in a photo studio, where we were building a set. I handed

--- In STMFC@..., "buchwaldfam" <duff@g...> wrote: Before you put it on the boat, take 5% of all of those "raw" plastic parts out of that big box, stick them in some plastic bags, and

--- In STMFC@..., "Clyde Williams" <billdgoat@i...> asked: I can't help but wonder about who could be so inept that they have to pay extra for assembled Athearn and MDC cars. I once

--- In STMFC@..., "Clyde Williams" <billdgoat@i...> asked: I can't help but wonder about who could be so inept that they have to pay extra for assembled Athearn and MDC cars. I once

Yes they were. Some placards (I forget the precise era) are in the files section at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/files/placards/. Check for an e-mail with drsoderblom as the author in the

On Apr 9, Stefan Lerché asked: Yes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

I'm sure this must have been covered before ( I couldn't find it in Yahoo search mode), but while constructing some Proto 8K gallon tank cars I began to wonder when the warning placards used for

Beyond others' judgment and criticism, for most of us "hobby" is a very personal voluntary journey with a destination either not defined, or if defined, in truth seldom reached. An important part of

Gene Green's Email address has been changed as follows: "All, Please update your address books. My new email address will be bierglaeser@... effective May 1, 2005. Gene Green" Mike Brock

I am looking for a freight car step similar to Tichy #3045 but with an outside mount rather than the under floor mount. To be used on an upcoming Yosemite Valley cattle car kit. eric

<< Cad software and built using the Stereolithography (SL) process.< This is interesting because the last I heard was that SL simply couldn't do the detail required in modern master work. Has a

Rapid prototyping has gone far beyond the product Smokey Mountain has launched. At Timonium in January I saw N scale diesel shells as good as any injection molded ones and an N X23 approaching HO.