Quoting Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...>: Excuse me, Tim, but I think you miss the point here. No one is trying to add to anyone's work load. The commentary thus far has simple been to try and

Actually, Martin has a less than one year old Mac that I believe has a CD burner, so it is not beyond the realm of possibility. Regards, Ted Culotta

Pete Boylan wrote (in part): Your modelled world can presume that one of your steel companies is affiliated with Bethlehem say, - then Cambria and Indiana loads of coking coal appear. and so forth, as

The only problem with this (CD) approach for Sunshine at least is that Martin is not a computer kind of guy<VBG>. I'm sure Al could do it if it were cost effective which, for the numbers of kits

they Scott, Thanks for the great information on papermaking, but I have to take exception with the above statement. The majority of the covered hoppers assigned to Kaolin loading on the CofGA 9/24/59

Dear Jay YOu've gotten a lot more sympathetic responses on the list than I would have expected, but then I am an O scaler and have been in the hobby off and on for fifty years, starting with the

That's a terrific idea, Ted. In bulk, CDs themselves are quite cheap. The hardware to make them in bulk would be fairly reasonable, too, especially since it becomes a hardware write-off. The smaller

of printing This surprises me. I recall an earlier message from Al discussing the cost of adding photos. I can certainly understand that Martin's instructions add to the price because they are printed

This is probably one of the best reasons to make resin kits more "user friendly". With younger modelers, "old" freight cars are from the '70s or later, not the era those on this list, or those

Ted Culotta wrote: I support this concept 100% Excellent idea! Shawn Beckert

--- In STMFC@..., "Jay H. Miller" <jay@k...> wrote: One of the biggest obstacles to great, thorough instructions is the cost of printing services. Here's an idea: What if someone (I'll

Interesting topic indeed! Much needed discussion. My re-entry into the hobby after more than eight years of "detox" has revealed a lot of new dimensions. First, fewer and fewer guys have the time to

List, Just had a thought concerning the "virtual modelers" portion of Ted's web site. When the pictures of the participant's models get posted, what about having a section where any of the builders

Don Mazur Okay, first off, are you sure this plant is a Kraft mill? Most of the plants in the Pacific Northwest were NOT Kraft mills in that time period, at least by my understanding. The majority

Jay I think many of your questions about this kit will be answered on the Virtual Modelers site. I am well along on my two and will be sending pictures to Ted which will help clarify things. Even

I must agree with Jay Bingham's comments on resin kit instructions. I too have struggled with various steps, trying to figure out just what the manufacture was getting at. No, I am not new to the

Peter Boylan said: Peter is right. Carbon is a reducing agent, not a fuel, in ironmaking; in fact, once the operating temperature is reached, the chemical reaction of the carbon with iron ore

noticed a in which a there are a model railroad hopper fleet..................................... we'll need large cuts of coal for the steel mills. Where could the NEB&W conceivably get the

Since Roger is sticking his head out I'll take a swing <G>. Yes it is reasonable to assume that buyers of highly detailed state of the art kits will be skilled modelers. However that doesn't mean

My first resin kit was one of Al Westerfield¹s; the SP stock car issued at Astrorail. I know now that this was probably NOT the best kit to start with (complexity-wise), but I found his instructions