Please discard any preceding post under a similar title . It was inadvertently sent when quite incomplete! ******** For a very long time I have been interested in improving the scale detailing on the

Continuing a pleasant custom, I have been building resin kits at our summer home. I used to build them on the porch (a la Bill Darnaby), but the afternoon zephyrs prevailing in this country eventually

The IM cars are the later ribside 40' cars with the ribs on the sides stopping short of the ladders and grabs. Sunshine did not model these particular cars, while Ribside cars did, and still does. The

Andy Carlson writes- Well, Byron is not the only one who has been hung up on this issue. However, one has to be careful what is being wished for. If indeed the correct bearing box protrusion is modele

Well, I am chagrined to be promptly informed that Marty is the redoubtable Marty McGuirk (sorry, Marty!), and the clue for me should have been the 'cv" in his <address>. Of course, IMHO, whatever Mart

Marty, who are you? Do you have a last name? Respectfully- Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Okoboji, IA

Please refresh my memory: I am in the midst of assembling two Sunshine cast resin 50' Milwaukee auto boxcar kits, one ribside, one flat welded. The Sunshine directions are the same as they included in

Writing Kit Instructions is an art form distinctly separate from modeling ability. I have run across complicated kits where the extremely well-written several-paragraph instructions were all that were

Through the efforts of three other members of this list, Chad Boas, Dennis Storzek, and Mont Switzer, Precision Scale is now producing a very nice brass angle cock bracket that is designed to hold the

Well, I would certainly agree, but in my experience fabricating bushings of the proper depth and diameter is commonly much easier said than done, and it is just one more one-off part to lose. Slicing

I am responding to an older post (16 June) that addresses a common problem: the commonly-wide truck bolster holes that are designed to fit over the shouldered body bolsters common to to almost all pro

For those interested, here is some reproducible data on which I rely on selecting Reboxx replacement wheelsets for selected Accurail and Tahoe trucks. My goal is an amalgam of maximum rollability, and

Which is better, or easier to change a decal lettering color: Copying existing black lettering decals onto decal paper with a color laser printer, or - scan the decals, and then print off of a disc? I

Lacquer thinner works equally well with both old (square bottle) Floquil and new (round bottle) Floquil, and lacquer thinners have been my default thinners over the lives of both paints since the '50s

Mr. Moderator: Tim O'C should be severely admonished for imposing a photo subject on this august list that is most definitely out of scope. The subject matter is considerably prior to the 1900 backwar

Gender issues: As a person who toiled quite sympathetically and supportive deep within the feminist vineyards for a good of my life, I am not in the very least offended to be among those addressed qui

With reference to the unremarked steam loco minus 1/2 of its frame depicted in a critique , Dennis comments- From one narrow view, you are correct. Most editors do use the artful 3/4 view to hide such

In the strongest terms, the long term health of our good hobby requires the existence of core fundamental standards and "best practices", a thoughtful means of such development, and an effective and d

Good Mike Brock opines- Now, now... Mike. Eyes at our ages do tend to see what may not be there. Perhaps they may need some attention by your friendly ophthalmologist? Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Sacram

Like so much water that has gone unwatched and un-noticed over the dam for so many years, it is almost impossible at this late date to retrieve all of the model railroad standards opportunities that h