The panorama combines two 8x10 glass negatives, so you've got the same outbound steamship appearing twice. Or there were two identical ships outbound at the same time. The various hull details are ide

Clark Propst wrote: Exactly. I see this panel as really heavy on audience participation, with the moderator (Greg Martin) making sure we don't get bogged down in detailed discussions of anyone's speci

In honor of Mike's fixation on certain Union Pacific icons, I offer this very rare photo of a Big Boy near the Ames Monument on Sherman Hill: http://www.pullmanproject.com/BigBoy.jpg Bets wishes to al

Bill, like you I find the single edge razor blade has become my tool of choice when I need a very sharp and very stable cutting blade. I do use a #15 scalpel blade in a #3 handle, not so much for slic

Phil Morrow wrote: [snip] If you look at the age profile of those who attend Naperville/Lisle and Cocoa Beach, it's clear the glorious future Phil envisions (with which I completely agree) will elude

Thank you, Alan Monk. You have described EXACTLY what I had hoped the Cocoa Beach panel discussion would cover. (If you haven't done so, read Alan's post, included below.) But the audience took us int

Dave Evans wrote: Joel Holmes wrote: Guess I'm still not getting my point across. What I'm trying to do is limit the demand. I'll make 100 of anything, and maybe another 100 after those are sold. But

Air honing doesn't remove the steps, it just deglosses the surface so you don't see any reflections off the step edges. You can get the same effect with a matte finish spray. My PolyJet-generated HO H

Jack Burgess wrote: I never sat down one day and decided to learn to solder. Or use an airbrush. Or a lathe or milling machine. Or make a rubber mold. All of my hobby skills developed because my model

Railyard Models has ceased operations: http://www.railyardmodels.com/ I know Gene's kits are of post-1960 prototypes, but his kits were superbly engineered and well received. He says it's been ten yea

A few years ago at Cocoa Beach I bought several L&NE covered hopper kits at the F&C booth. Sharon reached under the table, fetched three unlabeled boxes from the stack of hopper kits, popped a set of

Pecos River Brass? Santa Fe Sk-? Tom Madden

Mike Brock wrote, based on a complaint he received: This is not a policy change, although it sounds like Martin could have handled it better. Perhaps he was having a bad day, or the request was more c

Or just roll your own: http://www.pullmanproject.com/Ladders.pdf Tom Madden

Derrell Poole wrote: Posts like Dennis' are written for all 1800+ of us, not just as personal replies intended for one. Individual posts can contain commentary, questions or information, and the best

Andy Harman wrote: I suspect, in the case Mike cited, that Jon considers himself a subcontractor. That is, he is providing specialty cast parts that are _not_ part of his own product line, to another

Brian Ehni wrote: Threads often get hijacked, but this is the first time I can recall a thread post escaping to another group! The Rapido Canadian step issue is under discussion on the Passenger Car L

Wrong, O Celestial Observer. They occur in pairs, like trucks and couplers. The last one was in 2004. Tom "sic transit" Madden

Michael, Archer rivets are 3D objects and can certainly be chipped off before you get a protective coating applied. But once they're sealed in place, they're pretty durable. Frank Hodina used Archer r

Yes. Not a problem with individual emails, nor when reading posts on a Group's web site. It seems to be across all groups and is not just a STMFC (or PCL) problem. Tom Madden, sticking his nose in whe