---In STMFC@..., <fgexbill@...> wrote : > > I think that most people who know will say I follow the path > of most resistance, or in other words, why do something the > easy way when there

Link to the Atlas/Branchline kit: Atlas HO 40' Postwar Box Car w/6' Door Tom Madden Atlas HO 40' Postwar Box Car w/6' Door Item# Road Name Road Number HO 40' Postwar Box Car w/7' Door 20 004 240 Undec

Is this it? http://www.pullmanproject.com/Brake.jpg http://www.pullmanproject.com/Brake.jpg View on www.pullmanproject.com Preview by Yahoo This is a quick scan of a set I just found in one of my late

Mike Brock (apparently) asked about a MoPac boxcar model but then ended with this curious statement: > Any help would be appreciated before I plunge > into an attempt to upgrade.Armand Premo I'd be le

Wow! That was almost 12 years, several computers and one web hosting service ago. I know where the prints are, but I can't locate the scans on either of my computers. They aren't on my current Pullman

I wish more attendees would bring "in process" models. A nicely finished model is a joy to behold, but I'm just as interested in seeing how a model is built - to see the "bones", to see how the modele

Are there any serious prototype modelers who aren't, in some way, historians? We aren't all playing follow the leader here. If you're asking what percentage of the attendees was (were?) modelers, 90 p

"Do not load with lime s.... bulk cement carbon black.... oil tar and creosote product... any commodity that will re.... it unfit for four or grain loa..." Not sure how the first three lines might end

Tim wrote : > > It looks like clever STMFC members have found a way around the 'approval'process for > photos to STMFC - just post them to the FILES section of the web site!There are now a > few dozen

Um, I'm in Rawlings right now and came over Sherman Hill two hours ago. Is that close enough? Tom Madden

As Steve and Eric have posted, same prototype, but better, more accurate and easier to assemble model. Franks tank patterns for the four X3 variations (and the GATC circumferentially riveted tank) wer

The Denver Post has a major article on Caboose Hobbies' closing: http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/19/worlds-largest-model-train-store-caboose-hobbies-to-close/ I gather the notice to vacate was unexp

Tim wrote: > About a zillion years ago there was a magazine article that mentioned > a file at a particular hardware store in Boulder Colorado. When I visited > the city I went to that store and got t

Could Garth's tank be a Globe? They made one- and two-dome tank car kits back in the day. This should be right up Denny's alley. Tom Madden

We were waiting for it to start. Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, "Music With Strangers". Wonderful film. Couple of shots of an elevated portion of the NYC subway system, but no STMFC content. But

Sitting in a movie theater right now and away from my references, but I'm remembering the holes through the crossbearers are clearance holes, not snug fits. So for a 0.020" pipe, a #74 or even #72 dri

The memorial gathering for hobby icon and long-time STMFC memberChuck Yungkurth was held at the Colorado Railroad Museumon Tuesday morning. Chuck and his wife, Mary, moved to Coloradoin 1999, four yea

All the available gons are spoken for and I'm starting a wait list. I'll be contacting the successful buyers later today. Thanks, Tom Madden

Frank and Ted and I have been pondering how to handle this, but it looks like the decision has been made for us and there's no putting this genii back in the bottle.... I have available a very limited

A fan wrote : > > Very convincing story that made my lousy prototype modeling day. I propose > a Pulitzer prize nomination for Tom. You misspelled "Pullet Surprise". <Sigh> Sixty five years in the hob