Bill you wrote:

Bud, Try to keep it simple because I am not sure you'll ever get two guys in the same space (including cyber space) to agree on color. If I were doing a New Haven or Bangor and Aroostook State of Main

Clark, Somewhere in this den of mine I have a folio that Jim Singer gave me of a SOO Line car that had the roofs of the cars replaced with a Murphy Diagonal Panel roof. It is a SHAKE N TAKE candidate.

All five of my Grandson's have trains and I have made sure of that. Tim and I belong to a Facebook group that would send the "old man's hobby" stats in the round file as we are definitely the minority

Tim, I believe the term for these, at least with the mechanical folks, is constant contact side bearing. In the last three or fours (excuse the OT nature except for comparison) years these have been r

Clark, Microscale makes several sets. 87-516 is a curved map set, 87-498 is a straight line map for 40& 50 foot cars, 87-505 40 & 50 foot post 1947 P&L scheme. I have them all and mix and match the na

I wrote this to Bob Chaparro when he ran the same inquiry around the group I believe. Tony is correct about Portland Cement, I know that the Santa Fe served a plant at the east end of Tehachapi and th

Jim, I think I am in the early stages of something. However; your brother is correct and at least one saw mill that I know of still calls it shed packs. I have a dew photos of lumber loads during the

I will agree with Craig, I have used it for a Delrin to styrene connection, and Delrin to Delrin and resin to styrene as well as styrene to styrene, and I am quite pleased. I bought the Medium. Greg M

Tony, Wouldn't you think so? My MY I guess that some just dance to the beat of a different drummer... I would have done the same thing but again... save cash for the small stuff. F&C took my $120+ dol

I will agree with John here, digging into your archives as a seller is what you have to do to revitalize sales. My brother attended CCB for the first time and one comment he made to me made sense,He s

Geezers you mean these guys model from drawings and photos... Amazing... They must be really serious about this stuff. When do they find time to fiddle with the decoders. Greg Martin Eventually all th

Ed, Being in the lumber industry as long as I have been le me try to wader through this in context Ed Mines writes:

Bill and all, I think it is a grand idea. To echo Tom's remarks it should be regarded as a stepping stone for the modeler. How many of us bought the ACCURAIL gondola when it cam out? Resin is just the

Garth, Tim and all, Acetone and MEK will eat plastic and craze it almost instantly... If you want to do yours first and tell me how it worked out for you, let me know. Chuck, spend a buck, go to The D

Rob and all interested, SHAKE_N_TAKE for 2015 is a 40-foot Double Door Automobile boxcar built for the Rock Island in 1937 by AC&F lot 1597 in series 161000-161349. The car had a clear opening of 14'6

David and all, I think that Ben mentioned that the article were free downloads (at the time on a monthly basis) as they were released. I am not sure that they still need to be downloadable if you can

Group Let me thank the folks that made this project a success. These folks have worked hard behind the scenes and absolutely deserve recognition. This project started with the help of Richard Hendrick

Rob, I will give you my solution and Craig Zeni has another and Schuyler Larrabee has another. I used a jig to create the holes as they need to be the same on the sides as the ends. For the styles I u

Uh No I didn't sign my post... Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean