Get use to it. The USPS changed their regulations. Cars can no longer be legally sent as 1st class mail. They are merchandise not a letter. They must be sent parcel post ( 2 - 3 months deliver time) o

Given the world we live in, where each month Intermountain, Atlas, Athearn (to name a few) offer a selection of roads names on a given model, and ask us to place reservations for the ones we want, the

Jordan Highway Miniatures make a number of pre 50s motor car and truck kits. Cheers Dave North

I thought the caboose was a Centralia Car Shops project, with IM doing production. Tony Thompson It may have started out that way, and may well be explained that way by IM and CCS, but the cars are li

Biggest problem is coming up with a scheme to display feet, inches, and fractions within the confines of the LCD. ... My 6" Mits have a five digit display, with two choices of decimal point location;

Hi Fenton, Join the Alpsdecal List, another Yahoo group and ask the members if anyone can print them for you. The last new Alps printers were manufactured in Japan last year, so consumables will be av

Can anyone tell me if this is a real car? I really need to find a copy of the NMRA 1953 ORER reprint. Thanks, Andy Cich Hi Andy, You might try the NMRA. The listing shows the hard cover sold out but d

I find if you hold the work firmly against a stop when you lower the lever, the blade will cut straight. This assumes the cut is between your finger and the stop, so the work can't creep one way or th

And lest this seem like an arcane topic of interest only to UP and SP modelers, let me observe that you have a comparable issue with the IGN relative to MoPac, the PM relative to C&O, and even the T&N

Mike Brock wrote Un for tu nate ly I can re call the "dis cus sions" here re gard ing "so lid", "plain", and "fric tion" jour nal bear ings. Rich ard led the charge to use the more "pro per" term "pla

I am wondering whether this style of brakewheel was used in the US and if any model manufacturer supplies it as a part? <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpdbear/4454273160/sizes/o/in/photostream/> http:/

Looks like I have a leetle re-lettering job to do. At least I don't have to build the car, rather just add a few details. But I'm still looking for suggestions as to the best way to strip just some of

Like Jim said, I warm the distilled water and find the backing paper just falls off the decals. I've suffered through Denny's problem of losing the decal in the depths of the bowl I used to use as wel

Hi Jon, I use a short length of heat shrink tubing that is a gentle push fit on the axle ends. I crimp the open end with a pair of combination pliers and it tends to stick closed. Each one is less tha

Hi Pierre, Yes, I've used both with some initial issues but then success. Pollyscale dries pretty flat. Badger dries egg shell or semi gloss. Successful airbrushing with acrylics requires some charges

The roof photo of this class on p. 291 rather clearly shows a rectangular grid. What else do you need to know? Tony Thompson So they would APEX or one of the other manufacturers, but not Morton, which

One of my friends here in Australia placed an order a while back with Tom and when following up was told by Tom that he has had printer problems. He uses/used ALPS printers so repairs are problematic.

Yes, yes, yes. .005" thick strip in widths up to .250 would be SO useful and save me a lot of cutting time. Cheers Dave North flanges, patch panels, etc. Tim O'Connor

I've uploaded a photo of a sheet of laser cut dunnage for pipe loads on flatcars. It was designed for modern era freight cars. Could I use this for 1950s era freight car loads? Is it much different fr

It appears that the other doors were propped shut so only one door opened to release its coal load. The mechanism for that door is the only one extended on that side of the car. Things you learn, look