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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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