Quoting Peter Weiglin <omnibus@...>: In point of fact the ACF drawings indicate about a three inch wall thickness for the tubes. That ain't featherweight! Don Valentine

Quoting Al & Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...>: Right in line with what several of us suggested to you that it would be. Correct, Al? Have a safe journey. We are looking forward to seein

Quoting asychis@...: For the benefit of, er, shall we say the "lightweights" on this list I've looked into my helium car files for a few moments. The Army Air Service had two such cars, USQX #201

Are you certain of that, Joel??? Wasn't the heliuum compressed into a liquid state under pressiure when inside the cylinders of the helium cars? If in a liquid state I suspect the car was quite a bit

Quoting Indian640@...: I have used and sold the North Coast Prototype blaster line since John P. first offered them to the hobby when?, ten to twelve years ago?? In any case they certainly are a g

Quoting Gail Madden <tgmadden@...>: You have have simply confirmed my point. My issue with Martin has never been with his products, especially since he gave up on Steve Funaro and began m

Quoting Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...>: snip As I have noted several times before on this list, I have used Scalecoat in much the same way Mal & Tom have described since 1968. The one thing Tom has d

Quoting Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...>: http://www.tichytraingroup.com/index.php?page=view_product.php&id=390&category=F reight+Car+Parts You might like to look at the Grandt Line version firs

Quoting pullmanboss <tgmadden@...>: Would it not make FAR more sense to use one such piece that he was particularly pleased with as the master for all of them? Like others on this list I

Quoting Ted Culotta <tculotta@...>: When reporting on the scale issue between the two kits could you also comment on why the Sunshine version seemed so difficult? Thanks, Don Valentine

Quoting Mansell Peter Hambly <mphcd@...>: Works great, especially when you use Scalecoat I paint afterwards and bake it for about three hours at 150 degrees afterward. Any subsequent coats shold o

Quoting Allen Cain <allencain@...>: The last I knew Precision Scale still offered the old Kemtron leaf springs made out of very thin brass and stamped to look like the leaves of such springs

Quoting Tim Gilbert <tgilbert@...>: The line north of Beecher Falls was not all abandoned at that time. It was sold to the Canadian Pacific in 11925 and parts of it were lifted. In fact the li

Quoting Dave Nelson <muskoka@...>: This is largely borne out by our experience in Vermont over the years as well. Lots of Canadian Pacific cars coming down the Connecticut River line loaded fo

Paul has been following his current theme for some years while John was doing Main two-footers until 7 - 8 years ago when he "saw the light" Don Valentine Quoting Justin Kahn <harumd@...>:

Quoting Scott Pitzer <scottp459@...>: Right you are, Scott. Mine is also gray rather than yellow. Don Valentine

Paul in HO and John in O are both modeling northern New Hampshire lines of the B & M based out of Woodsville, New Hampshire (six miles up U.S. #5 and across the Connecticut River from where I'm sittin

Quoting Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...>: Ahhh, come on, Richard. Even you aren't that old!!! <VBG> Now who's brandishing a club??? (-: Don Valentne

A plain old bar of soft soap will work just as well for starting screws in wood. A stunt I, too, learned from my father many years ago. Don Valentine Quoting Thomas Olsen <tmolsen@...>:

Quoting Indian640@...: Didn't AHM offer their Hotco made 52 ft. War Emergency composite gondola in this same scheme? That molding, if not the paint schemes used, wasn't too bad but I have not seen