Wow. Mr. Hunter did a very creditable job on the carrier. John Hagen

Ya knows, your opinion is always welcome here in these USofA. So is counter opinions. It always amazes me when I see people slamming anything from, in this case, Microsoft. It also happens with other

Well, Sometimes it seems the 12 inch/foot guys don’t take the time to make their stuff look as good as the small scale modelers do. Maybe their eye sight is getting poor. John Hagen

I also use Outlook. But the links to various ways pf reply are still at the bottom of all messages and do work quite well. Two things I am aware of. It is possible to reply off list if you search you

Doug, Looking at the center photo there something, probably a 2X4 or 4X6, across the top of that “hump” in the boom. While a hunk of wood there would not prevent the boom from touching the overhead, i

Doug, There may have been a discussion here about allowing cranes and such here as Jack references, but I don’t recall it. That doesn’t mean a darn thing as I don’t recall what I had for breakfast…… o

Bob, No blasphemy here. You have up-graded a post war Varney box car to a level good for at least 40 years later. To me that is “Model Railroading” at its best. U remember well the post war era (born

Claus, I see them also. Faintly, likely due to them fully catching the sunlight, but they are there. John Hagen

Well, you may well know better but transferring that knowledge to your typing fingers is another matter entirely. That said, I may add “nicely done.” John Hagen

Yes, the only time I’ve seen really “flat” has been on some builders’ photos of Alco steam locos. They would paint one side black and photograph that side so all the “detail” would show in the photo.

I’m surprised that these weren’t more readily available before now. Back in the late 80’s I bashed a model of the two Thrall steel bay window cabooses (613/113 & 614/114) bought by the Green Bay & Wes

Peter, I am almost in total agreement . Almost as using an oil less compressor can cause problems when using acrylic paints. I’ve used oil lubricated compressors for 30 years with solvent based paint

Garth. I haven’t checked the recent ads but the actual cost of the earlier ones was not a any better than what we can pay from a hobby dealer, probably less if we were to shop around. And my mommy tol

A comment that really has little bearing on the matter at hand, but I absolutely love the black and yellow scheme. I understand the desire on the part of management to set the passenger units of on a

Whenever I had a new (to me at least. Not necessarily new as in brand new) vehicle, when the first slippery conditions would occur for the season, I’d go to the lot of an abandoned business or closed

Not to depart from the railroad connection, and I am a B&O fan who has a couple such box cars in HO and O, but I’d really prefer to have that Studebaker. John Hagen

Bill, If there was anyone who has or knows someone who has the parts you’re looking for, he/she would probably have replied by now. There are a bunch of HO model rr groups, and Facebook groups. You co

Walther’s is the same. I am fortunate in that I live about ten miles or so away. That said, if I were running such a business, I would likely do the same. It takes time to prepare and mail each and ev

Dennis. That is quite likely. As I said “I could very well be wrong.” And I meant that as I often am, especially since joying the “Geezer agers” (Golden Agers? Still waiting for that). The layout I vi

Denis, I remember the Batavia walk around layout well. I can’t believe it was 1974 that it was torn down though. Of course, I have CRS so I can be very well be wrong but the two times I saw it were on