OK, I have it sorted out now.

Sorry for this - I seem to have a problem using yahoo groups online and am testing if this get thru. No need to reply to it or to send a msg to me directly - I'm testing just the email interface. Jim

Hi, I will theorize that the destination had a lot to do with whether the car used was a coal hopper or a gondola. Especially if the receiver wasn't set up to unload by opening the doors below. Also -

Schuyler, Are you sure that story isn't about the Lack-a-wanda? *G* Seriously - the same story can probably be told on just about any RR at one time or another with one official or another and with a

Bob, MicroScale's Krystal Klear - apply just a dab of it to the bottom of the clutter and set it in place and wait 24 hours. If you need to rework - put a drop of water on it and let it sit for 30 min

Hi, Is there any one on this list who is using a "dentist's drill" for working on model trains? It turns out that you can pick them up these days for a lot less money than they used to be - as in arou

Hi, Loooong cut of cars getting a similar treatment (work being done). Guys transferring 'material' in the first car are not handing off wood. It is some form of cardboard - and it looks to me like it

Hi, I bought a set of these on eBay. Although they aren't "top quality" they are true and work well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Stone-Jewelers-Diamond-Wood-Carving-Craft-Metal-Needles-Files-Sewing-

Dennis (and all), These Gesswein files say they are for a reciprocating tool! Is there a "modeler's sized" tool of this type? Is it something along the lines of a Dremel tool in terms of size that acc

Hi all, First - thanks Jeff for providing the link to Richard Bale's article on hand brakes. Question - is there no way to download/print one of the -articles- from MRH? This particular article is an

Hi, I received a car in the post today that has a replacement (etched) roof walk. It is buckling in 2 or 3 places. Does any one have a good way to reattach it - short of removing it altogether and sta

Hi, At least one layout I know about just recently "self destructed" with respect to large sections of rail that was glued down letting go all over the layout. The owner lives near the Central Valley

Hello friends, Actually it isn't a -lot- more likely that a car will get forgotten (left sitting some where rather than moved as quickly as possible) just because it is a "foreign" car. Home road cars

A clarification ... I didn't say "don't use the correct terms" ... I said "we should stop casting ourselves in the role of Correct Terminology Cops". If someone asks "what is the correct term for ____

Hi all, I don't see -any- reason to get your panties in a bunch ... we -all- know what the person who is speaking/posting means ... and the frequency of EITHER term (in all the cases where we have the

Hi all, Most of the reefer blocks on most trains leaving or returning to the West have cars that are "predictably similar". I talking about how a train coming off or going to the SP will have a very h

Tony, Nice Job! A clear case of "less is more". Speaking of which - I was surprised to see that you decided to not do the cut levers on this car ... I thought that was one of your "always/just do it"

Hi, I keep seeing guys say they are using MEK for styrene. I have been using Tenax 7-R for almost two decades now and have never wanted anything else. ===> What am I missing? - Jim B.

Hi, I stopped using Goo two or more decades ago. My reason? Because it out gasses for as long as a couple of months - and the gas softens plastic. Using it in any situation where it is enclosed (such

Denny, 1) It's a tender - so it doesn't have to be removable ... so follow one of the procedures below. 2) Fill the void in an open car such as a coal hopper with a layer of foam core board - cut with