Thanks, Tom Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: stmfc@... Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Accurail 40' steel box car check mess

I've tried to search the group without success, so I'll ask here. Has anybody commented on the prototype for the Accurail 40' steel box car (either the single door or double door versions... somehow I

I've done this on On3 models I've built... in O scale it's not difficult. Usually it's a 1x4 board that is held in place with a couple of cotter pins on the inside of the turnbuckle. Bill Daniels San

But you are probably better off using Microscale decals (498, 505, 506) since Champ decals might be a bit tough to find since they closed a year or so ago... Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA [Non-text p

Actually, Marty, Richard DID talk about these trucks... they (like all of the former P2K line) are currently owned by Walthers and are covered under the Walthers name on his paper. Bill Daniels San Fr

Years ago, Des Planes Hobbies had IMWX do a special run of the square end 1937 boxcar with a specially-commissioned Viking roof. They did several roads, including a NKP car (I still have one kicking a

Not quite accurate, Tim... at one time MR did cater to the serious modeler, but due to corporate pressures they changed their focus. Nowadays I tend to refer to MR as "Beginning Model Railroader" sinc

Ben, I apologize for any slight you may have perceived in my previous post. My intent was to exclude those persons listed in the parenthesis, since of course I know that they would be conversant with

Gene, As a former Navy Petty Officer, I am quite knowledgeable regarding naval terminology. However, I also understand that people who did not have that experience (or are sailors today in either plea

Beam is the width of the ship. Bill Daniels

Thanks, Greg.

Hi Greg... Now you've got my interest piqued... but which version of this saw do you recommend? Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday,

Thanks, Brian... just goes to show just how vulnerable many of our hobby businesses actually are. Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@yah

I've been away for a while and it seems there have been some changes... I can't seem to find Ted Cullota's Speedwitch site... I would like to pick up some more decals as well as some of his kits. it s

The dishwasher here is doing the dishes (my wife refuses to do dishes, so when we redid the kitchen a Kitchen Aid dishwasher was spec'ed and installed... no more doing dishes in the sink!) We had the

The cuisine of our ancestors was definitely not for the weak of diet... most people couldn't afford the luxury of wasting anything. And suet was high in calories, necessary for those winter nights bef

It's rare to find meat in any mincemeat pie anymore... I've had several when a friend of mine was in the grass-fed beef business a couple of years ago. Karen would take orders for them several weeks b

Maybe I should arrange to have some of our local (Hatch, NM is just down the Interstate from here) chilies shipped out... via a 40' PFE ice reefer (to keep this on subject). And we are in the Mountain

Denny, You did better than I did... the only meal I had on a Southern Pacific Train (101) was courtesy of the automat. Yeccchhh! Fortunately, the train had five PA's on the point as we went over Donne

Denny, Ours came out when it hit 125... half an hour later it was ready to slice and serve. And it was perfect... with enough left over for roast beef sandwiches for days to come. We can get some loca