Russ Clover and his Clover House represent true treasures in this hobby. Russ is a gentleman, and his catalog has always been a fine piece of art, IMHO akin to the early Kemtron and Red Ball catalogue

H-mm. Great interest, yes; but obsession.... :-) ? Well, it ain't over until its over. Courtesy of one of our own List members, I do have some very fine CAD drawings for a very doable good looking but

Jack Burgess inquires- John Greedy, who IMHO is the ranking expert on the subject of Milwaukee box car paints ("the coats of many colors"), opines that a 50:50 mixture of Floquil ATSF Mineral Brown an

Here are my test results for the Tahoe two-level Dalman trucks. The numbers given are the number of free "rolls" observed on the Reboxx Rolltester with a variety of .088" wheel sets. 1) Reboxx 1.010"

Last evening I attended a dinner in the Great Hall of the California State Railroad Museum, our table nestled up to the lifting injector of UP 0-6-0 (#4466, Lima 1920). Although not feeling very chipp

I am mortified that I did not mention in my last post that Chad Boas made up several very fine resin castings of a strap type of air hose hanger or bracket- to be of some possible use as a pattern to

Since my last post on this fascinating subject, quite a bit has gone under the bridge, and I have gained considerable wisdom thereby: As you recall I had purchased brass air hoses in bulk from PSC on

Gerry White was a fellow member of the West Bay Club in Menlo Park in the '50s and '60s. He was a tremendously skilled modeler for himself, and a professional custom modeler ("Superior Models", as I r

Wow! What a fine piece of work. I am enjoying going back and looking closer at models that my bifocals and stiff back would not allow me to inspect further- i.e. Mont Switzer's spectacular flat with t

Jack Burgess responds to the problem of the fine PSC brass brake hoses occasionally snapping off at the valve during bending- I have been wondering the very same thing. Perhaps Tony T. can comment whe

For me, two of the great breakthroughs in the past few years in HO prototype scale freight car/train modeling have been the introduction of and the ensuing spread of more near-scale width .088" wheels

Tim O'C. writes- During the '50s (c. 1953-7) a vivid stand-out memory for me were the seemingly almost pure-BAR fruit blocks being worked eastbound across Donner Pass by struggling pushing/pulling bla

I faced this same problem- twice. I solved it both times by simply carrying all the paints in the trunk of the car. Denny

Neither white nor yellow carpenters glue are waterproof, nor are they sealants. However, they are quite water-resistant, and in this regard are totally satisfactory for our modeling purposes unless we

For an untreated single sheet of unsupported shaped thick paper, this would be the probable eventuality; but providing the required support (carlines or a shaped "plug") is a presumption, and sealing

I submitted the original question on this subject, and I have been most interested in the many posts, both on and off line, relating all of the methods that have worked over the years. Although I aske

Friends, I am attempting to permanently bend some .030" styrene sheet to form a radial car roof. I want the permanent bend not only to avoid any unrelieved stresses, but also to be able to remove the

Spen Kellogg's post referring to me as an "historian" is immensely kind, and indeed quite flattering- but, alas- :-( it is not so. Historians record history. I only talk about it! Denny

Tony has that exactly right. Al's comments on Jack White's writings as "sterile" refers to style, not content. IMHO, directly or indirectly, Jack's works have set the standard in this field that we al

Dennis writes- Pretty good definition . I have long felt that a good deal of what so many on this list has done, largely without thinking about it, is to provide good evidence-and-data-based informati