A load of painted drinking straws are a great simulation of a 'pipe' load, nice and light. I glue them to a base of sheetwood the size of the car...
I love the look of RS-1'S and RS-2's...but the B&O didn't have any, so me ting them would be WRONG.....[ :D ] Mike
Apologies again for the rant, friscobob. Most of my colleagues in this part of the country, in model railroading, [ and we're the 60+ crowd], are...
Great weathering, and a great-looking load of bales. That's one of the advantages of 'modern' railroading...you can show recycling type...
No problem friscobob.....just have administration delete my access to this forum...there may be other times I disagree with the premise of a...
Not the answer you'd like, but this isn't easy. The name Tyco, was from John Tyler's name, who was president of Mantua Metal Products. When Tyco...
If you truly want this hobby to be around in a couple more generations, the wish list would be for a line of AFFORDABLE locomotives, of DECENT...
Here in Canada, HST is virtually a swear-word acronym. Some provinces have combined the Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes into one 15% amount,...
Sorry if my use of common everyday acronyms is perceived as "name-calling"....[the "Y" word and the "D" word]. These acronyms are used in most...
Good idea, but not new. I think it was in the 70's there was an MR article about spraying or brushpainting pieces of household aluminum foil, in...
I got this on the railroad-line forum. Yes it's a problem. As the manufacturers jump on the old "short-term greed wagon", the simple kits that...
Their ideas probably come from watching American TV......Fear Factor ??.....Ripley's Believe it or Not ?? .....or.......they had broken some kind...
curt; They are 72 scale feet over the body, add the couplers and they are about 10 1/4" long...see the other thread for my response on radius...
rmathos: Yes, Athearn shortys are about 10 1/4" over the couplers, same as a Rivarossi RPO. ( I don't have any IHC cars, and my Rivarossi...
It's still going to come down to what YOU perceive as looking ok, as far as a radius for the Athearns. I think they look ok on 28" to 30" curves,...
"Jail Train" would make a good song title. "Bluebirds" have already been done lots in song. regards / Mike ;)
That is a cricket bat, custom decorated with hockey tape, by Lionel Strang....I think ???? regards / Mike :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Best dinosaur since John Allen's Work Stegosaurus, Emma! :eek: ...very enjoyable...even the 'Scale Rule Richards' won't attempt to count the...
Excellent work and pictures, Paul. [img] MODELERS TAKE NOTE: Observe how Paul's use of those curved Peco turnouts creates flowing trackwork,...
I listen to a LOT of Johnny Cash, mostly taped from my old vinyl LP's. :D Also, same thing as far as Flatt & Scruggs, Osborne Bros., Stanley...