Workings of an idle mind: We have just been introduced to one of the disadvantages of speaking a living language. Slinky vs. Inchworm? Both are...
Were I in your shoes, I would look at Z scale. It has a great deal of limitations, most of which are the results of too few modelers using it and...
John, You are so right, I too am unable to get the photo to open, and I'm befuddled by the use of the term skirt. Bill
I keep various grits of wet or dry paper for modeling, and I have found that the best source is one of the auto supply stores, Autozone or...
I must say that I find the use of duct tape to be problematic. In my experience, duct tape is only good for binding a woman. It certainly isn't...
I'm just having trouble getting my head wrapped around this. I would be unwilling to store locos, rolling stock, and structures in a garage for...
This is an oft made statement that, while quite true in some cases, is of no aid to anyone or anything. There are people that, for some unknown...
Lord, Lord, Smokey! are you laying track directly on the plaster, no subroadbed, no cork? If that's the case, the problem in't the track, its you....
Railmodel Journal. A sadly missed publication that was often a good source of prototype modeling information.
The degree of difficulty between the two tracks is not very much,, definitely a first world problem. when curving ME, start from the middle of the...
I would chose, and did on my Cajon layout (1999 issue MRP), ME code 55 flex, but were I going to do it again, I would likely use ME code 40. All...
Thanks to several of qou that have helped put to bed the incorrect statement that track expands and contracts. Plywood, which most of us use under...
I have not commented on this, because I don't wish to state the obvious. But I must, many have mentioned the subject of axle length in passing...
As to the statement that you wheels can't be dirty because the locos are new, you do understand that a loco fresh from the factory will have...
I find this discussion strangely accurate and informative, but still bewildering. Like many of us, I live in a city where trans are common, and...
I think that we have been victim to the N is for cramming more track in a smaller space attitude. Both David Haines and I were in N for his Raton...
FActory applied decals? Where did you get these?
