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What to model & what to leave out?
I recently moved, and in so doing I now have a 16 x 8 foot roofed and sided shed for a train room. I am both excited and daunted with all the space I now have for trains.
My plan now is to model the Vermont Rail System point to point from Bellows Falls Vermont to Rutland. I was thinking of doing a 2 foot shelf layout in a horseshoe,.
Nick Muff's KCS
ARRRGH! I can't believe it. I just spent a very enjoyable 30 minutes visiting Nick Muff's fantastic KCS. When I came to the MRH website to give it an "awesome" rating I accidentally rated it "Poor". I think I need a Do Over button. What a great railroad. Thanks Charlie for the interview and for including it in this month's issue. Great Job!
Freight Cars for Transporting Lumber and Plywood in the 1940's and 1950's
Before the advent of the centerbeam flatcar for the transportation of lumber and plywood, what type of freight car did the railroads use to transport these items? I assume it was some type of boxcar to protect the lumber and plywood from the weather.
Thanks for your help.
Bob
Good old days... updated!
... when model railroading meant to scratchbuild EVERYTHING... even the motors!.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Ed0DAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source...
starts at page 627.
second part at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=gtoDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source...
a loco to go with your scratchbuilt motor!
starts at page 947
I'd like to see them make:
I expect other people also have lists in their minds of "things I wish someone would make." Mine includes the following:
- Face decals. Painting faces of figures is tedious and, for me, hopelessly inaccurate. Sticking a decal on it would be much simpler.
- Hands, perhaps etched in brass so they can be folded. Many otherwise-useful figures have poorly molded boxing-glove hands spoiling their appearance.
I'm sure I'll think of more as my brain awakens. Who else has ideas?
Happy railroading!
Bruce Randall
Walthers Turntable
Looking for help in setting the Walters 90' turntable back to factory defaults. In other words getting rid of the programmed stops that I have in it presently
Summer Research
I'm fortunate enough to be back for a little while in my modeling local (leave for the hot desert this week), and I've been taking a few shots to help me out with modeling. Currently I've been looking at and for colors and tones, so that's what I'm focusing on mostly. Now I'm kinda thinking my green grass isn't really too green after all....
The Green Mountain State.
Bonus Downloads for August 2011
OK Joe Fugate and Charlie Comstock you Have outdone yourselves with the Advance Release of the August MRH Magazine Member only Bonus Downloads. Best Ever!!! "10 STARS"
Anybody that views Model Railroad Hobbyist and isn't a registered member will loose out on some GREAT information On building Scenery, Model Railroading and the Internet, Photography for model railroading, and super tuning your railroad so you start with a great operation RR before you have all the grass and weeds in place.
For all those that read this and head to the Page
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/mrh-2011-08-aug/bonus-extras
expect a few large downloads if you plan to save them on your computer. In fact I believe the 4 downloads are bigger than a couple issues of MRH Magazine put together.
So Got to the URL above after you join and register on the forums (it's free) and make sure you don't miss these.
WP&YR Shovelnose
Someone was asking for a lead to a model of a shovelnose just as the WP&YR is operating them.
I do not know the market offerings in the smaller scale models, but I did extensive research looking for a shovelnose in G-gauge. That was about 2 years ago: there were none!
I build two of my own. They can be seen in the WP&YR webpage under models. They created the website after I took them up to Skagway on a show-and-tell trip.
www.wpyr.com/railfancorner/gscalewhitepass.htlm
Go have a look
Werner G
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