Hola a todos, les escribo desde Montevideo, Uruguay, estoi buscando los planos de la locomotora de la pelicúla Volver al Futuro III, para hacer un modelo scrach en escala 1/24.

Agradecería algunas fotos tambien.Yo tengo el libro "STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ciclopedia Vol. 1, de Linn H. Westcott, peor no se que modelo es el de la pelicula.

Muchas gracias a todos, sigo la revista virtual y veo sus Layuot y estan geniales.

Saludos Javier

I am assembling an old metal kit of a Publicker Chemicals tank car. The kit suggests using Ambroid glue by applying a thin coat, letting it dry, add more glue and position the parts. I am not familiar with Ambroid glue. It sounds like a type of contact cement. Is it still available? Would CA be better?

The parts fit together pretty well but there are slight gaps. Would a medium or thick CA be better than the thin CA? Are medium or thick CA as strong as the thin stuff?

I was just read Lance Mindheim's article "Pick the right layout shape for you" in MRR. In the article Lance stresses the importance of long linear (straight) runs of track, especially when one wants to incorporate staging and yards. I think he over stresses the need for long linear runs. Now I can see long linear runs if you are modeling the plains, maybe the Midwest, and some coastal regions, but coming from western PA, I grew up with mountain railroading. I'd be willing to bet that on the lines I grew up near a mile of straight track was an anomaly.

I've held of getting a sound equipped locomotive almost as long as I resisted the move from DC to DCC. I'd seen and listened to locomotives with sound on various videos and at numerous train shows. I wasn't that impressed. Out of necessity the units didn't produce that low bass typical of the prototype and all too often, the sound of the horns and the bell seemed to blend into the engine sound. It all seemed too "toy" like to me.