Model Train Journal

While this video involves ship building the message is inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pxSrLTSZ3Q

Phil,
Thank you for sharing the photos. I wish that I had attended. Some nifty stuff! Gotta love the trolleys, sharks and N de M diesels!
Rob

TX is pretty nice the in the second half of October. Sounds like a fun trip salvaging an airplane. I feel your pain about the price of brass sheet but that is a decent size sheet. Doing the math that should suffice for about 5 or 6 boilers about 12” long. Maybe 3 cab forwards. I know, I know, five y...

Simple design but extremely interesting. I like it!

Repairing pieces is actually one of the fun parts of the hobby that I am relatively new to. This started my entire interest in KTM USH pieces. Before that I was just collecting Sunset, Weaver, Car Works, PSC and MTH. Following KTM then basket cases of Hines, Lobaugh, CLW. In retrospect, I cannot bel...

Picked this up recently for $250. Partially converted 3-rail piece. Mechanism tests fine. Good thing I know how to resistance solder. One of the pluses about resistance soldering is that you strip away a small portion of paint where one needs to complete the circuit and where it is soldered. The hea...

Bob,
Looking forward toward your tender construction.

Really appreciate your witticism regarding the wind turning the cub into helicopter. I think it was Marcus Aurelius who said something to the effect of approaching challenging situations with humor.

Rob

Bob, Thank you for the link to your book. A nice review. I particularly like the rusty looking ex B&M Berkshire. All the weathering is great. The SS daylight Atlantic is overpriced by a factor of 4 IMO. I see them at shows for about $350. I agree that the drivers just don’t look right. The SS mo...

That photo really highlights the size of the s-2. It is a beast. An interesting photo would show a K-4 in front of an S-2 to show the contrast in size. The later SS PRR S-2 is really a Williams design. This one appears to be the later version. SS produced a much more detailed version earlier with pe...

I don’t model this era, but I can appreciate the wonderful video composition. Quality of video is meted due to Super 8 but much better than super 8 of the 1950s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uypISk-U4Eg

Proof that an All Nation piece can look very nice. I knew there was a reason why I have collected a few Carey boilers.

The original Saginaw and early CLW H-10s are really nice IMO. Their frames appear similar to prototype. Loco is so detailed it seemed 40 years ahead of its time. The only one I do not like are the later models with plastic wheels. I have only one G-5. First I obtained the loco. Then 5 years later I ...

Carey,
Thank you for posting your video essay. I learned a lot. Particularly appealing was the lack of commercials so ubiquitous on YouTube.
You have some extremely interesting pieces such the Burlington articulated built in Iowa.

Rob

Bob,
That’s great info regarding metric to SAE.

I consider my Icken converted USH and MG pieces to be the most durable in my collection.

You are correct KTM pieces are extremely easy to work on with beautiful machining. The only gripe I have is that all the fasteners are metric. Weaver and Sunset are a close second. The PSC and Overland stuff can be head scratcher at times. Certainly thinner gauge metal. I have heard Kohs is a nightm...