Model Train Journal

just an attempt to snare the unwitting. caveat emptor!
really very crass on their part.

doesn't mean there isn't another source...

oh... the horror, the horror!

WTF? what's your point, your gun didn't kill anyone? brilliant.
guns don't kill people... people with guns kill people.

Dave, looking at the photos of your SW units, it appears the edges of the new window material were not blackened.
That makes a big difference in appearance of the 'glass', as being thin.

yup, a pair of Pullman 3 axle trucks. 2410 I believe.

what I like most Bob, is that you enjoy all your stuff.

The 'Easy 8' Sherman tank was also produced in 1:48 scale under the 'Hobby Boss' label. I found it at Hobby Lobby.

for water soluble, find a good quality citrus (orange) stripper. if you can get a hold of Castrol Super Clean, it also does a good job. some paints are overnight, others are days and days. water soluble. I was startled to find that a highly diluted (with water) batch of Simple Green used to wash a f...

a club's worst nightmare. at the Cherry Valley RR, we work very hard to bring interest to the church we inhabit. granted our space is not really usable for anything other than church storage if we were not there. we make sure we are open to the public when they hold public events. adding a fun famil...

nice, nice... very nice.

since the club's catenary is not complete around the layout, it is not used running trains. in fact one location uses small HO 'cheater rail' as the running wire to test its function. that said, it all has held up very well in it's static state. of course we've boxed ourselves in trying to reach any...

you may know we have extensive catenary on the Cherry Valley club layout, all hand made. if you wind up purchasing lineside poles, building the wires is not all that difficult if you're handy with a soldering iron. Drew McCann, who built our catenary, made a jig to fabricate a string of catenary. it...

Mayor Bill is a typical left side politician that says what the populace want to hear. Those that want to be given everything.
We here in the tri-state knew that from the get-go.

John Galt rolls over in his grave.

I've also used Weldwood contact cement with great success.