Re: Hotels With Rooms for the Convention
Nice gentleman from the hotel called me back, made my reservation, and gave me the group rate.? I'm walking on air!
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William Mosteller
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#171002
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Mike,
? ? ?I can't resist responding to your restatement of the question.? "There's far more available in scale S than most model railroaders realize.? That said, when it comes to building a
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Lindsey Neas
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#171001
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Well, the problem is one mans greatest is another mans "say what???"? One could say camaraderie, size, challenge, etc. but those are pretty nebulous answers.? The same things occur in the other
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Rich Gajnak
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#171000
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
For me it is the variety brought to S by all of us aficionados, whether that is scale, high-rail or Flyer, not the particular "scarcity" of the RTR manufacturing.
When I finally had the opportunity
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Bill Hawk
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#170999
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
I should let the longer-time members sort this out, but I think you are confusing the later NASG tank cars project with Overland with the 1972 NWSL import.
Jace
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JGG KahnSr
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#170998
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
Rusty,
Likewise I'm also looking for the white decals but I only have two cars.
Didn't the NASG only import 100 brass models of this car?
Mike (Ohio)
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Michael Lytle
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#170997
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Hotels With Rooms for the Convention
I just spend 25 frustrating minutes dealing with the hotel web site.? It was an endless loop: I specify my dates, select a hotel and get told, sorry (ha, ha), there are actually no rooms there.? Did
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William Mosteller
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#170996
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
?I mentioned before that a visitor at a train show attended by modelers (not just 'people who like trains') asked me what a Gauger was!?
Part of this is the gradual change in English language
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Ted Larson
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#170995
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
With all the other ones out there, I wonder how many were actually imported?
Jace Kahn
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JGG KahnSr
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#170994
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
I have 15 of these J&L tank cars and need white decals instead of the black or green Champ decals
Rusty
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J. Rustermier
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#170993
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
My goodness, did this topic ever go down a different route than what I originally asked about. I never asked about good or bad. Let¡¯s pull this train into the station.
I was looking for what you
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Mike Swederska
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#170992
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
With that information I may have to start checking out the program.
In the past I had been dissuaded by the random nature of Kellow's columns in the S Scale Resource and the O scale counterpart--lots
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JGG KahnSr
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#170991
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Although, things have changed drastically over the years, anybody building/completed a layout is a modeler!? I pretty much have stopped with the wooden craftsman kits although I have some
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Bob Werre
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#170990
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
Bill, there was a small photo in the Steam era website several years past of it on the road in black, besides the typical silver 'photo version'.
I believe that when a few of the Houston S guys were
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Bob Werre
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#170989
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
In discussions, I always prefaced with words like: "S is a tough scale to get into, it's not for someone looking for instant gratification."
Ed pretty much hits the nail on the head.? I've seen some
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Rich Gajnak
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#170988
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Re: NWSL J&L Tank, Another Question
Most model J&L tank cars are painted wrong based on a builder's photo since
that are almost no known photos of it running in the wild. My car is painted
wring - oh well.. I am not changing
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Bill Lane
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#170987
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Here are some cars I do.
Paul Vaughn
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Paul Vaughn <pev.sn3@...>
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#170986
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
I think that the "not building models" ship has already mostly sailed when it comes to engines and rolling stock.? Most are now sold well detailed (usually assembled in a place like China) and all
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Charles Kinzer
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#170985
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
You can call me a modeler as I still build models. Are you calling most S
scalers collectors?
Paul Vaughn
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Paul Vaughn <pev.sn3@...>
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#170984
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Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
And we can all stop calling ourselves modelers, because no one will be actually building models anymore.? As always, Tom Dempsey
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thmsdmpsy
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#170983
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