Re: Locomotive Workshop Boxcar Restoration
One (of 2) waiting in the wings, withe resin ends and PRS roof. Just mocked up but in the queue. Another in the background.
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Bruce Bogart
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Re: Locomotive Workshop Boxcar Restoration
Yea Brooks, there are several in my basement. I use the sides for differing projects. I did build one and decorate it THB. It was sold off a few years ago. It was a tough build. A few I have will get
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Bruce Bogart
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Frank Titman tribute
The Frank Titman tribute at the NASG convention is underway. Hugh Sinn is wrangling that. He came over today and made a haul of my stuff. Contact Hugh if you have something you want to display.
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Bill Lane
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NWSL J&L Tank, Yet Another Question
I do have another question for those who own one or more of these cars: I found one small brass part loose in the box (on the workbench beneath the car); I suspect it is supposed to represent a valve
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Locomotive Workshop Boxcar Restoration
One nit: I suspect the tack boards on the door should be swapped. Jace Kahn ________________________________ Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:57 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject:
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Locomotive Workshop Boxcar Restoration
I bought a couple from Bob Werre within the past year. Jace Kahn ________________________________ Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:57 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [S-Scale]
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Western Pacific F Unit Gathering on the Sierra Northern
Kind of outside the scope?
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jjmannmmr <jjmannmmr@...>
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Locomotive Workshop Boxcar Restoration
I recently acquired a boxcar built from a Locomotive Workshop kit from Ed Loizeaux.? Ed isn't sure who originally assembled the car.? I upgraded it with parts from PRS,? added some detail,
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Brooks Stover
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Re: Western Pacific F Unit Gathering on the Sierra Northern
If you have a model railroad you also may be on the ownership/management side?????? ? Stan
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Stanley Houghton
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Re: corn flakes!
The recent thread on "JTT Corn" said they have "O" and "HO" and the "HO" is perhaps oversized. I could find three MR articles about cornfields.? The astro turf and brass mentioned, and a plastic
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Charles Kinzer
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Re: corn flakes!
Yes Jim, that seems like the way to go.? Unless one could copy the brass versions, make several copies a bit taller from thin plastic using punch type affair!? Just thinking out loud! A 'past-on'
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Bob Werre
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Re: Western Pacific F Unit Gathering on the Sierra Northern
Bob is right. And sometimes a strike is the only instrument some employers will understand. Being a labour union's member by myself I've learned some things the hard way... Heartful greetings from
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Hans von Draminski
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Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
I'd build the door using aluminum angle and strips and TIG weld it together to make a multi cell, each cell being about ?9" squares. The top would be a 1/8" thick ?piece of Polycarbonate. Here
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J. Rustermier
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Re: corn flakes!
Hi Bob. MR had an article many years ago on using the photo etched corn. Because you only get a few square inches of the brass stalks, the author painted a suggestion of corn on the backdrop and then
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Jim & Cheryl Martin
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Re: corn flakes!
Shortstalks in small area sounds like sweet corn patch. ? Short stalks can also be mid summer before corn reaches full height? Sent from my Tardis
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Ted Larson
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Western Pacific F Unit Gathering on the Sierra Northern
Hi Bob -- You are having way too much fun! Neat! Bill Winans
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William Winans
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Re: corn flakes!
If it's only knee high, the farmer's in trouble. Sweet corn is shorter than feed corn. Also has light green tassels rather than reddish. Each stalk has one ear generally. Former employee of DeKalb Ag.
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jjmannmmr
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Re: corn flakes!
Sweet corn. Sweet corn stays pretty short. Steve Lunde
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Steve Lunde
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Re: corn flakes!
I don¡¯t see any ears on those stalks, so short might be fine. ¡°Knee high by the Fourth of July¡± used to be the refrain. [email protected]> wrote:
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Ted Zanders
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corn flakes!
Several days ago we were shown a photo of a corn field track-side.? I also had thoughts of something similar so I bought some etched brass versions in HO.? I put them aside as I put some thought
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Bob Werre
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