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Bernhard, Although I doubt that I would ever do this much super detail to any of my cars, I have very much enjoyed your progress, and for that I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to document and share your work. Model railroading is fun and there are as many ways to make it fun as...

Tad, I'm comin' up your way this weekend to see a couple of gals, (one's the 3985) any chance of a layout tour? 2slim

<<Whoa...that's so ugly, I gotta have two >> Bob Would that be 'stereo ugly'? Definately different beastie there...... 2slim

Dave, I saw that post on trainboard too and my first thought was Leroy and his students. Leroy was teaching in North Carolina IIRC and the guy with the layout is in Oregon so there might be some logistical problems. I did email the guy in Oregon and suggest he donate the layout to a school or...

Bernhard, I am not an expert on turn of the century equipment, but a steel center beam with truss rods seems like overkill to me! I wasn't aware that the Atlas cars had the opening doors you mentioned, it's a shame they missed the boat on the under frame. Perhaps there were cars of this type...

Hi Frank, I think I would look at some wood dowels or plastic tube (which would be more expensive). Then I would scribe the joints in with a xacto or razor blade. You could hollow out a small bit on one end of the dowel to give it a tubing look. Last time I was at Wal-Mart I think I saw some...

Bob, Don't repaint it! Letter it 'Winnebago' that's what it looks like to me at least!! 2slim

Mighty fine work Dave! We need to convince you to do a tutorial or an article for the Gauge E-Zine. I always enjoy seeing how somebody does weathering, so far I haven't seen a wrong way to weather stuff. It's fun to learn lots of techniques and then apply them so your efforts all look different...

Mike, Welcome back to the hobby, and to the Gauge! I'll give you some feedback, however mine is certainly not the last word on the subject. First I'd like to suggest a book which will do a lot for your research it's called 'Modelling Railroads of the 1950's' it's just out and if you go to Model...

She's a looker! Much nicer than John Deere green, (no offence to JD lovers). 2slim

Harold, I'll give you an educated guess, I believe it's a Athearn reefer. I say that because of the way it's constructed, Athearn reefers have the ice hatches like that and the coupler lids are formed metal, also if you look real close you'll notice that the roof and ends are one piece this is...

Good Job there Hummer 2slim

Hey Bob, Who makes those loaders? I have been to several Family Dollar stores and can't find them. I saw one in Boise Idaho but it looked way too big to be this one. I'd like to find a couple for a flat car load. 2slim BTW forgot to say your vacation is "Shay-cool"

Robin, Don't forget to give yourself a drug test!!!! <VBG> Gomez Adams is a rank amature compaired to you, my friend!!

ROFLMAO!!!! Check out the link to 'photos of the rear of mooners' link and scroll down to the BNSF crew!! Classic....... 2slim

Herc, I got one of their camper conversion outfits, kind of a motor home with a pickup cab on front. the wheels were a bit tricky. I used a toothpick as a small paint applicator. Still takes a steady hand but not impossable. Don't know why but kids seem to do well with N scale detailing, had a...

Don Have you seen the offerings from Line Side Models? They are cast resin vehicles but seemed to me to have a pretty good selection of newer, (not brand new) cars and trucks. Some times ebay has some newer resin cars and trucks offered by a user named savonart. Also do a search for a fellow...

Hey Tileguy, Is that the company that makes some HO cast resin cars and trucks, (50's era)? Do they have a web site? Did a Google search but nothing came up. 2slim

SmolderZ That snow shed is DA BOMB! Did you just eyeball the dimensions? Did you draw it in AutoCAD? I'd like to do something similar in N Scale on a corner loop with no elevation change. Would definately be an eye catcher. Swwweeeeeeeeett! 2slim

Hi guys, Just got back from vacation. I visited a gentleman's N scale empire which boasted a 150 car stack train! There were cars from every manufacturer and each was loaded with containers which had weathering, as did the cars. I commented that there was a good deal of time and money on...