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Philip, I’m not sure just how old your 0-4-0 is, but I believe (not absolutely sure) that the parts were essentially interchangeable throughout the production history. As you probably know, Model Power bought Mantua a year or so ago. I have a late-1980's Mantua parts list that shows the...

Thanks Will..... Have fun with your research. BillS

I’m not familiar with the Credit Valley. But if it interchanged with larger Canadian roads, you could get some pretty good ideas of freight cars that might have been seen on the Credit Valley from historical information on those roads. The Jefferson and Overland Rwy (fictitious) is in the...

The last thing I would call myself is "expert", but I do want to welcome a fellow 1880's modeler to the Gauge. Depending upon the nature and locale of your pike, I would suggest that the MDC Overtons are a bit freaky in that they are so short. The more typical standard gauge passenger cars...

If you're really quite sure this will be a single-operator layout, I wouldn't worry about 30" isles --- at least not to the extent of compromising your track plan. The wider the nicer, but for one person 30" is quite comfortable. The typical interior doorway (at least in the U.S.) is 30"...

Val, Don't be trying to sneak in on the spoils of a US war. Declare your own! BillS

It seems to me that you people are getting too far afield from the original subject of this thread. The real question here is whether we should bomb Sweden..... Personally I would be in favor of invading rather than bombing. That way we could save more of those knock-down-gorgeous Swedish...

Idaho? I'm told nothing ever happens in Idaho. BillS

Sorry..... I misspoke. "Nader-lontz" is the language. "Nader-lond" is the country. BillS

I'm afraid everyone is guilty of this sort of thing. No one, even those of us who live here, ever pronounces "Los Angeles" correctly. Many years ago when I was living in the Netherlands (correctly said something like "Nader-lontz") for a while. Dutch friends frequently kidded me on the way...

Skunk Valley: Your "Conservation of Rs" theory explains a lot. Now I understand why Bostonians insist that we live in a country called "Americur". BillS

HAH! Incredible! I had to check out Widgery & Associates. These were apparently legit polls, but taken as part of a humor TV show. One of their results I loved was: “34% of those who voted in the last election believe ‘Forrest Gump’ was a documentary.” (Boy that sure gives one...

The movie and TV industry has never been real big on portraying technical details with any accuracy. I remember many years ago --- possibly the movie was named "Grand Prix" --- watching Kirk Douglas or someone, driving his race car around the track at a simulated gazillion miles an hour, both...

Great idea. I thinkI'll try that. BillS

Yup. But no photographs have survived. It was about 1948. A figure 8, about 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 feet, HO. But I did it the "right" way: Open frame benchwork, pine subroadbed with what we considered state of the art at the time: Tru-Scale self-gauging roadbed with hand-spiked code 100 brass...

Wooden clothes pins (the kind with steel springs) are great clamps. Paper "bathroom" cups are fine for mixing casting resin. Vinegar puts a nice tooth on metal before painting. Fingernail files and sanding boards come in handy. The fillers out of old ball point pens are a source of tubing...

I enjoyed your website, Michael. Great looking modeling. I've kicked myself around the block a few times for not buying several of those Lincoln funeral cars when they were being sold by AHC (?). They were only a couple of $ each then. Now, when I occasionally see them on eBay, they go for...

Perfect! I am constantly amazed at the incredibly high quality of modeling that gets shown here on the gauge. We're a miniscule percent of modelers worldwide, but (excluding me.....) we must be the best of the lot. BillS

I still dunno..... You guys make points that are likely valid, and I would be prone to agree..... but: Although, with Portugese funding, Columbus accidentally “discovered” the new world, there were quite a few people already on this continent whose ghosts, were they given a vote, might...

The corner clamp Andrew mentioned does look like a nifty little rig. It was recently reviewed in either MRR or RMC. But angle plates work nicely, particularly with magnets. There are some details on using them for structure assembly in both magazines' February issues. Model Railroader...