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    60 assasinated and CNN says "Separatist group" - But, what's up with CNN??!!

    Carnage in train bombing in Madrid We are in elections in Spain, next sunday. The ETA killers have strike in Madrid, in three conmuter trains, this morning around 7:45AM local time. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/11/spain.blasts/index.html When I'm writing, the toll rises to...
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    “Novice needs advice”. Book about paint&weathering: Which?

    Thanks for the clarifications, Val. :) :thumb:
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    “Novice needs advice”. Book about paint&weathering: Which?

    Thanks, friends Thanks for the advice, Tyson & Val & Andrew !! :D :D Tyson: I will give a look to these Dave Frary books. ;) Val: I plan use water-soluble Pollyscale paints. Can it be diluted in alcohol too? What's best for paint structures, water-soluble acrilics (PollyScale), or...
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    Modern day train robbery

    In my city, the Parks & Gardens service use to plant fresh flowers each spring. They were stunned when discovered that lots of them were predated by charming grannies soon after planted. :eek: You know, maybe each granny thinked: "sure, nobody will miss this tiny violet, and it will look...
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    “Novice needs advice”. Book about paint&weathering: Which?

    Well, I realize that the best way for learn this things is the ol' “trial&error” method, but having a good guide can help to cut corners. There are twenty-many years that I don't paint a kit. The today paints and materials available are a bit different that the ones I was used and have more...
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    Yeti Sports (off topic)

    Oopppsss!! :eek:
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    Yeti Sports (off topic)

    1110??? 1131,8?????? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: I'm missing something... where's the trick?? :confused: My hat's off to you, friends. :thumb: :thumb:
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    Yeti Sports (off topic)

    Wow!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: BTW, what have you used, a cannon? :thumb:
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    Yeti Sports (off topic)

    Another amazing internet game. :D http://62.116.30.115/yetineu/ (until now, my record is 328.4) :eek:
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    Happy New Year

    Happy New Year, friends!! :D :wave: :D That you and yor loved ones have a healty and prosperous 2004 :thumb: (and that the January 6th, the Reyes Magos left you some RR stuff!!) ;)
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    Casey Feedwater & babydot94513 birthdays

    Wow! Year' last day! :eek: Happy birthday to both, Mike & Babydot :wave:
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    Maybe I should stop modelling US trains

    Paul, I have had also lots of troubles in Spain with my purchases from the U.S. Apparently, the U.S. Mail Service came to an agreement with an european courier ("General Parcel Service", I think that is their name), and all U.S. shippments bound to Europe are handed to these guys. :eek...
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    History Lesson please...

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that the Central Pacific was leased to the Southern Pacific around 1884, and definitively consolidated around 1959. By 1884, the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad were controlled by the "Big Four" (Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins...
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    Merry Christmas All !

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Gauge friends!! :D :D :D :D
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    Were you from...?

    Bayonne? Yes, several years ago I used to go to Bayonne in week-end. (Pretty girls, the bayonnaises :rolleyes: , and nice old city et très sympa people). Bueno, amigo CN1, que tengas unas Felices Navidades y un próspero Año Nuevo (y que los Reyes Magos te traigan muchos trenes el día 6 de...
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    Were you from...?

    ¿Bilbaíno? Aupa! :D :D :D I'm from Irún, 20 kilometers east of San Sebastián! I have lived several years in Brussels (Belgium), and after that, in Valencia, but now I'm back in my home city. I'm not been very active in The Gauge in the past months due to a work rush! :eek: :curse: (but...
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    Were you from...?

    Hello, CN1. ¿Me ha parecido oir que alguien quiere practicar español? :) (I would define my english as "tolerable") :rolleyes: Merry Christmas to all, my friends.
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    We made it

    Congratulations, Jimmy & Co.! :thumb:
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    I wish they'd make........

    Well, maybe some of these have been already available in brass, but I would be happy to see in good quality plastic (Athearn Genesis quality or like) the following: - Krauss-Maffei in D&RGW (new molds, not the old Rivarossi ones) - Baldwin RF16 in PRR tuscan with 4 stripes - Baldwin...
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    Been Havin' Some Troubles

    Charlie, I'm not very good giving support words in my native language, so I'm feel a bit helpless doing that in english. But be assured that my feelings are with you and I have not a doubt that you will do OK with this twist of the life that you face now. In Spain we have a saying: “Mientras...