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Its been a while since I've been in The Gauge. Lots of new projects under way. 1:20.3 scratchbuilt New Mexico Logging Company log cars, (not Hartford kits, real scratchbuilt from a photo), #15 Breckenridge Mason Bogie and a few pieces of rolling stock. <p>New to the list are 7/8ths scale...

Kee Stoned Shay Nice work!!!! Now its time to bash the Kee Stoned Shay kit into a Dunkirk!!!! Much easier. Marc :cool:

Another gobble up by Horizon. Horizon never cared about model railroading and still doesn't! Buy up the market and then stangle the hobbyist. Horizon's fill rate is no better than 25 - 30%. The two long standing manufacturers have sold out. Model Power is next on the chopping block after...

Well all! After more than a month of unsuccessful tries to log in to The Gauge, post replies, etc., I am finally able to join the great group of modelers once more. This all started when the format was changed, etc. Glad to be back on. Will have some more projects in the works posted...

Stylin" :) Thanks for the Kudos all!! More photos to follow. I'll post some photos of the logging truck I finished a couple of years ago. The logging truck placed 1st in the NCR NMRA Convention in Grand Rapids, MI last year and has won several other awards. The logging truck is going to...

Bigg E. Whiggs, the CEO of my Georgetown Gilpin & Bergen Park RR requested a special railcar for touring the rail lines between Georgetown through the Giplin territory to Bergen Park. This railcar is quite a departure from my normal bashing/scrachbuilding as this one will be pristine, not...

Valve Grind - Pearl Drops Ian, I have found the very fine water soluable valve grind compound to work very well on plastic gears, I use this all the time on the MDC shays, etc. and have been using this for at least 20 some years. Concentricity of the plastic gears will smooth out with with...

Valve Grind Compound Valve grind compound is used to hone and seat valves in the heads of automobiles, etc. It is a very fine grit that trues surfaces to each other. This compound should be available at most automotive parts stores. Make sure you pick up the fine grit stuff though for you...

Horny Toad Mike, Great work as always! Jack, Great chatting with you last weekend.. Anyone have the new Atlas Shay on order? The DCC version was dropped however, the non-DCC is available. Cool stuff! Marc

A & T Diagram Jack, The diagram that you made a couple of years ago, would be cool! More than likely this would have to be scanned and then downloaded. Marc

Wha'D You Shay? Looks good both of you!!!! The idea of a sliding drive shaft sounds good. Hobbytown has used this method on all of their items. With a little work, that would be great. Also, using two different sizes of square hollow brass would work. I use this method for all of my...

Shay - Can motors Most can motors are accompanied by a flywheel. A flywheel also helps out in the enertia aspects. Because the can motor doesn't have the magnet mass of the open frame motors, the flywheel helps to get it going add momentum during revolutions. I used a small flywheel in my...

Running Hot Well, first question, are we all talking about the Keystone conversion or other MDC shays and Keystone converstions. Cam, what can motor are you using in the Keystone? In answer to both, none of my motors run hot. See items 1, 2, 3, below for investigation of the hot motors...

Hi all, Sounds like there has been some interest in other engines! Cool, Cool! I found another photo of the C&WM that depicts the fireman's side of the engine. I've made progress on the model and fortunate not to have made too much progress as the new photo shows some new stuff. Had...

Basalt !!!!!! Jason, No misunderstanding on your part. The book is your's. I'll take care of the shipping, etc. Always grateful to help out a fellow Model Railroader. I'll dig around and find out more information on the Colorado Midland RR. What a cool line. Please send me your...

Keystone Shay Camelot, You are getting there. As we mentioned, this is not a conversion process for the faint at heart. It does make a very nice Class A shay. As a note to Shamus, I don't use the NWSL bullgear, etc. for the MDC shays. I replace them with the same gear box used for the...

Basalt, CO Jason, I have a copy of the book you can have. It is near mint condition. Please Email me your address and I will send it to your for your library and referece. Thanks, Marc

Cinnibar is Home Hi All! Jack is home and recooping. Things are still a little fuzzy as well expected. He's a one tough cookie!!!!! Talk to all of you later. Marc

Update on Jack This is the latest on Jack. Oh yes, by the way, Gerald Styles is keeping me in the loop (Gerald lives in El Paso). Apparently, Jack knew something was wrong, so he chewed up a few aspirin. According to the doctors, this save his life. There is no apparent brains damage. He...

All, My good friend and fellow model railroader Jack Bunn, AK Cinnibar, (A & T N scale series) suffered a stroke on Friday, January 30, 2004 . He finally woke up on Sunday. I will be getting more information on him tonight or tommorow. Jack in in room 619, Thomason Hospital, El Paso, TX...