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Paul...rest now with the angels We never met, Paul, well almost once. You had completed one of your masterpieces and I said, "Well, now that you're finished with that you can come by and help me. I know he smiled as he replied, "Okay, but you pay the airfare." At that point , being green in...

Just finished doing a stretch of scenery on my layout which has plenty of hills, a river channel and some steep bluffs. I started with carved foam and covered it with plaster cloth. After the plaster cloth dried I got out my "old" bucket of joint compound, added a litle water and got out a paint...

...but then what else would you expect from a quality company?

Thomas continued running along the spur which ran by the shore of lake ponchatrain. He looked out over the water and saw IT; a large wooden crate floating near the shore. He stopped and opened up the crate and to his surprise, inside there was a...

sleep-inducing sagebrush which would have sent all of them to...

We do sometimes run the wife's LGB set under the tree, if we're going to be home for Christmas which we are this year. We bought the LGB for the grandkids to play with. It's tough and they can't hurt it too much. (There's no playing with Grandpa's trains though except under very close...

little bitty Pinkies, crawling all over the car looking for...

everyone agreed that the only thing to do was...

the previously derailed BART car (two days ago?) and the President yelled...

There is also another product that you can use to clean rails. It's called 'Goo Gone'. It was initially invented to remove the glue from objects that had price stickers on them. (that doesn't sound like good English does it?) Anyway, you get the idea. Goo-Gone is available just about anywhere...

Yeah, earthquakes are scary. I was on R&R in Japan in 1966 after 10&1/2 months in combat and we had a jolt. Watched in complete fascination as the roof of the barracks started to separate from the sidewall. Didn't last long but that was enough. I was on a plane the next morning headed back to...

Hey Cactus: I'm using a bare bones WS hot wire with its little plug-in xformer and it's done right by me. I also use a 25-watt pencil soldering iron for fine carving. It makes some smoke but not enough to get exercised about. About the best one I did see was at a train show. This guy had a...

The perils of the computer age Paul, Sketch and Peter: Cyber blunder? Like it hasn't happened to EVERYBODY else. I don't think so!!! I could tell you some stories about our military's entrance into the world of computers that would literally curl your hair. Fortunately, WW III wasn't started...

Jon: I don't think that this would pass ANY inspection to get it on the rails. Note the A/C unit at the end. Somebody's building for their layout?? Hey, you wouldn't have to go to all that trouble. You can get a good used caboose for just a few thousand. Of course, getting it sent to your...

Wedding Bells??? Congratulations Judy and Glen. May you have a clear track and a solid green board all of your lives. You can tell by my signature what I think

leveling track Val: Looking at the picture, I think that Larry and Vic are right. With my old eyes, it looks as though the right side of the rail joiner is sitting on TOP of that cast on nubbin. I think that if you carefully shave that off, ON BOTH RAILS the problem will be solved. Just my...

God knows best Scoob: Unlike most of the others, I know what you are going through. My son died when he was two weeks short of turning 13. He had muscular dystrophy and of course there is no cure. This is what the Labor Day telethon is all about. Sometimes, you wonder, what if?... That's a...

WS Plaster Cloth, Hydrocal etc. I think that PofP is the best way to go. I know, it's somewhat messy but not too much if you are careful. To eliminate those annoying little holes in the plaster wrap, when you put it down, rub your WET fingers over it and kind of smooth it out. Drywall...

Chris: It's been a few years for me too, working with Envirotex but (and I may be mistaken) I think I read somewhere that for ripples, you could use a heat gun or hair dryer and this will cause the Envirotex to ripple. You might try a small experimental area first, as Val said and see what...

Fred: I think that the wreck was caused by that strange looking object laying alongside the track near the yellow truck. What is that thing? It's probably something that fell off of an 18-wheeler. You know how careless these truckers are:D :D :D This doesn't have anything to do with "The...