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Hello again, Judy, I'm glad you joined this forum. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. regards Mike :D

Thanks David & Steve. Steve, I will email you separately on your questions. Because the '0' Model is being built for a Lionel layout, there are certain non-scale elements that would render it unsuitable for 0n3. It is too large. However, I will send you a few thoughts on how to tackle what...

As usual, that is great work, Robin. A terrific scene has resulted. You inspire many modellers here. What can be done with ordinary materials, using an inventive mind, and skilled hands, are what true model building has always represented. I truly enjoy the scratchbuilding and kitbashing in...

Excellent water tower, Andrew, and congratulations on a fine job. Regards \ Mike

Good stuff ,Ray...brings back a lot of memories of the older methods of car building, that are sadly fading away,along with so many of the craft elements of the hobby. regards / Mike

Retrying a garden view :

Don, I can assure you that no cereal boxes or popsicle sticks were exploited or abused in the making of these models. For that cedar, maple and birch material, I do use offcuts scrounged here and there, rather than new boards though, it's the right thing to do, especially when one is of...

Oops...too many KB's in the "garden" shot....sending a more mundane shot...

These are two coal towers I have underway, one in 1/2" scale for G gauge [all red cedar], and one for Lionel-O [maple & birch]. They are loosely based , and scaled up from various elements of, the old "Bachmann-Plasticville" H0 units from the late 50's. regards \ Mike

My parents got me started at the age of 5, in 1948, with a plastic & metal clockwork British 00 train. This led to a "Trix Twin" AC 00 set in 1951. During these years I got to go into London to my parents' restaurant every Saturday, on a steam powered passenger train of course. We came to...

I was flipping throughan old 1988 RMC and found a reference to ICC information administered by "NARA". This is the US National Archives and Records Administration. So I did a Google hit for NARA to see what showed up, and there were 160,000 links, including, just on the first page, The...

This is NOT a knock against the organizers. It's quite understandable that the cost of a table would be high in that location, but there's a limit to what is affordable or recoverable from sales. Many part-time vendors( myself included ), simply cannot afford to pay 4 to 5 times the normal...

A good thread with a lot of good suggestions. Some of the alternatives might depend on what tools are available to the builder. Pretty hard to build some of the drawers mentioned without a table saw, plus either a dado blade or a router.....although a hundred and two hundred years ago, there...

It's a shame in many ways what's happened to 'small-business-retail', not just in our hobby, but in so many other areas. It's part of the whole changed demographic of shopping everywhere, and it was all driven by the buyer/ consumer. From small towns all the way to big cities, the former...

Hi folks. Ron, I think that you did start a worthwhile topic, even if there are a number of major considerations to deal with, that may put the 'kibosh' on the concept. If every small business start-up / retailer in specialized product, [like our hobby] did enough accurate research, there...

Was thinking of going in the show with a vendor booth, but cost is outside my range. :eek: Will try to get to Maple Leaf show as a visitor. Next show we will have tables in, is Muskoka [Bracebridge] Aug 9-10. regards / Mike:D

Welcome, Earle. Always glad to see new members on board, and posting right away.Hope you get some good feedback from the HiRailers here. regards / Mike:)

Ron's right about 'cookin' that stuff to kill the cooties off, but you can also use a regular oven, that way you can use steel or aluminum trays or pans to put the dirt in. Don't know if it's long enough, but I usually go with about 400F for about an hour. Depends how much moisture is in it...

I haven't bought any Homasote for nearly 15 years now, but even then , it was a custom-ordered product for our local lumberyard, [ in a very small town ]. I believe it was over $35CDN a sheet even back then. Unlike sometimes-substituted materials, it is very heavy, AND unlike any other...

Larry, the fact that insurers wouldn't cover employees who might have contracted SARS in Toronto SHOULD mean that no one from the USA travel anywhere ever again. BTW, thousands of Toronto area people have been in the USA, every day of the week for the past 2 months, just like there are all the...