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It was a dark and cold December night 30 years ago. Chilled by the prarie howler and stung by the snow I welcomed the warmth of the Hobby shop as I stepped through the door into the dim light my breath sending up a plume of steam that would have done justice to a 2-10-0.Two of the regulars were...

Hello 60103! I hope you are having a peaceful Holiday season. Thanks for your observations re the girth of the 60's folk and OUCH! I resemble that remark!! As I mentioned I hope to post a picky people finale AFTER I get the remaining manufacturers products on my scale ruler. It will not be a...

The part about the "herky-jerky" running matches up with what folk on other sites are saying. Still if YOU want to have an operating model railway inside your 1-48th scale model house, perhaps it would do. As for me I'll paraphrase Mr. Krause and say, Way too small for me, I'll stick to "O"...

It has definitely been interesting. While researching the topic of a reasonable average height for a 1-48th scale,1-4inch scale figure I have learned much. The subject of height can take on the competitive aspects I have only previously seen in Hockey Games! You definitely should avoid this...

I am just curious. Is anyone here going to try the new Japanese "T" scale (1/450 scale 3 mm gauge) railways models? Cheers from the Heart of the Continent MT Hopper

Ah yes! Nippon. Then there is "T" scale. 1/450 scale with 3mm gauge. Made by Eishindo of Osaka. Currently all Japanese high speed train models. Initial reports indicate problems with coupling and some speed control issues but the fact they exist is quite astounding! Price of 4 car EMU is...

I agree Triplex. "S" scale on HO gauge track would seem like a logical combination. It works for the Newfoundland railways 42" gauge modellers. Ah! The Newfie Bullet me auld son, now dere was a train buy! Happy Holidays! and Cheers from the Heart of the Continent MT

Makes me think back to the NG&SL Gazette article about a dog hole steamer that a chap built in 3/8" scale. There were a couple of B&W photos with one showing a schooner standing off shore and some passengers being high lined to the vessel. From the look on the mustachioed male passengers face...

Can you imagine a diorama with a sailing vessel dockside and the loading booms set as the narrow gauge comes alongside to load up? Cheers from the Heart of the Continent MT

Just took delivery of some 1/48th scale people from Tamiya. They average in height between 5'4" and 5'9.5". These are good heights for the location and era I am tryting to model (North America, 1920-1939). I can set aside the bren guns and the stens and over the holidays turn helmets into hair...

Can anyone tell me if Vintage Reproductions snow kits are still available? Cheers MT Hopper

P.P.S. Oh yes!! And currently painting Warhammer 40K figures and vehicles for my two sons wargamming adventures. And modifying the little suckers (figures that is, not the kids).

If you become interested in the subject of 1/48 scale figures take my advice and walk away. Before I committed to "doing" computer engineering, I spent a year at Industrial Engineering. From my flirtation I recalled the resource books I used and went back to one of them. THEN I remembered from...

No it actually was 1:50 scale. It was back in the sixties in an issue of MR and this chap built his railway to 1:50 scale to match the scale of the cars, trucks and early model aircraft he used on his layout. The only reason I remember it is because I was so fascinated by the fact that someone...

I recall reading in an old magazine from the sixties about a 17/64 scale locomotive and rolling stock. I believe the author acquired it from Model Engineering Works(MEW)at that time. The same equipment subsequently reappeared in a short artcile in one of the current magazines (MR,RMC, NG&SL...

Seemingly the only folks working in 1:50th scale are Die Cast model Car hobbyists and several folk modelling railways in Japan. That's all I am aware of. Cheers from the Heart of the Continent Will

Well it certainly has been interesting! There are more "O" scales and a real variety of "O" gauges than I imagined. There are 1:45 scales: Of12 12 mm gauge used in Germany,Austria,Hungary, Poland,Danemark,Holland,Luxembourg,Switzerland,and Italy Of13.3 13.3mm gauge Germany Oe16.5 16.5 mm...

I finally have the drawings. Thanks to the kindness of fellow model railroaders in England, Sweden, Croatia and Germany I have a decent 3 view of what I now know to be a Class 99 Type 110C 0-6-0 Feldbahn locomotive of the Heere Deutsches Reichbahn Geselleschaft circa 1940. Cheers from the Heart...

Thanks Randy May. I hope to be in receipt of my first Arttista figures next week. Cheers from the Heart of the Continent MT Hopper

My journey to find some drawings/4 views of a World War Two 0-4-0 , 600mm gauge Henschel continue. I still have not found the rare and exotic critter known as, "a front view". However, it has been most educational so far. I have learnt far more about the Deutsches Reichsbahn Schmalspurbahn, than...