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Hi again: Took awhile to figure out how to get a still from teh video camera, then had to edit it a bit. Here's shots of an HO engine my uncle gave me when i was about 11 or 12, round about 1965/6. I think it once was an 0-8-0 but he'd modeled it into the 2-6-0 you see here. Gave it to me in an...

Hi: Hope you don't mind an "S" guy crashing your party. I have an HO engine that i'll take a picture of and post later. Have to hook up the camera and see if i can get it to work. Meantime, here's a photo of my American Flyer "Rocket" PA passenger set running at the Columbia GATS show. Got...

Hi: There's an article in today's paper about a local company about to make a business deal with China to supply track grinders. The article states that China's "main mode of transportation is railroads" and the country has 33,534 "route miles" of track. "Route miles do not include areas where...

Hi: Since joining a modular club i have been to 12 shows in 2.25 years, plus four TCA sales meets. Prior to that, i'd been to 2 shows in twenty years. So all my experience is new and local to the Carolinas, except for a Tidewater,VA show. So,... 1. See above. 2. If you mean by B-S-T there...

Hi Xaniel: It's things like your post that make the 'WWW" such an interesting place. Nice to be able to "go" to a trainfest overseas. Thanks for taking us to the show. Regards, Ted

Hey Bill: If you don't go through any height restricting things, like tunnels, signal bridges, etc, you could run a thin wire up off one of the cars and have a "ghost" flying over the train. Looks good, have fun. Regards, Ted

Thanks for the tip Andrew. Regards, Ted

Hi: The white surface on a hockey rink comes from the concrete under it. Usually painted. I'd take thin plexi, 1/16 if you can get it, paint the lines, logos etc in reverse on the bottom side, then paint over all of that with some sort of "white" paint. Then you can "age" the top surface with a...

Hi: How do you mask when you are painting stripes on engines or rolling stock? My past experience with masking tape showed that it let some paint flow under the tape at "cracks" and "bumps" in the plastic surface where the tape could not conform to the small details. Things like cast-in door...

Hi: Neat topic. I don't think we'll see them dragging the old locos out of storage anytime soon. The C&IM ran 25 2-10-2 engines till 1954-5. Replaced them with SIX diesels. Same workload. Steamers had too many moving parts that aged far too quickly. Even though they are beautiful to watch...

Hi Guys: Ya know,... most anything that gets portrayed in the media, is being used for some other purpose than to show a balanced presentation of what the subject is about. I recon' it's impossible for a human being to report on anything without their personal point of view being a part of the...

Thanks for the note Paul. Regards, Ted

Hi Val: Looks like a great model. Thought i'd throw a couple ideas your way in case they were useful. I've worked on a couple bakerys and they've both had a place to offload a tanker car, sugar, oil and fructose syrup, and boxcars for packaging, spices, etc. Might aid you in adding the scenery...

Hi: Great work as always. Since i always think of this when i look at Shamus' work i'll ask a question here. If y'all have a minute, could you explain how you get so many unique poses and outfits for your people? Do you really cut their little arms off, glue them back on, putty all the joints...

Sorry about the "BGreat", i'm nothing without a spell checker.....

Hi: How about a listing of the great train books everyone's read? We've done a train songs thread, and now we've got a good train movies thread, so.... does anyone out there still read? I'll start, read David Baldacci's "The Christmas Train" this summer. Nice story, good characters and a...

Hi Folks: I'd like to add Disney's "The Journey of Natty Gann". Story of a Dad and daughter in depression era Chicago. Dad has to leave for WPA logging job in Washington state and daughter, played by Meredith Salenger, rides the rails, hitchhikes and meets John Cusak on her way to find Dad...

Hey Bob: I know what you mean about "waxing and waning". Also, there's always the problem of more ideas than i have time , money or expertise to realize it on the modules. I currently have about 10 projects i want to accomplish and instead i'm doing drawings trying to find a way to add more...

Hi Paul: Thoroughly enjoyed the piece. Do you have any harmonica players on your railroad? Seems to me that John Sebastian's (he of Lovin' Spoonful fame) dad was a famous harp player. Anyone recall anything about that? Thanks for the tune Paul! Ted