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Actually, I check MS.com and found that it's yet to be released- thus a slight dearth of players to comment on it. Looks quite good, though, I expect to ship a few more bucks off to MS when it releases.

I've got a bit of an unconventional design of benchwork: 3/4inch plywood surface with L-girder 1x4s underneath, with the whole thing hanging from pulleys on the ceiling. With 25lbs of counterweight on each end I can pull it to the ceiling and out of the way, for storage- vital because I am...

... 'Flight of the Bumblebee' (these tracks need a lot of TLC). If he replies with the song 'I Love a Parade', though, I'll have to...

I haven't, as yet. Previews looked pretty good and they have a slick web page but I was hoping for a real live human opinion instead of just good ad copy

... 'Perhaps he's my contact?' wondered the professor silently. 'He IS wearing a pink carnation as a boutonier, like they told me to watch for. I'll know for sure that he's my contact if he's carrying...'

... the recent spate of train robberies in this part of the West.

meal for that special someone. The problem, though, is that when you cook a plastic steak (in 1/87th scale) it turns to goo and smoke. So instead, find a special someone who likes...

... candlelight. It's just so romantic! The only thing a grue could think was more romantic than a candlelit evening cruise would be...

A wider selection of livestock, preferably costing less than the prototype. I can get a prototype goose for very little money- the model actually looks like it'll cost more! How about a 'lease-a-loco' program? Daddy Warbucks buys a nice rivarossi, live steam or brass loco that we mere mortals...

Well, now I know what to try to make for my first animation

Well, it's almost finished. The barrel is complete, with clear caulk sealing the joints and holding it to the platform. I've poured the first envirotex, about an inch deep, with two drops of spruce blue to give it a more watery appearance. Really wish I had a camera!I'll get photos of the...

Further developments- In a move virtually guaranteed to wreck this project, I've decided to work without a formal plan and try new things as they occur to me. So far, it has worked reasonably well- I have the tower support, the platform and the barrel completed, an the barrel is secured to the...

As several have mentioned, sleeping is a hobby. I used to do more of it- coulda been a pro- but I've a six-month-old son who has taken over much of the time I used to dedicate to sleep I play with computers, ride mountain bikes, read and write science fiction. I tend to gather a new...

Well, I did get to a show- a local one put on by the Lion's Club, with probably a dozen layouts ranging from a suitcase Z-scale to a couple of tremendous garden layouts. The many vendors there had dozens of locomotives, hundreds of boxcars, scores of hoppers... and not a single unpainted...

... "the bombs are alive ... with the sound of music!" Missiles really like that, it's their second-favorite musical. Their favorite, of course, is...

Thanks for the advice, George. I need to go to a show sometime anyway, I'll keep an eye out for the bargains. Preiser unpainted, 100 people for $8? Where did you find that number? I was seeing 50ish people for about twenty bucks, a much less attractive ratio. (this was in the Walthers...

Not much help, but a general question: What is a steam generator, and why would it be installed? I've heard them mentioned but never explained. Thank you.

Nickel-silver is the most popular track material out there, for a good reason. It looks like steel and runs even when not perfectly clean (though it will run better if cleaned- see the Academy archive for an article on how to clean it, or just use a Bright Boy [looks like a large pencil-eraser...

Hello all- I'm new to the hobby, just starting out really. My layout is a 4x8 with a single oval right now, and a dozen currently-unassembled building kits. I'm hoping to add quite a few figures. Herein lies my dilemma. I'm not rich (far from it, really). I've looked at the Preiser figures...

Whoo! Wow, you were right- she IS out of my league I like the logging town behind her (though it took a minute to notice it ). Scratchbuilt? And while I'm thinking about it, I have balsa and basswood available to me. What's your preference between the two, and why? Thank you again for...