Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004

I recently bought a secondhand MDC Loco kit that was missing its
instructions.  I e-mailed MDC last Monday (the 24th May)  and the
instructions arrived, gratis,  this morning. (the 29th May).  Postmarked the
25th, they made it to the U.K. in 4 days from Nevada.  Hats off to MDC who

Update:
There are currently 130 planned model railroad/toy train shows or meets
listed within the database at
 www.littletoytrains.com.

Well I new you guys would miss me so I am here to run rmr again.  Iraq
still sucks and so does this group.  And that fagot from Australia is
still here waiting for me.  ha ha.  you yuppies need me to keep your
a.ses in line and I am going to do it the hard way.

Saw an ex-Southern Pacfic locomotive in
a double head with a UP loco. They were
hauling mixed freight east through north
central Ohio. This was over Memorial

nicked from the Yahoo finance pages and Reuters:
Model train maker Hornby says it hopes acquisitions in Spain and Italy
will help it conquer the European market, after posting full-year profits
in line with expectations.

My wife and I are planning on a trip to the US for this summer and we
will be touring round San Francisco and Las Vegas. As
a model railroad fan, I would like to make a few purchases in N scale.
Among them is the California Zephyr in N scale (A pair

I'm thinking about buying an AHM RS-3 from an online seller.  The
engine was made in the 1980s.  A fellow modeler says they're not that
good because they don't run slow, IE you have to keep them going at a
good clip.

I've added some progress pictures to my layout site: the control panel from
A&R Engravers in Salem MA (great work, easy to deal with, etc., they are at
http://www.arengravers.com
I've also started ballasting and testing some scenery stuff.

For those that might be interested, I have made major updates to the website
documenting my quest to build a room-size layout. As always, comments are
welcome, either here, or via e-mail
....Fred

I finally got around to putting up some more pics of my new layout -
including a How-To on creating mountains/hills with Woodland Scenics
Plaster Cloth.
The layout is quite bare bones right now. Hopefully I'll get a chance

Due to a need to raise some money, ive decided to thin out my collection a
little, all items are as described and engines were working the last time I
used them. Please email me direct if you are interested in any items. I will
be happy to post you a picture, or answer any questions ...

http://www.rrscenery.com
I recently did a scene modeling some Sage Brush country and did a page
showing the products used. Click on it from the home page.
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Is it just me but is it all a bit sad ?
half of the images are dull , poorly lit and poorly composed . the
gallery is little more than trainspotting online
Sorry

   Just for kicks, I thought I'd start a model railroad related thread.  I
know it's a bit odd to have one here at r.m.r these days, but what the
heck...  :-)
NEW PAINT SCHEMES!

There are two "definitive" John Ahern books for sale on e-bay.
Please look at:-
Miniature Locomotive Construction
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6900796764&ssPageName=S