Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004

I just placed a coat of Bono on the rusted out roof of my 75 Mercury and
could have used some of his advice before starting. I assume that his byline
meant that he was experienced in that regard.
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Horizon Hobby, Inc. is pleased to announce that on June 14, 2004 it purchased
the assets of MDC/Roundhouse of Carson City, Nevada. The company, which was
originally founded as The Roundhouse in 1938, offers a wide variety of HO and
N-scale products, with an emphasis on HO kits, ...

Their HO Chesapeake & Allegheny (also spelled Allegeny) was featured many times
in MR years ago, and their op sessions were detailed in a clinic at the Valley
Forge NMRA National by Frank Winner and me.
What's happening lately?

What was I thinking, all I asked was a simple question about cottages, and
look what happened, and here I go again, I am either a twit or enjoy the
carnage I unwittingly start, but anyway, wooden buffer stops, both the box
type and the type that was just a cross piece, where ...

Is this the same body as that of the old Triang-Hornby WC/BB. i.e. the one
that Tim Shackleton modified in his book 'Plastic-Bodied Locos'. Or have
Hornby upgraded it, placing the chimney further forward in the correct
place.(the old version was 2 scale feet to the rear of where it ...

AN3 is going into the Goninan paint shop tomorrow and will come out in
Ghan livery. BL28 and BL31 are going in the next week or so and will
come out in PN livery. Any bets on when the first models of them will
appear?

Hello...if someone could help me I would appreaciate it very much.
I have a Lionel No. 5168 O27 Wide Radius 42" remote control switch. I have
the lever that would
tell the switch to move, BUT I cannot figure out how to wire it up. On

I'm new to US models (I live in the UK) & I know this is probably a daft
question, but what are ditchlights?
Cheers,
Ray

Diagrams for free download and a few Model Railway Catalogues to dispose of.
http://www.clubphoto.com/reward.php?id=289824&mid=members5_robin334854&pwd=
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Contact Please

Over on other fourms, the talk is now that MTH has won the suit with
Lionel, they will be focusing on the suit against makers of DCC.  This
will effect all acales.

Where could I source N scale Rapido type couplers at a
reasonable cost?
I need about 50+ with no specific fitting for wagon pockets.
Regards,

i have asked various stores for this stuff, gypsolite and stucktolite (sorry
about spelling), but it doesn't ring a bell with them.  is there a new name for
it, or a differant commercial name.  just curious.
andypaul@aol.com

Folks, this weekend is the summer Great Scale Model Train Show in Timonium, MD....just northwest of Baltimore. We are totally booked up for this show vendor wise. For this June show we use the smaller air-conditioned Exhibition Building.....so our tables will be 515. We will have ...

Found this on another newsgroup, and thought I'd
pass it on as a public service to those of the
Merkin persuasion unable (or unwilling) to
differentiate between those other purported

Hi, Thanks for the nice words about, "Tongue in 'cheek' "  You must be
one beautiful person.
Mike