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If people in the US would stop demanding mor money maybe they would not
be moving  things over seas.                            Paul McCaann
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Vancouver Island Model Railway Show
Sunday September 26th 2004
10am-4PM
Ceader Hill Recreation Center 3220 Ceader Hill Road

I just finished my first HO scale DPM structure - City Cab Co.
(http://www.dpmkits.com/images/112b.jpg).  I think I did pretty well.  I
painted and weathered the building.  The windows are a bit difficult because
they are molded on.  Hopefully, I am on my way to some craftsman kits. ...

Anyone care to comment on the pros and cons of PBL vs. American Beauty
resistance soldering units?
Some years ago I used the Triton unit and it seemed to always be very hot to
use.  Are all resistance soldering units like that?

Wow, over 3 hours of history for $14.99
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=617&item=6315712596

I have bought a fair assortment of second hand rail.
But of course the joining tags for want of the corect word are either
missing or naf.
What I need is a supplier, I live here in Cornwall Camborne and I am unable

A while back I bought a starter kit of cyanopoxy. I did their little
demo exercise with the two pices of rubber and was duly amazed. I'd
like to use it for more projects, but I have a question: how do you
apply the Activator? The Integrator is easy enough - I apply that like

What is the state of HO couplers? When I left the hobby some years ago
(5+, maybe closer to 10), the only couplers widely used by modellers were
Kadees. Most kits and rollingstock came without couplers or with horn-hook
couplers ... remember those? I seem to recall someone announced ...

Dalpol are apparently offering a 14xx 0-4-2 tank in N, and it is a lot
less expensive than just about anythingelse on the market.
Im tempted - Has anyone seen this thing in action?  Does it work?
Mike

I am planning on putting in lights in a structure.
I am wondering if I puyt the lights in a styrene tube will it melt the tube?
Any suggestions? Is Grain of Wheat bulbs to bright & hot for this application?
Not trying to do fiber optics yet.

How do I search the list archives?
Charlie

Which railroad in the US is/was "Southern"?
I rather like this model:
http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/HOLocomotives/hogp3840/8992.gif
so I'm trying to determine more information. For which period is this

I'm coming to the end of a bit of a marathon kit bashing/customising session
and to help finish off I need a fair amount of "numbers" (4mm scale), don't
need any logos/coats of arms etc, all I'm after is straightforward numbers
in black and white. Had thought of using letraset but ...

I was curious how all of you handle "named freight trains" when
operating your layout. Or, perhaps, how were they handled in the real
world.
For example, whether the actual train existed or I have invented it, I