I discovered something sort of interesting today. I was distressing and adding wood grain to a piece of scale lumber and noted that my #11 blade was getting...
Speaking of #11 blades, does anyone know of any really good use for used blades? Since I'm loathe to simply throw them into the trash [how many times have I...
There is an organization called "FONDU X" or Friends Of Number eleven Dull Used Xacto blades. You can send your baldes there I think. Personally though, I...
Hey Bob, So you're worried about the dials on the FSM clock faces showing different times ? Maybe we can start a swap club of clock faces. What time do you...
Maybe someone could prepare a whole sheet of different clocks telling different times so that we could choose our own time.Maybe someone who is good at...
Does anyone have a scan of one of those clocks???? I used my originals up. James ... From: nickogdenbucknell To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
To All, I did the clock and all of the other signs for the Franklin Watchworks kit. If anyone wants the clock face, let me know. Frank Bernard ... originals...
Hi Bob! I haven't done anything as dramatic as Frank Bernard's wonderful kitbash, but I decided to use the clock casting in a scratchbuilt clock tower. I...
I have done a bash of Emporium Seafood that I called "Argus Crickets." If you haven't seen it, here is a link to it: http://www.trevinocircle.com/details26.asp...
I am in the process of building my first layout. It is 9 foot long and 3 foot wide in HO Scale. It is set up as a Industrial Yard with various sidings for the...
Actually, the whole clock face thing was a sad attempt at a bit of humor, which usually doesn't work in my case. However, if you place two buildings close to...
Send me a scan of a clock, what diameter you want them, and a list of times you would like. I have the watchworks kit, if those clocks are all right just post...
This message is a notice that I have added two photos of my Watchworks in progress showing the clocktower I used instead of the casting. They are in a folder...
Jim, I would like very much to have your stair/ladder templates. I also want to thank you for the plans you have made available. Your service to this group is...
I have to pimp my own site: www.gothamcitysub.com James Powell's site: www.trevinocircle.com and there are a few prototype links on my links page that link to...
I make sure to set quotas for my layout figures. White males have for too long over-populated layouts and have been repressing other, more ethnically diverse,...
I actually did consider the placement of blacks and whites when building the WT&W. I believe that my Trevino city scene had about an equal number blacks than...
Thanks, I will check out the sites. Do you know of any good books? Matthew Gidley wrote:I have to pimp my own site: www.gothamcitysub.com James Powell's site: ...
I didn't want y'all to think I'd dropped off the face of the earth, so here's a progress report on the FSM photos database. I've got several files in the...
Just to let you all know that Brett has just up dated the Sierra West website.He has posted photos of his new kit,a railroad camp,which looks good.It isn't...
The kindly Rev. overheard "Matthew Gidley" <gidlmat@...> saying ... If you know the song "Strange Fruit", which Billie Holliday made famous, that might...
Bob Krueger said in his post that clocks on his layout showing different times might be from two different zip codes. Yes, but zip codes/time zones would...
Isn't that the truth!!! I had a friend that used to live on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh; there was a street directly across from his house that was so steep,...
This is *way* too easy. Here's another stab at it. Once again, it's still very much proof of concept: <http://home.hiwaay.net/~crispen/FSM/list_kits.html> and...
Looks great! This is the kind of stuff I do in day in and day out, but I usually pull my data from SAS, MS SQL or Oracle. MySQL is an awesome piece of software...
The late Irv Shultz had a scene on his St. Claire & Northern that featured people of color. I remember when I first spotted the scene tucked away on the edge...
The kindly Rev. overheard "James Powell" <jpowell@...> saying ... Hmmmmm. I sure would appreciate it if you cast a gimlet eye on my code and see if I'm...
... Bob and others, I have been away on vacation and am only getting around to answering this comment on #11 blades....I wrote a note about sharpening knives, ...