... scheme ... cars ... Hi John, OOPS! I, and DP, goofed. I should have looked more closely at the bay window caboose DP website picture I cited. Now that...
I received a Walters flyer yesterday. In it is a model of the Rock Island depot at Pella. Could be modified to work for Ackley. Or at least be a standing. ...
I just presumed these photos were M&StL since Ira Rich worked for them most of his life (B&B Carpenter). He did work other roads when things were slow. I have...
Well said Clark, Pella's RI depot looks very similar to Ackley or Tara's depot. Just have to leave the roof dormer part in the box I suspect both RR hired the...
I hate trying to edit this new YAhoo format. Why? :-) Wish Walthers would make it in Nscale too ! Marc New Message Search Find the message you want faster....
Larry, Walther's will issue shortly an ATSF mission style depot My understanding is they will offer it in the stucco finish Too bad they didn't make it in the...
Group, I asked Gene Green to take at look at the Division Point Cabooses. Here is his response. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowacentralrr.org Here's...
It is a weird feeling to see your hometown depot made by Walthers in HO. Ken Vandevoort ... Island depot at Pella. Could be modified to work for Ackley. Or at ...
Do you guys really ware wooden shoes? Clark Propst Mason City Iowa ... It is a weird feeling to see your hometown depot made by Walthers in HO. Ken Vandevoort ...
Ken, ... Then, just imagine yourself in a Woddland scenics HO set !<LOL> Verne Niner, a great N scale Santa Fe modeler has coined a similar story on his...
Folks, I've tried to find some info about Gowrie, IA lately My understanding is that the M&StL depot was Rock Island owned at first, then the line was sold to...
If I'm interpreting Gene's information correctly, of the 14 cabooses DP is offering, only 4 are correct (DP-6050 #1116, 1119 & DP-6051 #1109, 1112) due to all...
I just looked at the DP website again. I know Joe and Cash measured the cupola car at LuVerne IA. I can't say where they got their info on the bay window car....
You guys are counting rivets again! Taking the fun out of modeling. You just buy the one you like, use a little ELO from PollyScale, and put the right markings...
mikedonna
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Jul 3, 2006 8:48 pm
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Well stated Mike. I enjoy looking at and running anything that closely approximates the prototype. As you say, there is no way in the world that everything...
BRAVO! You are soooo right. I've built enough in many scale to know, It sometimes will not fit, which means most of the time. You think HO can be bad, try 'N'...
mikedonna
mikedonna@...
Jul 3, 2006 11:20 pm
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I said: If you want to wait for the 'perfect' model, don't hold your breath. Mike said: You guys are counting rivets again! I think I must have missed on...
Not to get too far off the subject here, but in the same vein, you should see the incredible stuff that is being done by some in Z scale now. It is fast ...
I don't believe I have seen it mentioned here yet. Check out Atlas O's latest offerings. MStL GP's 600, 601, 602 in O scale. http://www.atlaso.com/ogp93.htm I...
Yes. I haven't worn them for years, but I still have a pair. My great-grandfather was a wooden shoe maker in Pella. Cousins in Holland still wear them....
Point in Fact. Rivets can be wrong from one to another prototype as we do not always know if they were rebuilt at one time or another and who may have done it....
mikedonna
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Jul 4, 2006 3:00 am
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I try my best to keep up with all scales, as a shop, It takes a strong will to work that small. N is tough enough for me, I chicken out any smaller. Mike ... ...
mikedonna
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Jul 4, 2006 3:03 am
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Hooray for wooden shoes. Doesn't every self-respecting Dutchman have a pair? Now if Walthers would make me fell weird by making the Oskaloosa M&StL depot.... ...
Tom, Thanks for the update After the recent Athearn HO M&StL "Sprague" F unit offering, it looks like these guys really want me to shift scale ! <g> ... in the...
Mike, I always wonder : do the people at Atlas (or any other large manufacturer for that matter)force dealers to order a minimum quantity assortment for a...
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