Strict modeling practices?
I know many of you folks are also modelers in various scales. I was wondering, just how 'strict' you are in your modeling practices. Ex. 1. No diesels on a steam era layout?2. Nothing too old or to...
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Gary : I'm interested to see what you develop for your section of the former Little Miami Railroad. Please keep us posted.I myself, have become interested in the PRR from just east of Xenia, through...
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Bruce;Hi There! I worked that entire line as a trackman (for 9 months) then a foreman and later a track inspector! I also used to ride the locals over that track with the My ex-father-in-law R.T....
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Gary : Isn't that the way it is with our cameras, everything is new and then as things change, we see them, but our cameras don't.Judging from the track maps I have, the station/siding list must a big...
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Gary, If you open the time line by 1 or 2 years earlier, you might have it. If Pitts. commuter service was E & G class until the smoke ordinance was passed, then RS3's; would it be possible that...
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First, Ophah has a following bigger than all the model RR industry and I suspect revenues to match. That being said, I can't believe there are those on this forum who would make excuses to "fairy...
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Just back from driving from LI/NY to Texas, via Dayton (USAF Museum with a wild missile car), the Z-Scale convention in Columbus (with Mrklin's #4800 Old Rivets in 1:220 Z in bicentennial paint), the...
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Gary, Sam, et.al,I kind of have to agree with Sam here, at least in principle. I don't have the space, even in HO, to model a specific area, so, I went around it by saying I "cut-off" at 1957. That...
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Uh, oh! See newer (13 Jul 05) post "Pennsy ALCO RS2?".Sam, III - #5891
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Sam, III - #5891 posted:Re "Mp6612", don't be such a stiff! "Out of context" be damned! To each his own and Gary can be as serious as anyone else and still do what he pleases. Where is it written that...
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"Modeling is recreation of something not an exercise in fantesy"? That's your opinion, GT/Mp6612. Fantasy is no less a challenge than copying; perhaps much more so. Raymond Loewy exercised fantasy,...
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Sam, Gary, othersI had replied to Gary, back while the snow still flew, to go ahead and run the 4-4-2 and the 4-6-0, as a few of each still had some time to go in the era of Gary's creation. I replied...
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Both of you make good points, as usual. I think for the most part that we tend to re-create little "moments in history" with our modeling and just how much in or out of context we go is really that...
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I had a complete reply typed but it went to byte heaven when I tried to use the spell checker. Bottom line is that although my previous reply may have sounded harsh, it was not intentional. Obviously...
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I have read your threads, rather interesting. I noted a comment about "instant discusion" and would like to remind you that you have this capability, as a registered member, by entering the "Chat...
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Not to belabor the "strict" aspect but Steve's response triggered a number of reactions.Using the "instant discussion" feature of the "Chat Forum" denies the rest of us the long-range benefits the...
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One of the owner/administrators of a model railroad forum, The Railwire, uses the following signature:"Everyone models in their own way, how about we leave it at that?"Personally, I think that's...
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OK Sam you seem to have some info on HS Curve dimensions that is not common knowledge. Do you have a diagram or otherwise info re radii and elevations on the actual curve and approaches? I ask this...
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Bill,"OK Sam you seem to have some info on HS Curve dimensions that is not common knowledge. Do you have a diagram or otherwise info re radii and elevations on the actual curve and approaches?"Short...
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Sam B 111, feel free to contact me off-forum at diesell48@aol.com if you don't think the topic has enough general interest to post.Bill
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Oh, that's funny! I just now finished a long post to the Moideling Forum on this very subject, as promised.I took the trouble to do so because there have been so many questions about the Curve over...
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