Friends, it's now getting late on Sunday (BTW have a good safe Memorial Day and for those who put in their dues Thanks!) and I've pretty much completed my research task. I also found a few more goodies that you might be interested in: In the August issue of Mainline Modeler is an article by our Jeff English on PS-1 boxcars. Unfortunately this is before Jeff saw the slightly larger S scale light! I also saw where he had won in the model contest at the 89' NMRA convention with a UP boxcar.
Also in Mainline Modeler, in the Oct. 85 issue, was a half page ad for the Omnicon Missouri Pacific steam engine. Price was $455 plus $3.00 for shipping. I initially past on the engine because of the price, but then saw it run and was sold. It's still part of my fleet of reliable seam engines. Of course many of you will probably remember the ultra great work by Bill Geracci with a cover and feature article on his S scale works featured in the Alpril 89 Mainline Modeler. Is he still modeling? And last by not least is a July 2000 article in Railmodel Journal on Jim Sweeney's layout. I remember seeing it at the prior San Jose' convention. In my search for information, I came across a couple of articles on Flowler boscars. I've got two to build, so now they are on my short list. I've found photographic evidence that both the Soo and the CNW had them with some variations. Bob Werre On 5/28/11 1:22 PM, Roger Nulton wrote: > > Michael Elkins taught me a lot about detailing and weathering freight > cars. He won many contests in HO before discovering S. Unfortunately, > we only had him in S for about 5 years before a brain tumor took him. > I still miss him. > > Thanks Bob, > Roger Nulton > > From: Bob Werre > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:28 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Blasts from the past and other things! > > First off, the other things. I've charged myself with doing some > research with long past magazines. Here's one for String Bob. I found > an article on making a resistance soldering unit in the October 95 issue > of Mainline Modeler. I think most of those magazines are readily > available on the used market. > > Next I came across an article by our own Ken Zieska in the June 99' > issue of Railmodel Journal (one of those magazines that past into > history rather quietly). Ken's layout is nicely featured in a couple of > full page shots of NP power pulling freights along the Rumsoda River. I > think both AM and SHS missed the boat by not painting their respective > diesels in those NP colors (I would have had to add another RR to > model). Anyway the magazine might be worth trying to find as it also > h > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
