A perfect example of the MANY WAYS WE CAN ALL ENJOY OUR HOBBY. On the other hand, I would just as much respect for a modeler who screwed trucks on to a block of wood and used them for freight cars coupled with bits of string, but each block of wood had the same number as the prototype did 100 years ago.... Don
On Oct 24, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Pieter wrote: > On this subject, here is part of a post I found amusing on the Proto Layouts > Yahoo group. The post title was "Reasons NOT to go to RPM meets": > > "I bought a IM RI RTR car there too...Gasp!! Only because RI box car decals > are hard to find and the car doesn't need much changing. So, far I've > replaced the trucks, hand wheel, steps, couplers/coupler boxes, and added cut > levers. I've scrapped off the numbers and now need to decal on new numbers > 167282, chalk marks, reweigh/repack, add a route card and weather. Then and > only then will it be LOR "LayOut Ready"." > > That modeler works in HO, and is fortunate to have actual lists of cars > dropped and pulled from the town he models, so he researches the car number > and models specific cars (by series, he certainly can't find photos of a > specific number car to follow). FWTW, "IM" is Intermountain. > > Pieter Roos
