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Jack12477

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  1. I almost did that but chose a '65 Mustang instead as more practical. If only I knew then .......
  2. Micromark Micro Miter box super value. Includes wood handle, saw blades and miter box. I have one and I find it very good for small work.
  3. I throw out the kit supplied cordage and replace it with Chuck's (SYREN) rope, likewise the blocks. Looks good Sal.
  4. I know! I had started to design an N scale layout around the D&RGW with these branches included but life got in the way and the layout never got started. 😔 I have all the track, switches, rolling stock and most of the structures for it, but now no room to build it.
  5. That's the Cumbre & Toltec Scenic Railroad. They run the rotaries for tourists Rotary OY at Cumbres Pass Rotary OY returns to Cumbres & Toltec
  6. Take a trip to Colorado and take a ride on the D&RGW Durango & Silverton and/or Cumbres & Toltec narrow guage scenic railroads. I've been on the Durango & Silverton. Well worth the trip.
  7. What did you use for snow ? Woodland Scenics ? Looks good !
  8. I remember as a "wee-one" Dad and his brothers talking about O, OO and O27 scale/guage, but I don't recall the particulars either.
  9. S scale came out sometime around 1948-1950 and I believe was introduced by American Flyer as the first 2 rail DC current model trains. My Dad had O scale 3 rail with I believe an AC transformer which required a rather clumsy method of reversing direction of the engine. Sometime after 1948 he sold his O scale railroad and bought American Flyer S scale with 2 rail track which he said was easier to wire. I was a young-un then 😉😇. He later sold the American Flyer and bought HO scale. He still had his layout at age 100.
  10. I started my N scale when Rapido first brought to the states around 1967. Still have all the original track, switches, etc, plus rolling stock. My layout was dismantled to make space for my son's HO scale US1 Trucking set. We go to ride the D&RGW Durango & Silverton narrow guage back in 1977. Built a card stock and wood model of the Rotary in N scale. Will be following along.
  11. Glenn Curtis Trivia: "Although his formal education extended only to eighth grade, his early interest in mechanics and inventions was evident at his first job at the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company (later Eastman Kodak Company) in Rochester, New York.[3] He invented a stencil machine adopted at the plant and later built a rudimentary camera to study photography.[3]" wikipedia Later known as the mimeograph machine
  12. You might want to direct him to this thread US Coast Guard amazing stories here on MSW.
  13. Same here, except I was newly married, in my late twenties, living in apartment. We had to climb down a lower balcony to get the snow drift away from the building door, then had to dig 2 cars out of a snowdrift. Then went back inside and partied with the other tenants.
  14. That hurricane nearly bankrupt the two major insurance companies in Florida. Even the offshore reinsurance companies had to struggle to cover the losses.
  15. After watching that video and the TV NEWS footage of the storm surge flooding, I think I’d rather endure 30 below windchill and 4 feet of snow than even one of those hurricanes. Stay safe !
  16. Chris, just consider the source and ignore it. I think if he had half a brain it would be lonesome. Congrats on another great model
  17. LBI is Long Beach Island New Jersey, Barnegat Lighthouse is located at the northern tip. PNW is Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Washington State, maybe Northern California
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