Spike asked, tongue in cheek if Nixon went to China. Well, yes he did, of course- but did you know that there is an opera written about that visit? I just learned it today and think it's absurd when I

Mark Lewis, I thank you for your answer. It's a hopeful thing, then, to begin a slow conversion. Someday. I agree with the pair (Marlett and Kasprowicz) about how strange the notion is that it couldn'

for the folks with tons of the 714 couplers installed, but wishing to try the newer, better looking coupler, does it take much to uncouple them in the mismatches that would occur before full (if ever)

The subject of track gauges was mentioned. I have about a dozen old KayDee ones that I prefer over all I have tried. Steve Hatch's roller one is handy some times, but I find little liking for the ME o

I layed a whole lot of handlaid track back when the flex was unavailable in the sixties. I laid more even when it was available, but just in huge, to me rail. When Micro Engineering came out with the

nice tip. never saw it before.

I have several dozen cars with old Grandt Line trucks that have been working faultlessly for many years- C&S cars fitted with the suitable trucks. Also some incorrect for the model 3'7" ones that won'

NWSL, almost certainly. If they fit the trucks well enough to roll, leave 'em be. I never tried to do that, so can't say. The MDC items did, indeed, have pointy axles of a unique length, and were most

I believe the 'Grandt' offering in HOn3 was sold under the RRob name. They were fussy to assemble, but very beautiful once together. I have a couple pairs standing under some C&S passenger cars I scra

Are there no hardware or paint stores to buy sanding sealer from? I still have a gallon or so from cabinet making days, and thinned down for modeling it works well when I need some. I just brush it on

Jeff, you aren't the only one at all. My stuff does have a single pair of Blackstone trucks- and those are on an MDC tank conversion that Bob Veefkind gifted me some time back.

Some years back, Bob Veefkind gifted me a car he'd made up from an MDC kit. It was built along the lines of the frameless cars. I ran it over time, now and again because I like the car and it performs