John, please remind me of the difference between 1920's shell designs and earlier shell designs? I can't find the earlier email with this info. Thx, Mike Conder

Is this the one being sold as HOn20? Ok have one of those, looks good for background. And pretty difficult to power without a lot of work. Probably less work to scratchbuild a structure than modify th

I didn’t know you guys did custom decals, that’s very good to know. What format do you need for the artwork?

Calhan? Isn't that about a mile east of The Boonies, Colorado? Mike Conder

Got it yesterday but haven't had time to look at it, taxes! Nice painting of 315 in Chama on the cover. Mike Conder

Forwarding this to a few other groups from the On3 list, just in case it hadn't gotten there yet. If so, apologies for the duplications. Mike Conder ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter

I have one and it looks quite good. Maybe a little sanding needed but fine for a background model. And a LOT less expensive thanks Zn3 mechanism! So yeah, worth the cost to me. Mike Conder

For lovers of the White Pass or modern NG diesels ... Mike Conder ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Garth Hamilton <garth.a.hamilton@...> Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 3:45 PM Subject: Fw

FYI ... from the Colorado Railfan .io group ... Mike Conder ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alan Schenkel <arschenk1@...> Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:40 PM Subject: [Colorado-Railf

Lots of water built up on the bridge and the river decided to make a new path around it. Saw this on Facebook, sounds like they’ll have it fixed mid next week. Mike Conder

Mainly because I have most of them .... Mike Conder

Confirmed from Blackstone direct: truck screws are 1.7mm x 0.35 mm pitch, total length 5.3 mm (only last 2.4 mm of the screw is threadsed.) Mike Conder

Metric taps were easier and cheaper on Amazon than the American taps, oddly enough. I'll order a 1.4 and a 1.7 mm tap anyway. Mike Conder

Thanks to all of you, wanted to hear about other's experiences before I tried it. I do have a new tap. But now I'm worried about what Dusty said, that the BS trucks come with metric screws? I never kn

Thought about that, but the holes are already there and just about the right size. Just not sure how that plastic would take to tapping, ands I don't have any plastic rod at hand ... Mike Conder, enjo

Anybody have good experience with tapping Shapeways' fine plastic 3D prints? I have a bunch of cars needing truck screws, wanting to tap 0-80 (or is it 00-80) for their Blackstone trucks. Advice etc.

Very cool, congrats on all the hard work! Not sure I've ever heard of someone building an operating layout AND the layout room in less than a year! Looking forward to seeing it some day ... hope to be

I'll add a couple too ... Sep 2017. Mike Conder

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And I'd like a pair if any are left ... Mike Conder