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Paint colors now sail boats
Brian. I believe the San Francisco Maritime museum has plans for the WAPAMA, It was the last of the Doghole schooners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapama_(steam_schooner) Ken Martin
Brian. I believe the San Francisco Maritime museum has plans for the WAPAMA, It was the last of the Doghole schooners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wapama_(steam_schooner) Ken Martin
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1930s Steam Logging
It still is. Ken Martin
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Ohio River & Western Railroad
NWSL imported a brass OR&W coach and business #5 many years ago. They still show up occasionally. Ken Martin
NWSL imported a brass OR&W coach and business #5 many years ago. They still show up occasionally. Ken Martin
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dual gauge turntable
The NG rode just on the center rails. It is not just a matter of alignment but rather a matter of balance, The table must be balanced side to side as well as end to end. Ken Martin
The NG rode just on the center rails. It is not just a matter of alignment but rather a matter of balance, The table must be balanced side to side as well as end to end. Ken Martin
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pix of (mostly) 3-way stubs in HOn3
When I joined the club I still belong to forty years ago we had a 3-way, DUAL gauge stub switch installed on the layout. Unfortunately no picturees and when we moved it disappeared. Ken Martin
When I joined the club I still belong to forty years ago we had a 3-way, DUAL gauge stub switch installed on the layout. Unfortunately no picturees and when we moved it disappeared. Ken Martin
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What got you in to HOn3?
For me it was a quick trip through Colorado, then I walked into a hobby shop and a copy of the old “Slim Gauge News” with the interior of Alpine Tunnel on the cover was staring me in the face. I picke
For me it was a quick trip through Colorado, then I walked into a hobby shop and a copy of the old “Slim Gauge News” with the interior of Alpine Tunnel on the cover was staring me in the face. I picke
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Pearl Harbor
Larry, Check with Labelle they have a kit for a pearl harbor car. Ken Martin https://www.labellemodels.com/hon3-pearl-harbor-docks-p-92.html?osCsid=a4rr1qr6s34ej9dbn64l055t17
Larry, Check with Labelle they have a kit for a pearl harbor car. Ken Martin https://www.labellemodels.com/hon3-pearl-harbor-docks-p-92.html?osCsid=a4rr1qr6s34ej9dbn64l055t17
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HO D&RG Refrigerator White Decal
Don, You might try to print it in a light silver. Depending an the background color it might appear white. The C&S used aluminum leaf on their loco’s and many thought it was white. I have used silver
Don, You might try to print it in a light silver. Depending an the background color it might appear white. The C&S used aluminum leaf on their loco’s and many thought it was white. I have used silver
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Narrow gauge - in 1905
By 1905 the fervor for narrow gauge was over. While there may have been some savings in construction as he points out the cost of maintenance is the same and where costs really add up is interchange w
By 1905 the fervor for narrow gauge was over. While there may have been some savings in construction as he points out the cost of maintenance is the same and where costs really add up is interchange w
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FS; Two NIB MDC/Roundhouse HOn3 C-21/25's
The company that made the original lowering saddle was called “PATCO”. It has long been out of business and the owner passed away about four years ago. Ken Martin Sacramento
The company that made the original lowering saddle was called “PATCO”. It has long been out of business and the owner passed away about four years ago. Ken Martin Sacramento
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was Super Glue aka CAin now soldering iron
Well it wasn’t gas heated but I knew a man who used the old style wide tip 100W electric irons to scratch build contest quality brass models. Ken Martin
Well it wasn’t gas heated but I knew a man who used the old style wide tip 100W electric irons to scratch build contest quality brass models. Ken Martin
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Jan/Feb 2021 Gazette
It is not just the Gazette that is slow in dellivery The Bulletin for the BRHS was mailed on Nov 23 and I didn’t receive it untill Feb 3. Lots of things are slow with the post office now for lots of r
It is not just the Gazette that is slow in dellivery The Bulletin for the BRHS was mailed on Nov 23 and I didn’t receive it untill Feb 3. Lots of things are slow with the post office now for lots of r
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6200 Series flat car model
Nice! Ken Martin
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6200 Series flat car model
There are people as crazy about wooden boats as we are about trains. Check out WoodenBoat magazine sometime. Ken Martin
There are people as crazy about wooden boats as we are about trains. Check out WoodenBoat magazine sometime. Ken Martin
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HO Scale 1920s Automobiles
Rusty Rails has a 1927 Chevy. Sylvan Scle models has a couple 20’s cars - mostly later. https://www.sylvanscalemodels.com/hoscale_kits.htm Older kits if you can find them. Campbell made a model T Athe
Rusty Rails has a 1927 Chevy. Sylvan Scle models has a couple 20’s cars - mostly later. https://www.sylvanscalemodels.com/hoscale_kits.htm Older kits if you can find them. Campbell made a model T Athe
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precision oiler
A-West has a line of Stainless Needlepoint bottles with different size tips. Ken Martin
A-West has a line of Stainless Needlepoint bottles with different size tips. Ken Martin
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Wye Turnout
How to make a crossing Ken Martin
How to make a crossing Ken Martin
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How To Paint Black Styrene Models
I switched from Dullcoat to Model Masters Flat(lusterless) several years ago as it gives me a better finish. It is a rattle can but it does give me a finish I prefer to Dullcoat. Ken Martin
I switched from Dullcoat to Model Masters Flat(lusterless) several years ago as it gives me a better finish. It is a rattle can but it does give me a finish I prefer to Dullcoat. Ken Martin
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LaBelle F&CC kits
John, What is not apparant from the drawing is that the F&CC car is 40’ long while the D&RG car is 38’. That makes it hard to mod a D&RG car to F&CC. Ken Martin
John, What is not apparant from the drawing is that the F&CC car is 40’ long while the D&RG car is 38’. That makes it hard to mod a D&RG car to F&CC. Ken Martin
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My string of sausages
I have no Blackstone rolling stock, but I did buy a couple of C-19’s and then put beartraps on them as I model C&S. Ken Martin
I have no Blackstone rolling stock, but I did buy a couple of C-19’s and then put beartraps on them as I model C&S. Ken Martin
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