PC: Re: Penn Central Digest V4 #20

["Mark" <mark-elizabeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GJD

I'll tell 'ya. For 29 bux, you can't go wrong. I've been waiting for this
model for 25 yrs. Tried kit-bashing one from a Tyco caboose. Didn't look
right. Grant you the model does have it's faults. But a little doctoring up
with decals ( lube-plates, etc...) looks mighty fine. Or get a undec one and
start out fresh. If your still un-happy, drop the bux for a brass one. You
pay the bux and get a nice looking N-8. Also that car MAYBE made overseas.
Bowser is made here in the "States". Myself I still like modelling. I think
buying cars and loco's right out of the box to the layout, you tend to not
enjoy the rolling stock as much as if you doctored it up or started with a
undec kit. Don't get me wrong, those RTR cars a nice. I have a few myself.
To me "Model Railroading" means Model Railroading.

Mark

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From: "Penn Central Digest" <owner-penn-central -AT- smellycat.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:10 AM
Subject: Penn Central Digest V4 #20


> Penn Central Digest      Wednesday, May 26 2004      Volume 04 : Number
020
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>  Subjects in this issue:
>      PC: Re: Penn Central Digest V4 #19
>      PC: Schedule for NE Proto meet, June 4-5, Collinsville, CT
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> Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:41:16 EDT
> From: GJDamien -AT- aol.com
> Subject: PC: Re: Penn Central Digest V4 #19
>
> I just viewed Bowser's N8; the body looks good but the PRR or PC lettering
> graphics are opague and fonts are incorrect, although the data is crisp
and
> clear. One step forward, two steps back...................I can't
comprehend these
> errors in this era.
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> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 12:11:04 -0400
> From: "Owens, David" <DOwens -AT- courant.com>
> Subject: PC: Schedule for NE Proto meet, June 4-5, Collinsville, CT
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> > Northeast/New England Prototype Modelers Meet
> > June 4-5, 9 a.m. to whenever
> > Canton Community Center
> > 40 Dyer Avenue
> > Collinsville, Connecticut
> >
> >
> > To preregister, mail a check payable to N.E. Proto Meet to Fran Richard,
34 Ellsworth Road, West Hartford, CT 06107.
> > Registration is $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
> >
> > Of note:
> > Branchline Trains will be open to meet attendees on Thursday night. Bill
Schneider will lead a tour and answer questions. He also plans to have test
shots of Branchline's new Pullmans on display at the meet. Contact Dave
Owens [dowens -AT- courant.com, 860-209-8155] for details and directions.
> >
> > Friday afternoon's weathering clinic is hands-on, meaning participants
are urged to bring a model they'd like to weather. As Mike's technique is
"prototype weathering," a photo of an actual piece of rail equipment that
you'd like to match is also suggested.
> >
> > Also, Don Valentine of New England Rail Service will lead a workshop on
kitbashing Rivarossi Pullman cars. Bring a car you'd like to work on.
> >
> > As always, the model display is the real heart of the meet. Please bring
your work -- completed in process or in parts!
> >
> >
> > SCHEDULE - subject to change
> > Thursday, June 3
> > Tours of Branchline Trains, from 3:30 p.m. on. Contact Dave Owens
[dowens -AT- courant.com, 860-209-8155] for details.
> >
> > Friday, June 4
> > 10 a.m. Resin Casting with Ben Brown
> >
> > Diesel Detailing with Den Lippert
> >
> > 11:30 a.m. The Milk Market for the Reading, Pennsylvania and Central
Railroad of New Jersey with John Greene
> >
> > Prototype Intermodal Operations with Ramon Rhodes
> >
> > 1 p.m. Lunch
> >
> > 2 p.m. Modeling the Chessie System with Jeff Hanke
> >
> > Scratchbuilding basics with Roger Moreau
> >
> > 3:30 p.m. Prototype weathering with Mike Rose and Ned Carey - hands-on
clinic
> >
> > 6 p.m. Dinner break
> >
> > 7: 30 p.m. Bob LaMay - slide show - Life Cycle of an FL-9
> >
> > 9 p.m. or so Pete McLachlan - slide show - Life on the Railroad
> >
> > Saturday, June 5
> > 9 a.m. The Railway Express Agency with Victor Roseman
> >
> > New England Milk Trains with Don Valentine
> >
> > 10:30 a.m. Modeling Catenary with Rick Abramson
> >
> > The Joy of Scratchbuilding with Mike Tylick
> >
> > Noon Lunch break.
> >
> > 1 p.m. Vehicle Modeling with George Barrett
> >
> > Railroading, a Behind the Scenes Look with Jim Tylick.
> >
> > 2:30 p.m. Billboard Reefers and Other Disasters: How Government
> > Regulations Affected Car Building with Al Westerfield
> >
> > Modeling a Maine Central/Guilford Rail System U18B with Mike Rose.
> >
> > 4 p.m. Heavyweight Pullmans with Al Hoffman
> >
> > A Century of Canadian National, with Dave Geisler
> >
> > 5:30 p.m. Dinner break
> >
> > 7:30 p.m. Tom Nanos - slide show - New England Railroad Photography-
from rosters to art
> >
> >
>
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