Besides that, with string the turntable makes a neat yo-yo, too!
String Bob _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed loize...@... wrote:
Gents...If'n I read Don's original post correctly, it appears he is planning
to use DCC for track power. He makes
Besides that, S is not a religion, it is an obSSeSion
String Bob _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Pieter pieter_r...@... wrote:
Which is why such topics are not allowed on the list. You have done well
recently, please keep it that way!
Pieter Roos, Yahoo S
I got home about 4:45 PM, 9 hr and 30 min. after pulling out of Duluth this
morning at 7:15 AM. Kinda' hated to leave it all behind, but, that being said,
I had a GREAT time!
A big hand to Walt, Jan, and everybody else who contributed to make it that
way! I looked at Duluth as maybe the last
SHABBONA RR has initiated new business in conjunction with MStL. Bulk Portland
Cement from Mason City, IA, is shipped via MStL, in MStL covered hoppers,
from Mason City to Oskaloosa, IA, interchanged to SHABBONA, then to Keokuk for
interchange with connecting roads TPW and/or WABASH for
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, JGG KahnSr jacek...@... wrote:
Jace Kahn (who now has, if not a lifetime supply of S scale trucks, at least
a sufficient number for a long time--and is not planning on supplanting his
excellent SHS and AM rolling stock with
lots of converted AF cars)
Sometimes I think there was a lot more happiness and satisfaction when we built
more and bought less, anyway. Didn't model railroading get a boost during the
Depression, when people had to build because they couldn't afford to buy?
String Bob
--- In
I use common Kadee #5 and Walthers HO couplers with the original trip pins.The
magnetic uncouplers I use (see Files under Bob Nicholson) handle them with no
problems. If necessary I can increase the radius of the trip pins by squeezing
them with a pair of pliers - so simple you don't even need
How about a scene where they're stringing new cantenary over an electrified
section of NYC trackage, with official SHABBONA RR power string?
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Edward Loizeaux loize...@... wrote:
Gents...
Now that the
Well, it was actually a rope, AKA a garden hose.I think there's photos out
there somewhere, but I don't have them. Nice demonstration of the Power of
String!
String Bob _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed loize...@... wrote:
How about a scene where
Not really - The Shinohara #6 switch was designed from the ground up. The
incorrect point-to-frog measurement is one that got by the final design
inspector (me)
Bob Nicholson
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed Kozlowsky soldado7...@... wrote:
You mean the vertical stripes on PRR diesels were supposed to be there? I
always thought they were paint runs.
String Bob ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed loize...@... wrote:
Good thing there were 5 stripes on the diesels. The NYC
What are you talking about, DCC-friendly? I don't even run DCC, and none of
switches on my operating layout would not be DCC-friendly, if I decided to
convert tomorrow.
Are we trying to tell beginners that model railroading is a hobby for wealthy
elitists now?
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 c...@... wrote:
Once it's wired correctly the point spacing can be drawn in much tighter to
give a more realistic look so there is tangible benefit from the extra
workdave
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I've had an idea
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Stan S. ssc...@... wrote:
The Shinohara #6 switch was designed from the ground up. The incorrect
point-to-frog
measurement is one that got by the final design inspector (me)
Shinoharas in all scales seem to have the same unusual geometry:
Stan
Joe:
Brake fluid should work - unless the gummint has tampered with it to make it
safer for us. I used it once or twice with good results.
Oven cleaner should also work. I saw what it can do when vandals sprayed an
automobile with it years ago.
Bob Nicholson
Plus, a 2-8-2 is nothing more than a 4-6-2 with a different wheel arrangement.
Both use the same superstructure.
String Bob - from Be-eautiful Springfield, OH
__
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Don Thompson d...@... wrote:
I think it is unfair to
Thorin:
You shouldn't have to make a new bolster - the NASG wheel standards are not
that far off from the old NMRA standard used for these wheelsets.
As far as holding the trucks together, I am not familiar with the passenger
trucks, but the locomotive trucks used a small piece of wire to hold
Jace:
Try Stewart Products (available through Scenery Unlimited) for a serviceable
handbrake housing.
Like you, I am not ashamed to run my AF conversions with newer AM or SHS, et.
al. products.As far as I'm concerned, many AF products were 'way ahead of their
time in the styling and attention
I purchased an American Flyer set in 1953 with corn detassling money. From
there I went into HO in 1960, and bought a Northeastern stock car kit in May of
1964. Although S scale, the Northeastern trucks had tinplate (Hi-rail?)
wheels.
The seed germinated until May of 1972, when one of those
I don't know if it's a recognized occupation or not, but I can tell you I was
a bonafide redneck for about two weeks! The AF train set was worth it, though!
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed loize...@... wrote:
I purchased an American
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Richard Karnes rnk2...@... wrote:
All --
One of the things that kept me in S was Eastern Model Railroad Co. in
Hasbrouck
Heights NJ. I always went there for model stuff between ages 12 and 20.
Before
I had a driver's license I would bicycle there
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Jamie Bothwell vze4c...@... wrote:
I started with Marx three rail.
Jamie Bothwell
Bethlehem, PA
___
I knew there was something about you, and it wasn't DCC, but I couldn't put my
finger on it.
What you are seeing in the grocery store is corn silk, the receiving end of the
corn's reproductive cycle. The tassel is the originating end, removed to
control the genetic makeup of the corn.
Sheesh! you city boys never fail to amaze me, like when Jamie thinks hamburger
comes out of the end
A while back, someone on this list mentioned using decomposed granite for
ballast, and had picked up a bag of it at Lowe's for about $5.00.
Well, the Lowe's in Burlington, IA doesn't even know what I'm talking about
when I ask for it. What department would I find it in, so I can show them what
Be interesting to see what the Great Digital Revolution looks like in 60 years.
I would guess that Jack Delano's camera being still seviceable is completely
within the realm of possibility.
Long live Kodachrome!
String Bob ___
--- In
IN their hearts, they Know I'm Right. The only way to have a successful DCC
operation is to have a six-inch gap in the rails between it and the DC section
of the layout so it doesn't interfere with the reliable operation of the latter.
String Bob __
--- In
That was because nobody could figure out why the DCC wouldn't work. I hope it
wasn't because somebody programmed it for an SD-7, instead of an SD-18, which
the locomotive actually was.
String Bob ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bob Werre
Yeah, it's been awhile, hasn't it -
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Pieter Roos pieter_r...@... wrote:
Hi John;
Ah, nothing like a good DCC system debate to get the juices flowing.
Pieter E. Roos
I bought an American Models streamlined shorty coach at the NASG convention in
St. Louis a year ago.
It's a beautiful car, but it always seemed to ride a little high, which gave it
a gangly, sort of an odd man out look compared to my other passenger
equipment. This is because the springs keep
I made a circuit protector out of a 12-volt automobile bulb and a couple of
scrap pieces of hook-up wire to protect an over-sensitive circuit breaker on
one of my AF 50-watt power supplies. Works like a DCC operator's wish.
Bob Nicholson _
--- In
Incorrect dimensions is one thing, but with incorrect labeling on something S
scalers should know how to use almost instinctively, aren't we trying to climb
a mountain when we should be setting a mole trap?
Bob Nicholson
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com,
I have been experimenting with ground cover and ballast, also wiring the Mt.
Zion main line dispatcher's panel.
I finally found some carbon welding rod for my resistance soldering unit, but
now I need to find a more substantial power source. The 50-watt AF transformer
that worked so well with
Thorin:
When you get those done, I have some more. . .
Bob Nicholson
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Thorinn Marty lagt...@... wrote:
Dear Bill:
I have not forgotten. I just find I have a lot less time than I had in
Minnestoa where it was
Think, MILW Bi-polar
Bob Nicholson ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed hanna...@... wrote:
Sounds interesting as an electrodynamics experiment. Hmmma transonic
switch engine...I think I'll pass on this one. Thanks for the input.
--- In
Santa Fe's Alco RS-1's were boiler equipped for passenger switching duty, as
were the Fairbanks-Morse #'s 541-542-543. These latter three were a special
order of staandard H12-44 switch engines lengthened to accommodate a short hood
for the steam generator. They were known as model H12-44 TS
Bill:
I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. After almost a year of faultless
operation, I had a visitor the other day, and wouldn't you know that was the
exact time for a switch point to lose contact with a closure rail and shut down
the pocket track at Mooar Yard.
Then, as if that
I run all-purpose screws up through the sub-roadbed to hold the Homasote flat
and in place. I like this so well that I don't even glue it to the sub-roadbed.
If you do use glue, you can remove the screws when it dries.
Where I have used foam sub-roadbed, I drill a tap hole through the
Amen, Des!
Santa Fe quietly basks in the knowledge that it is the standard to which all
the others aspire, and doesn't use a lot of smoke and mirrors to make it appear
more than it is, like some roads I could mention.
I wonder if I could put in for a transfer to the Northern Ireland Division?
FNF, SMF and SNF. I've been working all weekend ballasting and detailing Mooar
Yard, and I have a question regarding weathering rail (unless you use
pre-weathered rail)
1. How do you paint the rail?
2. What color do you paint it?
3 Do you even bother (I'm beginning to lean towards #3)?
I've
Ed:
I have done that in the past, and have some good examples to show for it. The
problem is, I just haven't set up my airbrush for about twenty years.
I have been experimenting this morning, though, and find that if I take a small
1x1 block of wood about 1-1/2 long and soak one side with some
That's hoSe Bob, with a capital S, Sir!
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Ed loize...@... wrote:
After your performance at Duluth, I think we should call you hose Bob.
Just a thought...
Cheers...Ed L.
Ed:
I've been using fine screen sifted road durght for a lot of my ground cover,
and tinting it with either granite dust from a local tombstone company or
powdered colored tempera from Hobby Lobby to color it for specific purposes.
Also, I soak ballast and ground cover thoroughly with wetting
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Don Thompson d...@... wrote:
But expecting S gaugers to purchase NMRA S scale cars of
famous HO railroads was a stretch. I think this is why they had extra
cars from these very small runs, that would be the main reason.
Don
I dunno - there's two or
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Are these Atlas HO modified? I have several Atlas HO switches that Joe
Scales modified long years ago that work well. He was/is quite tallented.
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote:
I finally uploaded
I've heard that some NYC and PRR guys can't even stay in the same hotel, unless
they're plotting on how to knock Santa Fe off the top of the heap, which, of
course, we all know ain't gonna happen!
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Don
One of my S scale cars is from Bud Sima's (remember him) Prospect and Upper
Ridge RR, based on the Ma Pa.
Bob Nicholson __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Roy royhoff...@... wrote:
People like John Allen, Frank Ellison and Allen McClellan have made
I have been lighting my layout area exclusively with CFL's, the equivalent of a
100W light bulb. The lighting has been adequate, though not outstanding in the
area of special effects, etc.
Bob Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bob Werre
Besides, what can go wrong with Marx slot and tab couplers?
String Bob _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, wj...@... wrote:
In a message dated 8/31/2010 4:32:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
lam...@... writes:
Bill quickly added:
It could of happened
These locomotives look to me like they would be comfortable sporting a
pantograph for electric service, too. Didn't Model Die Casting offer these
locomotives in HO?
Bob Nicholson ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Pieter Roos pieter_r...@... wrote:
I
Does AM attend the Chicagoland S Fest? Maybe they'd have some there.
Bob Nicholson ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Peter Vanvliet pavanvl...@... wrote:
I appreciate your looking. Like I said, Bill, don't go through too
much trouble. I'll check
An independent contractor has been installing new track in the Humongous
Company complex for storing cars. This will allow all cars for cornstarch and
corn syrup loading to be stalled on site, thus eliminating demurrage fees for
storing them on the Powdertown house and team tracks.
The
__
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
An independent contractor has been installing new track in the Humongous
Company complex for storing cars. This will allow all cars for cornstarch and
corn syrup loading to be stalled on site, thus eliminating demurrage
Jace:
Doesn't all that great advice just leave you chomping at the bit to dive into
DCC? Forget about running trains - you'll be so busy reading instruction
manuals and chasing gremlins you won't have time anyway.
DCC is prototypical, though. The prototype got so caught up in high tech that
Bob:
If that Holland outfit used an old streamlined RPO body, it's the same one I
piloted from Ft. Madison to Joliet, IL, in 1973 after it clobbered a truck in
Texas. It had a temporary front end made of plywood, and was heading back to
wherever it came from for repairs.
The crew showed me
Well, I don't know what FaceHoo is doing now, but I cannot even access my own
files in the files section. I just uploaded a couple, and I'd like to know if
anyone else can see them.
Bob Nicholson
Yahoo! Groups Links
* To visit your group on the web,
an article here - anybody interested?
Bob Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 c...@... wrote:
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote:
I just uploaded a couple, and I'd like to know if anyone else can see them
ALL switches are DCC-friendly, if properly installed - I say that even though I
don't use DCC. I'm still hold to the old fashioned premise that Model
Railroading is Fun!
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Tom Hawley t.haw...@... wrote:
DCC-friendly too, I presume.
Tom Hawley --
shows the same issue with the files.
Pieter E. Roos, Yahoo S Scale List Co-owner.
--- On Wed, 9/15/10, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
From: shabbona_rr user141...@...
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Admin FaceHoo
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:27
Bob:
I'm curious to know how you squared the ends of the Wabash Valley shell. When I
did mine, I cut them off and spliced on the ends from scrap AM shells.
Nice work!
Bob Nicholson ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, drgw223 frasc...@... wrote:
Now
You might see if you can throw that decoder against the wall that it sticks to
it, and run the GP-9 on pure, straight, trouble-free DC. Think of how many
fine-performing DC GP-9's you could buy for the price of the erratic
performance of a DCC system.
String Bob
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Bill:
No, it's nickel silver, it just looks like brass in the photos. I'm trying to
devise a method whereby a modeler could pre-assemble switch blocks from
styrene, then mount the Atlas switches on them without a lot of custom fitting
and cutting.
The best way to do this (that I have found,
Case closed!
Two DC GP-9's running on the track are worth more than one DCC version sitting
dead on the workbench.
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, ctxmf74 c...@... wrote:
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771
__
It certainly gets the ol' keyboards fired up, doesn't it?
String Bob
--- On Sun, 9/19/10, ctxmf74 c...@... wrote:
From: ctxmf74 c...@...
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com,
shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote
WOW! Now, that's gonna hurt some people!
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, wj...@... wrote:
In a message dated 9/19/2010 8:42:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
user141...@... writes:
You might see if you can throw that decoder against
Apparently, you don't read this board too often!
String Bob ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Andrew_Malette an...@... wrote:
Hi All,
I have never heard a DCC user cut up DC like these guys cut up DCC.
cheers,
Andy Malette
???
On Sep 21, 2010, at 5:50 AM, shabbona_rr wrote:
Apparently, you don't read this board too often!
String Bob ___
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Andrew_Malette andym@ wrote:
Hi All,
I have never heard a DCC user cut up DC like these guys
--- On Tue, 9/21/10, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
From: shabbona_rr user141...@...
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: DC versus DCC.
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 5:50 AM
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Apparently, you don't read this board too often!
String Bob
NOw, There ya' go again! Just when I try to make peace, somebody fans the
flames!
Actually, with battery technology where it is today, I see a time when all the
track power does is charge on-board batteries and an on-board radio-controlled
rheostat does the rest.
Dead spots would be a
Hey, Greg! Does UP use real metal for the windup keys, or that cheap gummy-bear
stuff they use for new independent brake handles? I've heard that everything on
the RR is so surreal any more that even the plastic they use in the locomotives
is synthetic.
Bob Nicholson
model
trains will allow for the full spectrum of control for hours before needing
recharging. It's just a matter of time! Will you be ready for the
transition?? :-)
Gary Chudzinski
Re: DCC - The wave of - today
Posted by: shabbona_rr user141...@... shabbona_rr
Tue Sep 21, 2010
Early diesels were coupled with solid drawbars, so the equipment could be in a
permanently coupled second unit. Steam locomotives, of course, would have a
permanently coupled tender.
I'll leave the details to the technocrats - I would rather run trains than
worry about that.
Bob Nicholson
Didn't UP's 4-12-2's have some blind drivers?
Bob Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, raisinone raisin...@... wrote:
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, JGG KahnSr jacekahn@ wrote:
the lack of flanges...snip a common compromise for scale
This past week I've been experimenting with mounting Atlas converted #6
switches and S scale switch kits on styrene switchblocks.
I remounted another Old Pullman #5 and used it for a new Outbound switch from
the Terminal District Engine Facility. In the process, I also moved the switch
from
Walthers has their PROTOmax couplers on sale on their website for $15.98 for a
pack of 20 pairs (Item #920-6000) The Short Shank version (Item #920-6005) is
on sale for 4 pairs @ $4.98.
These are all metal and compatible with Kadee #5's and #802's.
Bob Nicholson
I must be blind (a pre-requisite for a locomotive engineer, at least according
conductors swinging their light bugs), but I don't see update anywhere in the
photos section.
Bob Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Pieter Roos pieter_r...@...
Won't work - I'm still trying to figure out how to get a 1956 Ford to kick into
Overdrive. Besides, I think someone is plagarizing my hobby skills!
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Edward Loizeaux loize...@... wrote:
Special Message for
Before this goes too far, I should mention that I don't own a 1956 Ford. I was
using that as a hyperbole to emphasize that I am even more electronically
challenged than a dumb computer that can't count past 1
(0-1-0-1-0-0-0-1-1-0-Duh!)
I think the tranny valve you're talking about was the
I'd still rather have the '56 Ford Mainline Special and 12-Volt DC.
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Jim and Cheryl Martin farnhamho...@... wrote:
Dave:
Â
Very Jealous! Very, Very Jealous!!
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Jim
(72 MGB GT, 100 HP @
I didn't know anybody ever towed a Ford!
String Bob
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Jim and Cheryl Martin farnhamho...@... wrote:
It takes less string to tow a sports car.
Jim
--- On Tue, 9/28/10, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
From
/28/10, shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote:
From: shabbona_rr user141771@
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: DCC made easy(Ford Mainline Special)
To: _s-sc...@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:S-Scale@yahoogroups.com)
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:33 PM
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I didn't know
Yeh, but not before he roasted a weinie of his own on the fire!
String Bob __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Pieter Roos pieter_r...@... wrote:
Wow, I get called away on an unexpected business trip to Boston and we turn
into a car group! Thanks for
This is why I'm experimenting with mounting switches on styrene switchblocks.
At least they would be able to go with me, even with ballast applied.
Bob Nicholson _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Michael meldri...@... wrote:
I wonder, though.
I am
Jay:
Those are American Models streamlined passenger trucks, the earlier equalized
but unsprung version. I cut off the couplers so I could use my own.
These couplers on these cars can negotiate tighter curves than regular
body-mounted couplers. Also, by installing buffers as per the article
Bill:
However you design your layout, plan for some kind of purposeful operation,
someplace for the trains to go and a reason to do it. For that reason, I
suggest some sort of point-to-point plan, with a provision for continuous
running, at least for starters.
SHABBONA RR ended up as strictly
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of Service caught up with the crews (I got tired and went
to bed), shutting down the RR. Also, the passenger trains had run on schedule.
Bob Nicholson, GM, SHABBONA RR __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
As of Friday, Oct. 1st
to bed), shutting down the RR. Also, the passenger trains
had run on schedule.
Bob Nicholson, GM, SHABBONA RR __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote:
As of Friday, Oct. 1st, 2010, the following locomotive
, the
Humongous switch job has not begun sorting out the cars and spotting them.
The passenger trains ran their regular schedules, on time
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, shabbona_rr user141...@... wrote:
In addition to the locomotive assignments listed on 10/01/10, GP9 #42 remains
sidelined for driveline
, on time
--- In _s-sc...@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:S-Scale@yahoogroups.com) ,
shabbona_rr user141771@ wrote:
In addition to the locomotive assignments listed on 10/01/10, GP9 #42
remains sidelined for driveline inspection and repairs.
On 10/02/10, Time Freight #252 ran from Terminal
Steve:
I have some files of stone walls that could be perfect for your needs. I made
them up when I was building the enginehouse at Mooar Yard. Let me know if you
would like to look at them.
Bob Nicholson __
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Stephen
Spent some time installing new universal drive shafts in RS-2 #34 and RS-3 #35.
#34 responded favorably and now runs smooth and quiet. #35, however, is still
sluggish, although it does now run quiet.
I finally got some ex-Hobbytown drive shafts. The improvement they make as far
as smooth and
Well, I'm glad we got THAT straightened out. On the other hand, maybe AF was
way ahead of the game with an early version of DCC, in which case, the trains
would have in all probability cornfielded while someone was distracted trying
to figure out why a decoder wasn't working.
String Bob
---
Well - as long as you were there just briefly, I guess it's OK - this time!
String Bob _
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, Bill Lane b...@... wrote:
All,
I was briefly at an O Scale only show (NO Lionel etc) in a firehouse in
Strasburg PA. It was
Ed:
I used brake fluid a LONG time ago (1973?) to remove paint from an AF stock car
I had botched the paint job on. It worked well, but it also loosened up the
details I had attached with epoxy.
I reattached the details and repainted the car, and it still runs on SHABBONA
RR today.
Bob
I've seen what oven cleaner can do to an automobile paint job when vandals
spray it on one. I wondered if it might work on plastic models.
Bob Nicholson __-
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Hi Ed;
I have used
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