As I mentioned in my previous post this morning, I am wrapping up the construction of a structure. My next project will be a scratchbuilt PRR H21a hopper (I have the B.T.S. one, not happy with it; besides I need a bunch of them).
About 8 years ago I went on an intense search for older magazines to complement my already growing collection of model railroading magazines. I bought some from local modelers who were thinning out their collection and a lot via eBay. As time permits, I actually go back and read through those older magazines (and subsequently document them in my web site's "Library" section). This week I spent the last 10 or 20 minutes of each evening reading through the November 1978 issue of Model Railroader. Much to my (very!) pleasant surprise I came across an article by John R. Porter titled "Scratchbuild a Wartime Hopper Car"! As if that wasn't enough, the model he is building is S-scale! Fantastic! Exactly what I am looking for. Needless to say, the evening that I read that article, it took me a lot longer to actually drift off to sleep! Apparently he also wrote an article on how to build a Pennsy flatcar in the October 1977 issue. I have that issue, but I have not yet read it. This was another project I was planning on doing later this year. Anyway, I thought I'd share that with those of you who might be interested in such an article. I have done some scratchbuilding, but this article will be a great hand-holder while I build my first S-scale scratchbuilt freight car. I don't know if John is on this list, if he still models in S, or if he is even still around, but I am sure grateful for his time and effort. - Peter. -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) Houston, Texas "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) http://fourthray.com/ (my company) http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
