Michael Elkins taught me a lot about detailing and weathering freight cars. He won many contests in HO before discovering S. Unfortunately, we only had him in S for about 5 years before a brain tumor took him. I still miss him.
Thanks Bob, Roger Nulton From: Bob Werre Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 8:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Blasts from the past and other things! First off, the other things. I've charged myself with doing some research with long past magazines. Here's one for String Bob. I found an article on making a resistance soldering unit in the October 95 issue of Mainline Modeler. I think most of those magazines are readily available on the used market. Next I came across an article by our own Ken Zieska in the June 99' issue of Railmodel Journal (one of those magazines that past into history rather quietly). Ken's layout is nicely featured in a couple of full page shots of NP power pulling freights along the Rumsoda River. I think both AM and SHS missed the boat by not painting their respective diesels in those NP colors (I would have had to add another RR to model). Anyway the magazine might be worth trying to find as it also has an article on Milwaukee Ribsided boxcars that we've been talking about on this list. And if we go back further, to December 81 to the Christmas issue of RMC. First off the back cover features "The affordable Sn3 K-27" from PFM. Wow that's a little chunk of history in itself. But the crowning part is in the inside where Associate Editor, the late Jim Boyd talks about the NASG convention that was held in Syrause. Unfortunately most of the modelers featured in the one page article are people who are no longer with us in one form or another, except for Stan Stokrocki. Later, I found an article, again in RMC, written by Ed Loizeaux talking about the Denver NASG convention. One of the feature shots, by yours truly, is of a very well done ten-wheeler made by that grumpy, cave dwelling, left coast guy--Rusty R. Unfortunately again another modeler, Mike Elkins made some beautiful diesels and then left this world. Also shown were our own Houston S Gaugers modules. They are still with us and will be operating for an upcoming Father's Day mall show. I've got another bookcase full of magazines, but with our temperatures in the upper 90's and no rain, it might be time well spent. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
