Thanks for sharing. I did not know that I had been a hindrance to the scale. As for "Old Sac", I have been here a week and it has been terrific. Connected with some great guys. Sorry I missed you. Today we are going to Anaheim to get ideas for future projects.
As for Walthers, they actually do sell some of our stuff----- It's all HO and N Scale. Go figure. Ron Sebastian --- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7264@...> wrote: > > I'm sure the Mather will be just another stock number on a list like > everything else on Ron's web site. A shame really. A great hindrance to > the scale. If only Walthers would carry them. > > > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine >  >  > --- On Mon, 7/11/11, Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > > From: Thomas Baker <bakert@...> > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: Old Sac report > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 1:09 PM > > >  > > > > What's that? A Mather box car? Now that will be something to look forward to. > Bud Rindfleisch and I had recently discussed how we might fashion one from > scratch. Now we won't have to. > > Tom > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Brian > Jackson [brian__jackson@...] > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Old Sac report > > +1 although I counted five S layouts--totally out of proportion to our > numbers. I thought S put on a hell of a good show. The guys from Boise were > really a great bunch to talk to and were having a lot of fun showing off > their layout. The NASG clinics were merged with the NMRA's. Again, we were > represented far beyond our numbers, so kudos to all the guys who conducted > them. > > The layout tour was great. Ed L.'s layout is in a high stage of completion > and features some spectacular scenary and scratch-built structures. The > Harper Valley, while small, has a large loco roster, all of which ran well > and had been expertly painted. It too features many scratch-built structures. > Arden's UP layout is, like the UP itself, ginormous. The trip down via Amtrak > and BART was flawless. Unfortunately, the AC on the bus began dying by the > time we got to Arden's layout. Fortunately, Dan and Claude offered to drive > me and my father the rest of the way back to Sacramento in AC luxury. > > The only real disappointment with the convention was the S Scale "Vendor > Hall/ Swap Meet," which was more like a small bedroom:) Only five vendors or > so. For the first time, I left the NASG convention without spending a dime on > trains! Needless to say, my family was stunned. > > Des Plaines was also showing their Mather '40 box. Ron sez he'll offer it in > kit form with decals for four roads. It looked really good, and I'd just as > soon have it in kit form rather than factory P &L. > > Ed L. passed around test shots of the new convention gondola, which will be a > one-piece casting. It looked good although the test shot exhibited some > warping, which Ed sez will be taken care of by production time. The > dreadnaught ends (inside and out) looked particularly fine. > > The tour of Espee's old backshops was one of the best shop tours I've ever > been on. That may have been due to the fact that the shops are extremely > historic (right up there with Juniata). One of the buildings dates from 1868, > the only sturucture left from when the Transcontinental railroad was being > built. All of the beams are made out of redwood. > > All in all, a memorable convention. > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > [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/
