it seems like every april issue has a bogus article in it, (correct. Me if I'm wrong) but I cant find one in the 1000th issue. I found a couple that look pretty bizarre (signals made of laminated paper, a help post explaining show to use a ruler) but none of them read like prank articles. Is there one at all in this issue, if so, which one?
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Found it, thank you! got a good laugh out of that.
Wait a minute, Penn's link goes to the current, April, 2018 issue joke, not the April 2017 issue the OP is asking about.
For the longest time, I thought it was the paper signals, but the article is so long and detailed.
Then I discovered the TrainClap.
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The paper signals story is on the level.
You can find the signal templates here:
http://mrr.trains.com/how-to/track-planning-operation/2017/02/paper-signal-templates-for-your-model-railroad
Apparently, the commenters on that page were confused about whether it was the April Fools story as well.
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Eric
In the spirit of African vs. European swallows, would that have been the TrainClap 2000 or the 'improved sensitivity' 2500?
I understand the current version (3000s) allows you to program CV and value in binary applause. (And keep in mind there was an actual toy that you could use to issue 'mental' commands to connected devices that could be easily adapted by this outfit to work with DCC...)
Was there not a highly similar control system used on model trains around the time of the Trylon and Perisphere that used voice commands instead of claps? (That was the basis for National Lampoon's 'Tap-a-Toe' vehicle control...)
mbinsewiWait a minute, Penn's link goes to the current, April, 2018 issue joke, not the April 2017 issue the OP is asking about.
You have to scroll down to NWPSWP's inquiry, then my reply.
NWP SWPAnyone kind enough to tell me the page the 2016 and 2017 April fools appeared? I skimmed through them and can't find it!
gmpullman2016 = 68 2017 = 98
2017 = 98
Thank you, Ed
OK, Ed, mmmm Is that short term memory lose? Or is it worse?
Mike
Perhaps the 2018 April Fools piece was the reference to OO in North America. From the NMRA OO SIG "American OO gauge, which has a scale of 4mm=1ft. and a track gauge of 19 mm, essentially 0.75 in. This scale, which is slightly larger than HO scale, flourished in the 1930s through the mid-1950s."
Lionel, ScaleCraft and other manufacturers in the US made trains to a different track gauge than the Brits so it is a separate Scale/Gauge combination. Model Railroader used to publish scale comparisons and their library should have plenty of reference material on the subject. Wikipedia is also incorrect in stating that North American OO uses HO track.
Charlie Vlk Perhaps the 2018 April Fools piece was the reference to OO in North America. From the NMRA OO SIG "American OO gauge, which has a scale of 4mm=1ft. and a track gauge of 19 mm, essentially 0.75 in. This scale, which is slightly larger than HO scale, flourished in the 1930s through the mid-1950s." Lionel, ScaleCraft and other manufacturers in the US made trains to a different track gauge than the Brits so it is a separate Scale/Gauge combination. Model Railroader used to publish scale comparisons and their library should have plenty of reference material on the subject. Wikipedia is also incorrect in stating that North American OO uses HO track.
No the 2018 joke was not that; but a very golden article instead.
My favorite though remains one from 2011 I think. I was new enough to the the hobby that I had no idea what wasn't really possible, so when I read an article about the use of super market vegtable sprinklers to simulate rain in the layout room. I thought for sure I was reading the best model railroading had to offer! It was only several years later, when I remembered the article and mentioned it to my friends that I was soon informed it was a joke...