A.W.N.U.T.S.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what happened to AWNUTS? (Always Whimsical, Not Usually To Scale)

Cliff Smith

[Anonymous]

Stored their nuts for the winter? [:D]

[n2mopac]

I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting and fun....so what is it?
Ron

[Paul3]

I've heard that they've gone out of business, but I could be wrong.

A.W.N.U.T.S. is/was a G-gauge magazine that promoted a more whimsical look at the hobby. Things that would make a prototype modeler cringe were the norm, but they were always about fun.

For example, they used to have a "club car" that would come out once a year. The one I remember was an "Observation Car". Going by that, you might think it was a passenger car. Not so. It was a G-gauge flat car with a domed observatory with rotating telescope in it.

Paul A. Cutler III
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Weather Or No Go New Haven
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[Anonymous]

I only saw thier website a number of times but it was dedicated to train models, no specific scale, of the odd and whimisical. One of my favorites was the 'obvervation' car that was a flatcar with a small observatory, complete with telescope, mounted on the car. It is still listed on some train related list, but the link no longer works. So I don't know if they moved or just went out of existence.

Cliff Smith

[DSchmitt]

The rails are gone and the roadbed has been turned into a bridal trail.

It was great. Unfortunately, I didn't really notice it until it was gone.

[CNJ831]

DSchmitt -
How far does a bride have to walk down a bridal trail to make it official? Sounds like a modeling topic for A.W.N.U.T.S.

CNJ831

[Anonymous]

I think AWNUTS went out of buisness

[vsmith]

Yup, went under some time last year. I guess they didnt have enough readership to cover the costs, I dont know why they didnt just switch to an Internet website. Real shame too, it was a hoot!

[darth9x9]

They didn't have enough A.W.B.O.L.T.S.!

BC