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Cool new "Basic" MRR book - Your thoughts on contributing
Cool new "Basic" MRR book - Your thoughts on contributing
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turbine682
Member since
March 2001
From: US
111 posts
Cool new "Basic" MRR book - Your thoughts on contributing
Posted by
turbine682
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:50 PM
Hi all,
I was looking at the store book racks and I noticed several "Basic this", "Basic that", more "Basic blah, blah" (I am not making fun of basics - have quite a few [:D])
So I thought... let's get together and write
"Basic Train Wrecks for Model Railroaders"
Just think of the neat stuff and kit bashing one can do[:-,]. Examples include:
Boiler Explosions, Telescopes, Head-ons, Bridge Disasters, etc.
Hope this adds a few laughs to your railroading days (daze) [(-D]
--Ed
Pennsy's Q2's rock and so do C & O's H6's & 8's but the best is NYC's J3a's
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brothaslide
Member since
December 2001
From: Southern California
743 posts
Posted by
brothaslide
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:06 PM
How about "Model Railroading for Dummies"[^]
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IRONROOSTER
Member since
June 2003
From: Culpeper, Va
8,204 posts
Posted by
IRONROOSTER
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:09 PM
You left out floor plunges and CATastriphies.[swg]
Enjoy
Paul
If you're having fun, you're doing it the right way.
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:19 PM
As someone who loves him some rusted sidings with old rusted junk on them I'd support this venture.
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dinwitty
Member since
August 2004
2,844 posts
Posted by
dinwitty
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:59 PM
I recall some old issues of RMC/MR having crashed trains...heh
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JohnT14808
Member since
January 2003
From: Pacific NW
733 posts
Posted by
JohnT14808
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:28 PM
Hey! I seem to remember a photograph of a derailment in the signature block of someone's posts.....on THIS VERY FORUM!!!!
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dknelson
Member since
March 2002
From: Milwaukee WI (Fox Point)
11,439 posts
Posted by
dknelson
on Friday, April 15, 2005 8:19 AM
One problem with modeling a wreck is that plastic just does not act like metal. I bought a ruined Varney metal box car at a swap meet for a buck and it is thin steel -- it can be bent and gouged like the real thing. I also found a thin metal kit for a two bay hopper (thin steel not the heavy Ulrich castings). I am not sure who made this model but I suspect it dates from the early 1950s. Problem is, they are both so neat that I also have this idea that I can put them back into running shape. One more project on the pile!
Dave Nelson
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