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  1. Brian Austin
    We could use some more rain in Massachusetts. It's getting dry again. The Charles river is down a bit. Just this spring we celebrated breaking our last drought. Other than that, the weather for my vacation has been beautiful. 🙂
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    It's a fascinating image
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    I recently ordered a 1980s LIONEL repro "Hiawatha" 4-4-2 steam loco and streamlined passenger train set. The motor doesn't turn, which is fine, since I'm rebuilding the train for 2-rail running regardless. 🙂 I removed the motor block and the body shell casting is still very heavy. Some time ago I got a used set of Weaver aluminum 2-rail Hiawatha passenger cars gambling I'd find a loco for them. The cars in the original LIONEL set were based on their UPRR M10000 diesel streamliner tooling.
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    I posted a monochrome version of that image on page 1 of this thread. Less garish. 🙂 I'm pretty sure now it's AI.
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    Erie, PA (2016). Something a little more modern.
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    Stewartstown, PA (1997).
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    Winchester, WV (1997).
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    Laporte, IN (2016).
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    Dwight, IL (2016). A small museum along Rte 66.
  10. Brian Austin
    I've always wondered how those Revell kits were mastered. Did they carve oversized wooden bucks like for model cars? 🙂 It's also interesting they reused the old boxart.
  11. Brian Austin
    It's been interesting watching videos from British YouTubers who pronounce Heljan with a Y-sound for the J. Sure, it's an European name, but it sounds weird. They make trains in British OO and O scales. I still associate them with kits of buildings.
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    Various modern lightweight trains were tried out here in New England around the time of the Aerotrain. They suffered a similar fate, though the trains built by ACF for Spain's Talgo service were fine on Spanish rails despite the uncomfortable ride on New Haven RR tracks There is at least one 1:8 scale ride-on Aerotrain model.
  13. Brian Austin
    Some of John's final posts on FB were of his cat. I'm hoping someone's taking good care of Grom.
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    Seen in Shrewsbury, MA in 2016. Appears to be the mascot of a local transportation company
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    Several internet articles claim the bodywork composition included hemp, but I think they're playing that up for clicks. Anyway I thought the odd couple at the top was interesting. Would make an interesting kitbash?
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    Soybean car https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-truth-about-henry-fords-soybean-car/
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    This picture accompanied an article on Ford's "hemp" car. I'm suspicious already since Ford built a prototype for a soybean car that looked nothing like this. What caught my eye in the above image was the bodywork. Looks like a '37-'38 hump.
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    Also, I think the water tanks on that British steam loco are kinked like that to not block the vision of the Locomotive crew.
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    Re: 21st Century Toys https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/25970-so-what-happened-to-21st-century-toys-and-who-got-their-tooling/
  20. Brian Austin
    British O Scale is 7mm to the foot, or 1:43. Yes that's a popular model car scale. US O Scale is known today as 1:48, and it's slightly undersized compared to the track gauge. Little known today, some American manufacturers in the 1930s through the 1950s promoted a Scale standard of 17/64 inch to the foot, which works out to around 1:45. Pity it didn't catch on. I unwittingly acquired some 17/64" items and they are visibly larger than 1:48 Scale items.
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    The San Francisco cable car system is narrow gauge. It's possible the scale is accurate for the gauge. The range of LGB trains is tricky in terms of actual scale. In the end they are toys intended to run on a particular track system with tight radius curves. Scale is often said to be 1:22.5 , but it can vary. Some models are actually close to 1:26 scale. The hobby always involves some compromise. Some G Gauge models made by other manufacturers were 1:24. Noone will be quizzed on this, but European O Gauge is 1:45 scale, half of 1:22.5 . 🙂
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    Yesterday there was a flash flood situation in Boston and vicinity. 6 inches of rain.
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    Oddly enough I got this one years ago to replace a plastic dial caliper that came apart. 😞
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    I just noticed my caliper won't slide properly.
  25. Brian Austin
    Do 3D printed kits warp waiting to be built like old resin kits do?
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