I got back to model railroading. By that time things had really changed in the hobby and were getting better. I had a small N scale layout for awhile, and when my wife and I started having kids, that went on the back burner, too. Now that the kids have grown up, I
have more time to get in the hobby, and there again things have changed for the better. Control of the layout went from d.c to controlled DCC. What will they come up with next? The real rail- road and model railroad have kind of run along parallel lines. We run our layouts and so does the prototype. WAYNE POLLOCK Spokane, Wash.
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“Eighty Years of Modeling” in the March, 2013 issue. I look forward every month to these treasures.
LARRY DI GIOVANNE via e-mail
80 years of modeling
I am writing this on behalf of my fa- ther who doesn’t have e-mail. He really enjoyed Keith Wills article in the March, 2013 RMC about 80 years of change in model railroading. Like most kids, I started out with an O scale train set. I bought an N scale train set when they came out in early 1969. By the end of that year, I was in the army and had to put that on the back burner. It was not until 1975 that
Cartage tractor Being a truck enthusiast as well as
train watcher, I took special interest in Montford Switzer’s article on detailing a cartage tractor in the May, 2013 RMC. The International R-190 is truly a classic vehicle as Mr. Switzer pointed out. I have done some modeling on this particular unit and have created sever- al variations
An L-200 model can be made by sim- ply milling out the three bar radiator grille and replacing it with a seven bar unit made from styrene. I also relocated the fuel tanks to a behind-the-cab posi- tion which is more common on these trucks. The cab itself can be improved by filing down the heavy door posts. Other details such as mirrors, turn signals and tail lights are easy to modify. A good ref- erence source is International Heavy Trucks of the 1950s by Ron Adams and published by Iconografix. The company is a leading publisher of truck and other automotive books.
PAUL G. LESSARD Manchester, New Hampshire Helper service
I would like to correspond with any- one that has an interest in past and present midwestern shortlines. LAWRENCE LEWIS Jr.
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