N Scale Limited - Latest Comments

Re: A Simple Art Deco Sign in N Scale

Geep40 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:57:23 -0000

This inspires me to try it, I've got some letters on order and will do a very similar effort. Thanks!

Re: A Barbershop from a Willmodels Kit

Desert Ghost — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:43:38 -0000

Did you try out some of the vehicles?

Re: Micro-Trains May 2011

MKTnscale — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:38:27 -0000

I wish they would do a 3 or 4 pack of the Farmrail cars.

Re: Stump Tower Kitbash: Part 4

Jimmi — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:22:10 -0000

Coming along great Frank. Love the awning.

Re: Stump Tower Kitbash: Part 4

Jimmo — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:10:30 -0000

Looking good Frank! Talk about adding value...

Re: Printable Graffiti Tags

Bob — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:01:16 -0000

HAHAHAHHAA!!! I love mine! Thanks Frank.

Re: Printable Graffiti Tags

Sa2 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:27:48 -0000

Okay these are cool! Nice job! Can't wait to get these on my layout!

Re: Printable Billboards: Baker Plumbing

Frank Giacobbe — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:31:36 -0000

I didn't approve the comment because of some problems we've been experiencing with the commenting system since the site was hacked. So, I'll just repost the comment on the user's behalf. The comment was that this billboard has a typo and it should be "Stopping", not "Stoping". I apologize that this billboard was posted with a mistake.

Re: Gordon Building

Frank Giacobbe — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:49:59 -0000

Thanks, but this article was written by Chris Brimley, not me.

Re: Gordon Building

Steveh — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:25:17 -0000

Thanks Frank for the tutorial. Good stuff.

Steve....I used the Arial Black method for lots of signs including a "Davids" look-a-like sign on my "Bernies Grocery". It looks very period for any signage.
Just add a soft drink logo and you are good to go.

Re: N Scale Limited, Hacked

Model Train Tips — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:01:16 -0000

Frank, can you share which plugin had the security hole?

Re: More on Mailbox Color

Pkelly200 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:24:56 -0000

does anyone know where i could buy a real full size old style mailbox?

Re: More on Mailbox Color

Randrfield — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:44:09 -0000

We saw a green mailbox on an old movie we were watching and got curious about the color of US mailboxes. Thank you for this site; we learned a lot.

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Larry Blazynski — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:21:40 -0000

Hadn't looked at this for a while. I too thought the building looked out of proportion, almost cartoonish, so I'm relieved it wasn't just me. Didn't want to come across as critical for fear of offending Jim's efforts. He almost pulled it off in so far as making the chicken salad.

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Frank Giacobbe — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:10:45 -0000

BTW, Ben, if your intent was to share photos, nothing came across except for your web link.

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Frank Giacobbe — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:09:23 -0000

Ben,

Sorry that I missed this comment and didn't approve it until now. Thanks for the comment and I appreciate your statements here.

Re: 75 Years of Model Railroader on DVD

Malcojojo — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:00:59 -0000

Fantastic! Now, to come up with $200..... Hmmmm

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Bendenna24 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:22:21 -0000

I'm sorry, but usually I'm not outsoken regarding products on the market, but if they're going to charge a whopping 35.00 for this and further kits, the quality better be a darned sight better.
It never ceases to amaze me at what we accept from manufacturers. This is hard earned cash that we fork out for this stuff, and as was pointed out, it looks like nothing more than a caricature.
I'm a professional model maker. I've molded and cast thousands of master patterns for a leading resin manufacturer and literally cast hundreds of thousands of pieces with a crew of 15 over many years and I can tell you that even in this small scale, it could be a LOT better quality.
It made me angry to see what you had to work with Jim, and again, I offer my apologies. I am stepping up to the plate however and entering into the industry for the second time in 25 years to release items to the market place that modelers will be proud to have on their models, two pictures of which I've attached of the master patterns.
Please forgive me my tyrade, but I feel N Scale and it's following have sufferd enough and any other scale for that matter.

My kindest regards everyone.

Ben Jakobsen
http://public.fotki.com/ben...

Re: N Scale Ford Billboard

Dave Stygall — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:17:49 -0000

Great work - thanks so much for sharing!

Dave
Qld, Australia

Re: Stump Tower Kitbash: Part 2

James Gottsacker — Fri, 20 May 2011 18:47:39 -0000

Very nice Frank, I can't wait to see the finished product!

Re: Scratch Build a Pushcart Fruit Vendor

brad — Wed, 18 May 2011 06:46:35 -0000

lol cool way to make a pushcart

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Malcojojo — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:42:37 -0000

Amazing work. The kit is nice, but the weathering really locked it. You pulled it off really well. Fantastic detail!

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Jimmipinkpig — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:00:53 -0000

I agree Jimo, although not as much with this kit as with previous DTD kits. Some of their earlier buildings seemed to be deliberate caricatures of prototypes. That made for some intersting structures, but not what I would use.

Re: Downtown Deco: Patterson’s Hardware

Willmodels — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:19:45 -0000

I think you did a fine job of building the kit, Jim. My complaint has to do with the scale fidelity of it. If you compare the picture of the O-scale structure on the box with the actual N-scale structure (to me) it looks like a caricature of the larger structure, not a scaled down model. This is often the case when a larger scale modeler attempts to build in a smaller scale. It's as if he is programmed to model things heavier and bulkier than they should be. The fact that the medium of plaster is chosen only exacerbates the situation.

Don't get me wrong, I think that plaster is a wonderful medium and I have had great success with larger scale models, but in the smaller more delicate and ultra-fine detailing required in N and smaller scales, it's not the best choice.

Re: Build a Lift Bridge View Block

Jaybles — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:53:59 -0000

I'm doing something similar to this right now. My firsts scratch build too! Just making a simple 3-beam highway overpass but it will disguise a similar situation! Good inspiration from an old article.