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Go to Great Models (see earlier ref) , go to Trumpeter, click on their new 1/35th scale locomotive (this sucker will be 35" long and 5" high), click on "accessories," and voila! you'll see a bunch of 1/35th scale German RR cars, including flat cars, armored trains, etc. under the company name...

I'm not sure what Ronnie's doing for Indie. I know he's got different projects underway, but nothing I can talk about for a long time. I'm excited, tho! Dick

I don't know whether people noticed but CTS has some neat new stuff, including two new adobe buildings, revamped Mex cav with straight lances, swords, and flags, and sets of the lances, flags, and swords sold separately to be used to re-equip existing Mex cav. I haven't actually seen the lances...

My fav was my first playset, the Tom Corbet Space Academy (this really dates me). Loved the plastic space helmets and all the accessories. I thought the figs, though too small for 54mm, were great. Second best as a kid were the Marx Army Training Center sets. When Marx started producing real...

Tamiya used to make a polycarbonate (PC) paint that was flexible, but the problem then was its failure to adher adequately to solf plastic. With the two new plastic primers/preps, however, that problem might be solved. I think PC paint only came (still comes?) in a limited number of colors, but...

Hoot, Ron uses a resin plastic which is fairly flexible. Most of the injection molded soft plastic used in toy soldier making is extremely hard to paint because you can't get paint to stick well (most soft plastic is chemically inert), but there are a variety of methods that can be used. Toy...

Ken, thanks much for all the info! Wow. So much new product coming down the pike. Very exciting. I wonder if metal guys have discovered the high density foam pieces your sculpts have been reproduced in. Everybody's seen the Normandy church, but there are so many others. When painted, foam pieces...

Sounds great, Ken. I gather you are still doing some sculpting for Conte, but that you are doing so on a per request basis rather than as part of a contract. Can't wait to see the profusion of new stuff you're doing for a variety of manufacturers. Your sculpting has been a great source of...

Ken, really nice to talk with you at the show. I'm the guy who built the crazy bridge. I wanted to pass some info on to the Marx board and wanted to confirm it with you before I do so. I think this summer you had indicated on this board that Conte had not asked you to sculpt any further...

Scotty, if you like AWI, try accurate figures, series 1 & 2 British and series 1 & 2 Americans. REALLY beautiful figs - among my favorites. Paired with the new Imex AWI artillery crews, you can make a pretty neat set-up. Dick

Hang in there, Gary - our thoughts are with you. Dick

Really great choices. I've never seen "Johnny Got His Gun," but sounds like a good rental. I think my final vote would also go for the original "All Quiet on the Western Front." Very powerful. SPR, "Enemy at the Gates," and the Korean film, "The Brotherhood of War," would get very close also...

Joey, those vehicles/aircraft are Jonathan Crawford's. Each piece is individually crafted from sheet metal. They're quite spectacular. I don't have info on Jonathan's address/contact data, tho someone else on the board might. The models look to be largish in scale and varied in scale as well...

Let me second the note of thanks - first to Shannon and Pete for the forum and for their efforts to help those attendees at the show hook up with one another. Great to put face to names. My second note of thanks goes to OTSN attendees themselves - everyone was welcoming and was passionate about...

Guys, I've got to apologize for some of the pics. I'm still learning the digital camera and obviously didn't do a good job shooting what I think is called macro. Anyway, some of the pics should give non attendees an idea, at least, of the show's scope. I didn't shoot pics of Andy's new and...

Yes, that is Hobby Bunker's bunker! Off to the show tomorrow. Will take lots of pics. Dick

Thanks, Peter, for the photo gallery post. And thanks to everyone for their interest. Yes, I scratch built the bridge save for the center plastic structure which is a modified LGB RR bridge that I doubled in width and added some sidewalks to. Dick

I'll be taking tons of pics of both plastic and metal, as I'm sure other guys from the group will also. There'll be lots for people to look at. Promise! Dick

Yaeh, this is going to be one expensive show. Oh dear. Dick

Michael, that is just hilarious stuff. The two inch motor kills me. My son-in-law shot a bowling ball out of a large pipe and filmed it. Very funny. Fertile mind, he has. He's very good to my daughter, tho. Never tried to shoot her out of anything. Fubar, didn't realize you were a dealer...