Nice contributions to TCQ by Robert and Rob!

YES, INDEED! RSB's Quarterly cover is a work of ART, worthy of framing! It brought a smile to my face when my wife laid it on the table. Reminded me of another great cover artist: the late, great Ward Kimball! THANK YOU, Mr. Butler for making my day!

Anyone else like this cover?

I do also Art, great pieces and a perfect picture. I also really enjoy Rob's article on Lionel 255-260-263, extremely interesting to identify a correct original one, many of them seems to have a mix of different periods.

The TCQ is always full of nice things, great work from TCA.   Daniel

I have always believed the Quarterly subscription alone was worth the membership fee!

Thanks for the compliments guys.  I took pictures of the diorama from various angles and elevations and sent the one I thought was the best. One always sends an editor more than he/she can use so that they have choices with respect to editing. 

  The cover size/shape does put constraints on what can be shown. I think the editor did a great job of choosing the section of the image that had the most impact for a front cover.  Based on the description of the picture on the inside page it would appear he tried a couple of crops and wrote the text for an earlier crop since he mentions three Ives cars when there are only two in the picture.  

  Attached is one of the other views I took of the diorama. As you can see, there really were three Ives boxcars in the background.

Art, I tried sending you the cover picture using your listed e-mail and it bounced.  Send me a reply at junkerjunket1 (at) aol (dot) com and I'll get it out to you.

                                Robert

Yes, a great magazine, I read from cover to cover.  This last issue was great. Well worth the $$.

Thanks for the Kudos guys. Nice cover Robert!

Ill be prepping another article soon... Any topics you folks would like to see in depth?

Ive stuck to Lionel O gauge because of the work on a reference book I'm doing, but standard gauge or American Flyer Narrow and/wide is another possibility.

Thoughts?

Yes Rob. American Flyer wide gauge would be great as they are not so easy to identify... so much less than Lionel production. But anything is always nice for me.   Daniel.

Hi Daniel... Flyer Wide gauge is too broad a subject for one article... any specific models you would like too see... besides steamers... these are too numerous and complicated to cover in the Q with out serious planning on the editors part...

Robert S. Butler posted:

Thanks for the compliments guys.  I took pictures of the diorama from various angles and elevations and sent the one I thought was the best. One always sends an editor more than he/she can use so that they have choices with respect to editing. 

  The cover size/shape does put constraints on what can be shown. I think the editor did a great job of choosing the section of the image that had the most impact for a front cover.  Based on the description of the picture on the inside page it would appear he tried a couple of crops and wrote the text for an earlier crop since he mentions three Ives cars when there are only two in the picture.  

  Attached is one of the other views I took of the diorama. As you can see, there really were three Ives boxcars in the background.

 

Hopefully mine is waiting at the PO when I get home from some side excursions after York.

Steve

Rob English posted:

Hi Daniel... Flyer Wide gauge is too broad a subject for one article... any specific models you would like too see... besides steamers... these are too numerous and complicated to cover in the Q with out serious planning on the editors part...

Maybe start with the lower priced electrics first. They seem to be the easiest to find. Then move on to the more premium priced sets.

Steve

Rob English posted:

Hi Daniel... Flyer Wide gauge is too broad a subject for one article... any specific models you would like too see... besides steamers... these are too numerous and complicated to cover in the Q with out serious planning on the editors part...

You are right Rob, it would be too much to cover. I was more thinking to variations made for specific sets. For example i have a 4692 with a 4693 tender and the trucks are nickeled so maybe it has been made to match with a specific set of passenger cars but I don't know more. 

Some years ago on the forum a very interesting subject on AF steam engines was discussed.  AF is very attractive to collect and there is great specialised collectors here who always offer a great selection of models to discover.    Daniel

Steve, an interesting idea. Maybe 1 article for catalogued set, and 1 for variations, shopworn and uncatalogued sets?

Daniel... still too much! The variations on the 4689X steam are seemingly endless, even considering the limited years of production. I will put some thought to this... maybe more of a dating guide with the catalogued differences rather than specific variations by set....Hmmm.