05-29-2015, 08:58 PM
I visited a friend today because he's handling a couple of estate sales. I found a box of building sides, in various conditions, and a couple of partly used card building sheets.
One of the sales is for the wife of a modeller who is dying of ALS. She thought it might bring $500 and was surprised when the first day's sale was over $750 -- with more to come. This modeller was good at buildings, but the rolling stock is in various stages of dis-assembly. He says that he'll sell a car and then say, if it needs couplings or trucks or doors, check that box.
He had one disaster. He used a roll of that non-skid shelf lining and found that fresh from the roll it will attach itself to plastic cars. He thinks that if it dries a bit, it will be docile.
The other fellow apparently had been dead 4 days when someone missed him. I think he may no longer have been on good terms with his wife.
My friend is a very generous and helpful fellow. And single.
One of the sales is for the wife of a modeller who is dying of ALS. She thought it might bring $500 and was surprised when the first day's sale was over $750 -- with more to come. This modeller was good at buildings, but the rolling stock is in various stages of dis-assembly. He says that he'll sell a car and then say, if it needs couplings or trucks or doors, check that box.
He had one disaster. He used a roll of that non-skid shelf lining and found that fresh from the roll it will attach itself to plastic cars. He thinks that if it dries a bit, it will be docile.
The other fellow apparently had been dead 4 days when someone missed him. I think he may no longer have been on good terms with his wife.
My friend is a very generous and helpful fellow. And single.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.