Turner Model Works Black Friday Sale!

From 00:01 Friday to 23:59!

15% Off All Regular Items and Free Shipping on Any Size Order!
(International Orders at reduced shipping costs).

We are still in the process of updating the web site, but it is getting
close!

The Free Shipping should work fine for US customers just fine. I may have
to bill the International Customers for the difference.

The 15% Off should also be active and work fine.

If Any Part of it does not work correctly for you Do Not worry about it.
Send your order and all and any overages will be corrected promptly on
Monday!

You can order off the web site: http://www.turnermodelworks.com by phone
(423) 462-2228 Leave your name, address, phone #, CC info and Item #'s and
it will be processed on Monday.

I may be available by at (404) 368-9964 to take orders in person also, but
this will be limited.

Lastly you can mail in your orders again will all the info listed above to:

Turner Model Works
Black Friday Sale
P.O. Box 923
Athens, TN 37371-0923

Be sure to mark your mail in orders "Black Friday Sale"

Pat Turner
O Scale - Mile Post Model Works
S Scale - FinestKind Models
HO Scale - Sequoia Scale Models
N Scale - Muir Models
Z Scale - Mini-Structures
Blackstone Models
http://www.TurnerModelWorks.c

This is a commercial.

Modelers.
Over the years many of you have asked me about bringing back my book "222 Tips
for Building Model Railroad Structures." I self-published the book in the 1980's
and then Kalmbach Publishing took it over, changed the cover, and sold it for
several years. It went out of print about 1990. I've revived it as an ebook due
to demand.

All the kit and scratch-building tips are based on my 50 years of professional
structure building. You get to read and learn the structure tips it took me
years to prefect. The topics covered include: selecting the right tools, getting
the most out of kit instructions, working with paper and wood, plastic tricks,
using metal castings, building plaster structures, roofing ideas, painting
techniques, weathering formulas, adhesives, and detailing your models.

Whether you're a beginner or expert, you'll benefit from this book. You can
download the book as a PDF file that's about a 39MB. It has sixty-four pages
with over 100 b/w photos. The cost is $4.95 and is available through my web site
at www dot mrscenery dot com. Thanks.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Diane and I are thankful to have you as friends and supporters, and
really enjoy the various discussions, so we have decided to offer our
Yahoogroup members a 10% discount off all orders received today, Friday,
or Saturday (Nov 25-28).

Just mention 'Yahoo' to get the discount!

Phone and fax numbers are listed below.

Thanks, and take care
Bill


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==  Scale Model Railroad Products  ==
== Manufacturer - Retailer - Importer ==

Bill & Diane Wade

B.T.S.
RR 1  Box 141A
Belington, WV  26250

Phone: 304-823-3729
FAX: 304-823-2901
http://www.btsrr.com

We wish you Fair Winds and Following Seas.

Has anyone heard when Finescale will be releasing their new kit for this year
and where any pictures will be available . MR or RMC
Thanks

Thanks Keevan
Well if I got you guys confused how do you think I feel LOL
This will be an occupied building with I hope lots of foot traffic. I suppose
being my first bar Mills kit it has been alot of experimenting to some what
extreme weathering but at the same time I'm now trying to bring it back to the
point where the building does need major cosmetic repairs but at the same time a
bit of trim painting with what mony is available still is drawing in the
customers GRIN.
Hope that represents my vision.
Lynn
--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, Kjb80401@... wrote:
>
> Lynn,
>
> Since you seem to be taking your finished product to a finite level of
> ultimate personal satisfaction, I'll offer this observation as to its
> appearance  at this time.
>
> The siding would indicate a run-down neglected maintenance upkeep.
> Somewhat towards an 'abandoned structure' condition.  The trimwork I'm  seeing
> seems to be in a pristine condition that one would consider in conflict  to
the
> attention given to the rest of the structure.
>
> The overriding question is, is the structure currently occupied, or
> abandoned?
>
> I'm guessing that you have a end-game philosophy in mind that could explain
>  this incongruence, could you enlighten us as to what it is?  For further
> opinions to be offered on our part.
>
> All-in-all, you've been doing a remarkable job in applying ageing and
> weathering techniques to your model.  The overall impact of it is  truly
> impressive.
>
> Keevan
>
>

Ok so I uploaded some updated pics with a bit more color on the stairs railings
etc and fixed up the outside walls a bit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/photos/album/132247243/pic/135\
2761817/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
pls let me know
Lynn

--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "wickman1961" <marboyd@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks
> Just an update, my laptop took a turn for the worst and just picked up the new
laptop and will update on the build soon.
> Thanks
> Lynn
>

Perhaps it is depression time and the local Madam is empathizing with the
local plight of being moneyless.  Kind of like today! hahah
Mule
----- Original Message -----
From: "wickman1961" <marboyd@...>
To: <finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 2009-11-19 05:38
Subject: [finescaleminiatures] Re: painting laser kit


> Mike this is the first Bar Mills kit I've been working on and has been a
> more of a learning curve than anything, the rest of my layout has many
> wooden dusty buildings with many dirt roads, dated in the early 20's -late
> 30's so yes this is the look I'm after. Then again its not done yet. :}
> Lynn
>
> --- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "Michael F. Looney"
> <excalibur5776@...> wrote:
>>
>> I take it that this building has no-one that going to be living in it,
>> and
>> it is about to be taken down or to fall down? Now if this was a cat house
>> the building would be in great shape and not falling apart, because of
>> all
>> the money being made. A cat house was one of the better houses and would
>> have been well taken care of, so that the people visiting the place would
>> feel safe, and would be warm when doing there business there. The
>> building
>> in the pictures wouldn't make someone feel safe inside it, or is that the
>> look you are going for?
>>  Mike Looney
>>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Remember, additional photographs can now be found at our companion sites:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fsmphotos/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSMfiles/
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSMpix
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FSMlayoutphotos
> This site is devoted to photos of George Sellios's layout, the Franklin
> and South Manchester.Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

Mike this is the first Bar Mills kit I've been working on and has been a more of
a learning curve than anything, the rest of my layout has many wooden dusty
buildings with many dirt roads, dated in the early 20's -late 30's so yes this
is the look I'm after. Then again its not done yet. :}
Lynn

--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "Michael F. Looney"
<excalibur5776@...> wrote:
>
> I take it that this building has no-one that going to be living in it, and
> it is about to be taken down or to fall down? Now if this was a cat house
> the building would be in great shape and not falling apart, because of all
> the money being made. A cat house was one of the better houses and would
> have been well taken care of, so that the people visiting the place would
> feel safe, and would be warm when doing there business there. The building
> in the pictures wouldn't make someone feel safe inside it, or is that the
> look you are going for?
>  Mike Looney
>

Ahh thanks I think. Lol
Lynn
--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "David Barron" <climax@...> wrote:
>
> I hope WW looks better that the building looks!
> Mule
>

I hope WW looks better that the building looks!
Mule

Hi
Finally got the new laptop up and running and some spare time. I uploaded some
pics to Lynn's Wicked Wanda's album in Photo's
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/photos/album/132247243/pic/186\
8507435/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
Any comments welcome and or advice for doing the shingled roof and doing
something with the windows to add curtains.
Lynn

--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "David Barron" <climax@...> wrote:

> I like the Microwave but it gives hot spots. I think putting the
> logs in the oven at about 350 degrees for an hour will not only
> kill everything inside it but it will also dry out the wood. Be
> careful when taking it out that you don't get to eager and pick
> up a hand full of 350degree hot sticks!
> Mule

I'd also consider spraying a coat of clear Flat lacquer on the sticks to coat
them and keep them from reabsorbing any moisture.

I like the Microwave but it gives hot spots.  I think putting the logs in
the oven at about 350 degrees for an hour will not only kill everything
inside it but it will also dry out the wood.  Be careful when taking it out
that you don't get to eager and pick up a hand full of 350degree hot sticks!
Mule

I just cut up some stick that I have been saving to use as logs, but they have
been outside for a long while. Now what I did was to put them in the microwave
and heated them up for about a minute and a half, now the question is would that
kill anything that might have gotten inside of these small piece of wood, or
will I need to do something else to make sure there is nothing alive inside any
of those pieces?
  Mike Looney

Hi Gary,
Thank you very much for the offer of help for getting a colour picture of a#140
sawmill. Lynn pointede me to a sight where the picture was available and I
downloaded it. It is pretty good.

I appreciate it.,,
Alec
--- In finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Brooks" <gebdmd@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, I can help. How about an email address?
>
> gb
>
>
>

----- Original Message -----

From: modelmaker2

To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:51 AM

Subject: [finescaleminiatures] Colour picture of # 140 Sawmill

 

Hi all,
Could anyone get me a colour picture of Finescale # 140 Sawmill which appeared in RMC October 1975 page 65, or if someone built this kit perhaps colour pictures of your work. I would like this for referebce while building the kit. The other possibility would be to purchase that issue if someone is willing to part with it.
Thank you,

Alec

----- Original Message -----

From: modelmaker2

To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 5:51 AM

Subject: [finescaleminiatures] Colour picture of # 140 Sawmill

 

Hi all,
Could anyone get me a colour picture of Finescale # 140 Sawmill which appeared in RMC October 1975 page 65, or if someone built this kit perhaps colour pictures of your work. I would like this for referebce while building the kit. The other possibility would be to purchase that issue if someone is willing to part with it.
Thank you,

Alec

Saturday morning, a group of nine model railroaders gathered in Peabody for the
first ever formal operating session on the F&SM. George Sellios, Thom Driggers,
Vinny D'Angelo, Ben Streeter, Paul St Martin and myself were joined by
experienced operators Hal Reynolds, Dick Elwell and Bill Duffe.

We are using the car-card and waybill system sold by Micro Mark, as it promises
to offer many sessions without much effort once we pass the initial set up. I
have spent many weeks cataloging the industries capable of rail service, listing
their loads in and out, writing car cards for all the rolling stock, and filling
out the four-cycle bills of lading. Tony Koester's book, and Paul Scoles' DVD
were both extremely helpful every step of the way.

Before we started, I staged two through freights to originate in the larger
Fillmore yard, which is where all connecting traffic originates and terminates.
These freights circle the layout before dropping cars in the central Colbert
Yard. Five local trains were staged on individual Colbert yard tracks ready to
drop and pick up cars in their respective locations.

After an orientation, and some preliminary tweaking, we decided to use two man
teams as yardmasters and train operators while I played at the dispatcher role.
Things went really well, as we became more familiar with the track plan, the
industries, the double mainline crossover opportunities, and the bottlenecks at
Colbert yard, South Manchester and Manchester.

Everyone had a good time, with lots of laughs. We learned that another arrival
track needs to displace one of the departure tracks in Colbert yard to better
handle the traffic, and we decided that model railroading really is fun, even
when we imitate the real world. Running trains with a purpose on the F&SM is
really as good as it gets.

I felt very grateful when Dick Elwell said in the post-op bull session that he
thought it went remarkably well for a first time operating session, and George
said it was one of the best days he has ever had with the layout. Tony Koester
is hoping to take part in the next session after Thanksgiving, and we all feel
he will find his time well spent and a rewarding experience. I can hardly wait.

Rich J.

Hi all,
Could anyone get me a colour picture of Finescale # 140 Sawmill which appeared
in RMC October 1975 page 65, or if someone built this kit perhaps colour
pictures of your work. I would like this for referebce while building the kit.
The other possibility would be to purchase that issue if someone is willing to
part with it.
Thank you,

Alec

Hi Folks
Just an update, my laptop took a turn for the worst and just picked up the new
laptop and will update on the build soon.
Thanks
Lynn