Sep/Oct 1990 N Scale Magazine

[Sokramiketes]

I seem to have misplaced the one issue I’m looking for. Can anyone share the HOO article from this issue?

[peteski]

PM me your email address and I'll email you, but first tell me what HOO is.  I have no clue.

The closest I see is Houses on a Hillside. HOH?

[keeper]

Maybe another writing for H₂O? 

I'll better go now....

[C855B]

It's just a misspelling of "who".

Seriously... obviously Mike will have to confirm, but given the British penchant for pursuing modeling scales with zero commercial support, my edumaguess is "Half OO", a fine scale standard more rigidly adhering to 1 foot = 2mm, or 152.4:1.

[davefoxx]

Maybe another writing for H₂O? 

I'll better go now....

Actually, he wrote "HOO," which would be HO₂, which is something like hydrogen superoxide. 

DFF

[Sokramiketes]

Haha, tracking down some history of N scale dark ages.  H00 might have been more appropriate?

[peteski]

That's very cute guys, but there are no H00 (or any other)historical articles in that issue. 

Besides, H0 already is "half-zero" (or Oh) scale, and N would be OOO or 000 (not HOO or H00).  Remember British treble-O, close to N scale?

September – October 1990
Volume 2 Issue 5
Locomotives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Improving Kato GP50 by Ron Bearden
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
by Roger Gredvig
Collector’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Kadee’s Cousin by Dallas Mallerich
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Santa Fe’s Illinois Div. by Dave Peck
N-Trak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Small Room Layout by Jim FitzGerald
Reference Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Dessert Scenery by Gary Benson
Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Houses on Hillsides by Roy Cutler and Dan Canaan
Locomotives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
F40PH Evaluation by Bill Gray
San Diego Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Norm Wright’s Models by Robert L. Hundman
Steam Locomotives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Kit Modification by Bill Gray
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
The Work of Gene Suter by Staff
Gunderson Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Looks Instead of Detail by Roger Lewis
Shay’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Easier Than They Seem by James Hauff
New Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Freight Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
An Easy Kitbash by Bill Nelson
Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Build a Simple Throttle by Bob Kendall

If you are looking for early N scale stuff, DKS' website has some well compiled info. http://www.davidksmith.com/birth-of-n/index.htm

[wazzou]

If it is the HOH article, I know one of the Author's quite well if you aren't able to get what you need.

[C855B]

... Dessert Scenery by Gary Benson
Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
...

Must be about tunnels through angel food cake and snow scenes using whipped cream. Gingerbread houses, too. Also, computing track radii using "pie".

(Pedantic right back atcha, Pete.  )

[peteski]

Must be about tunnels through angel food cake and snow scenes using whipped cream. Gingerbread houses, too. Also, computing track radii using "pie".

(Pedantic right back atcha, Pete.  )

LOL, blame the  N-Scale editors.  I posted a straight copy/paste from the N-Sale Index PDF file on the CD    It is spelled correctly in the the magazine itself.
Nothing wrong with being anal pedantic -- I find myself in that way often.

[peteski]

Pam, this is probably the best place to mention that I really appreciate that the magazine collection on CDs has them stored in a standard PDF format.  No licenses, passwords, or special apps needed to view them.   Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

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[John]

@Pamela Clapp  --- Pam .. any thought to making each CD available as a digital download (at the existing price) -- CDs are starting to become an endangered species .. and you don't need to worry about shipping that way -- maybe make the purchased CD files available with your online subscription provider ..

For example, I can't find the one I purchased years ago .. but I have a way to archive files

[Sokramiketes]

@peteski thanks for the assist. 

And yes, it is the Kadee's Cousin article about, yes again, HOO scale trains from Micro Trains in Sweden.  The line that Kadee purchased for the name (but never reused the tooling for the 10mm Hudson, boxcar, or passenger cars...)

[Pamela Clapp]

To answer the question about making the CDs available as a download  - The files are too large to download. I have considered this before and a number of you have asked, but they are simply just way too large. Thank you for your suggestions. We always appreciate your input.