LOTS OF NEW PRODUCT NEWS AND FREE SHIPPING FROM BLAIR LINE... VINTAGE FEED & SEED SIGNS AND TWO NEW SETS OF VINTAGE PORCELAIN SIGNS AVAILABLE: Vintage Feed & Seed signs are replicas of porcelain and tin feed and seed signs from "back in the day". Porcelain advertising signs were found all over feed and seed stores, elevators, barns and farm fences. Suitable for 1940's to the present. While these are 1940's-80's signs many of them are still found presently on feed stores, elevators and farms. Two new sets of Vintage Porcelain Signs are now available. Each set is a replica of porcelain and tin advertising signs from "back in the day". Porcelain advertising signs were found all over commercial businesses, barns and fences. Suitable for all eras and available in N and HO. Photos and more information available at: http://www.blairline.com/bsigns/ WHAT IS A PILE O' TIES???? Sounds like an answer on the game show Jeopardy doesn't it? Piles of ties are made of lasercut wood, pre-assembled and ready to place on your layout. Random pattern ties so each stack is unique. Untreated ties for use in railroad yards, tie yards, sawmills, lumber yards, construction sites and as railroad car loads or truck loads. Treated ties for use along your right of way, in railroad yards, tie yards or as railroad car loads or truck loads. These have become an unexpected best sellers and we can barely keep up with production. Assembled and available now in HO and N scale, treated and untreated. Photos and more information available at: http://www.blairline.com/miscsce/ NEW LASERCUT NARROW GAUGE GRADE CROSSINGS AND ROUGH CUT GRADE CROSSINGS: Laser cut wood grade crossing for HOn3 and Nn3. Thinner, narrower and more rugged looking than our regular crossings. Each set includes two complete crossings, with laser etched boards & nail holes. Available for One-Lane Crossings in packs of three or Two-Lane Crossings in packs of two. Ready to paint and install on your road crossings. Rough cuts are more rugged looking than our regular crossings. Use for industrial areas, rural areas or anywhere grade crossings might not be so well maintained. Each set includes laser etched boards with random laser weathering & nail holes. Available for One-Lane Crossings in packs of three or Two-Lane Crossings in packs of two. Ready to paint and install on your road crossings in HO and N scale. Photos and more information available at: http://www.blairline.com/gradexings/ TWO NEW SETS OF HO & N SCALE GRAFFITI DECALS NOW AVAILABLE PRICE INCREASE COMING SOON ON HO GRAFFITI DECAL MEGA SETS: Nearly 12 years of collecting real train graffiti photos has once again yielded some of the best graffiti ever offered to model railroaders. And in response to your requests, our new graffiti decal sets contain many more tags for only a little more money than our older and smaller sets. You may be asking why our decals cost a little more than those sold on eBay. Well a few things to ask your eBay sellers: Are the decals printed with an inkjet printer and subject to ink bleed when soaked in water if they are not properly sealed? Are the decals printed with UV protection or so they will fade over time, especially if exposed to sunlight or fluorescent lighting. Sometimes their decals are not printed with a white undercoat so they are not opaque enough to cover lettering or dark colored cars. And they are often printed on a sheet of solid white decal paper so you will have to trim very close to the decal or have an unrealistic white halo around the decal. All of these little tricks save on production costs, but all also lead to an inferior set of decals. When the new HO Walthers catalog comes out in September pricing on all of our HO scale Mega Sets will go from $5.00 per set to $6.00 per set. Price increase is necessary because my decal paper prices are up 22% and my ink prices have gone up 75% since the last price increase. It is a good time to buy now and save. Photos and more information available at: http://www.blairline.com/graffiti FREE SHIPPING TO USA ON ALL BLAIR LINE PRODUCTS: We are offering free shipping on all Blair Line products in any quantity on our website only to all US addresses. This offer applies to dealers too. Hurry because this offer will end August 31, 2011. RECENT AND FUTURE PRODUCT RELEASES: HO & N Walnut Grove Depot http://www.blairline.com/whatsnew/ (limited edition kit - coming late Sept. 2011) HO & N Sam's Roadhouse http://www.blairline.com/samsroadhouse/ (available now) HO & N Hudson Oil gas station http://www.blairline.com/sunsetmotel/ (available now) HO & N Joe's Cabin & Outhouse http://www.blairline.com/joescabin/ (available now) ORDERING INFORMATION: Contact your local hobby shop first. If they do not stock Blair Line, please encourage them to do so.They can get our products from several distributors or direct from us. If you have no local hobby shop or your shop can't or won't get Blair Line products you may order direct on our website or by phone or mail. Our goal is no back orders. All of our products are in stock. We have a 99%+ fill rate. CONTACT INFORMATION: For your convenience we have a toll free number (877-445-1945) or fax (417-359-8844) for orders. All other calls please use 417-359-8300. I try to answer all calls, but we are a small company so if nobody answers, please leave your name and phone number and I will personally return your call as soon as possible. Best wishes, Dale Rush Blair Line - Products for model railroaders PO Box 1136 Carthage, MO 64836 417-359-8300 http://www.blairline.com/
I have done some chalk markings with a white pencil I got at a local art store. Works real nice. Today's graffitti is really vandalism. We have all seen graffitti to the point where the car's reporting marks are totally covered, defeating the purpose of the reporting mark and confusing yard clerks and switch crews. At the same time I am amazed at the real art in some of the vandalism. If those guys could just channel their frustration to canvas, they might make some money. Since I am in the 1970s and inching toward 1983 the really good (?) graffitti is not appropriate (I don't think it is anyway). It would be really hard for me to cover up one of today's beautiful cars with graffitti although the Blair Line decals are excellent. Guess I'm getting old(er) (est) . . . .
