The Kuna has been out about a year now, and the SP9A3 for even longer. For those who have both or shot both... if you had to purchase today, which would you go towards?
What are some recommended upgrades for each?
Thanks!
Looking for some PRR locomotives, mainly F units and GPs, even steam... and I'm noticing there's a considerable dearth of them.
On EBay there are some old GP7s, GP9s, SDs, etc. But its slim pickings.
Did the model train market simply get saturated with them 20 years ago?
I know there are some units available, like Fairbank Morse, and modern EMD SDs. But the F units, GP9s, and GP7s were pretty iconic for PRR diesels.
Making progress on my Door Layout for N Scale... looking for some feedback on my layout options before sinking holes through the door for the wiring and switching points.
Option:
I'm currently DC only, I do plan on upgrading to DCC soon. Do any of these layouts stop me from doing that down the line?
Looking forward to your feedback! :)
It's pretty clear (to me), that the game/rules we operate under are effectively broken. The US Constitution is an incredibly flawed framework to manage the country and lacks basic mechanisms to respond to popular will, while also having meaningful checks on power.
The recent ruling on the VRA was not unexpected. The original interpretation was flawed: lets use racism to fight racism. Which runs up against Constitutional guarantees where States have the power to manage their elections and their legislatures draw districts, and there's no real restrictions on how to do that.
The current gerrymander war is something that was going to happen no matter what. At some point, one of the two parties was gonna use their dominant positions in legislatures to slant things to their benefit.
We can fix things with Constitutional amendments... sure. But good luck ever getting anything like that passed.
So why waste air discussing stuff like "universal healthcare" or "solutions to climate change" when there's no realistic pathway to do it? Shouldn't the focus shift to: "our system is fundamentally broken, and we cannot fix these bigger problems until the system is repaired". In one sense, playing by the rules means losing because the rule-makers are corrupt.
For example, maybe we need to expand the House? Maybe elections should use ranked choice voting? Maybe we need multi-member districts (again)? Maybe we need a mechanism for truly independent agencies (like the Fed)? Maybe the President should be elected by NPV? Maybe all states should use some form of independent commission to draft voting lines? Maybe SCOTUS should be an annual body, sortitioned from the pool of lower court judges?
That's the reform I want. I want better systems, not better policies.