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Re: Sunshine downsizing
jerryglow2
If the artwork is still available and compatible with the printer, cost should be reasonable in proportion to the cost of the kit. Unfortunately, much of the "artwork" is incorrect so SHOULD be redone. No on second thought keep the junk and I'll do 3rd party replacements like I have been doing for many customers.
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Jerry Glow http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/decals/
--- In STMFC@..., "rreed_eagle" <twogreyhounds@...> wrote:
If I might suggest, you can offer to purchase Martin's business and keep itOh, sarcasm. ;-) IMHO Sunshine has probably grown too large for any one person to take it over. And I might be all wet here, but my fear isn't with the molds, it's with the decals. If someone attempts to restart Sunshine a few years after Martin retires, he'll have to deal with a huge, huge up front cost in printing all those new decals sets. Never mind if there's a significant cost for buying Sunshine in the first place. Given the number of kits, my fear is the start up cost could be to high.
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Re: Lumber Loads on Flat Cars and in Box Cars
np328
Charles, a big thanks back to you. I was looking at car request numbers by Oregon shippers however once the cars were loaded I was somewhat in the dark as to where from there. I did come across some records of cars waiting to use the load shifter at Laurel, MT yard of the NP and will get this info transcribed after our convention however again, it is nice to know the probable routing of the loads.
Thank you for the recent information you supplied. Jim Dick
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Re: Rock Island Lines...
Rob Adams
Hello Jack;
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I'm modeling a Rock Island Iowa branch line in O/Proto48 Circa 1945-46. Kind regards, Rob Adams Wellman, IA
On 7/15/12 8:06 PM, Jack Burgess wrote:
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Rock Island Lines...
Jack Burgess <jack@...>
Are there any Rock Island Lines prototype modelers on this list who model
circa 1945? If so, let me know OFF-LIST at jack@... Jack Burgess
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Re: Sunshine downsizing
Dennis Williams
I tend to wonder.....Does Martain OWN the molds???? If not, someone would have a lot of purchasing to do.
Dennis Williams/Owner http://www.resinbuilders4u.com/ ________________________________ From: rreed_eagle <twogreyhounds@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 4:20 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Sunshine downsizing If I might suggest, you can offer to purchase Martin's business and keep itOh, sarcasm. ;-) IMHO Sunshine has probably grown too large for any one person to take it over. And I might be all wet here, but my fear isn't with the molds, it's with the decals. If someone attempts to restart Sunshine a few years after Martin retires, he'll have to deal with a huge, huge up front cost in printing all those new decals sets. Never mind if there's a significant cost for buying Sunshine in the first place. Given the number of kits, my fear is the start up cost could be to high. I would suggest that in the post-Martin-retirement age, that Sunshine be broken up and sold in pieces, perhaps to a half dozen different start-ups to spead the cost out for printing all those new decal sets. Of course this is just a suggestion and who knows, maybe there's a single individual out there with the time and resourses to do it if Martin is indeed willing to sell. Even though this is years down the road, if several individuals will be needed to work something out, my hat is in the ring in whatever capacity I can handle! Ryan Reed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Sunshine downsizing
Todd Horton
Just curious and some what on topic, how's Westerfields new owner coming along? I haven't heard much talk about them lately.
Todd Horton ________________________________ From: rreed_eagle <twogreyhounds@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 4:20 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Sunshine downsizing If I might suggest, you can offer to purchase Martin's business and keep itOh, sarcasm. ;-) IMHO Sunshine has probably grown too large for any one person to take it over. And I might be all wet here, but my fear isn't with the molds, it's with the decals. If someone attempts to restart Sunshine a few years after Martin retires, he'll have to deal with a huge, huge up front cost in printing all those new decals sets. Never mind if there's a significant cost for buying Sunshine in the first place. Given the number of kits, my fear is the start up cost could be to high. I would suggest that in the post-Martin-retirement age, that Sunshine be broken up and sold in pieces, perhaps to a half dozen different start-ups to spead the cost out for printing all those new decal sets. Of course this is just a suggestion and who knows, maybe there's a single individual out there with the time and resourses to do it if Martin is indeed willing to sell. Even though this is years down the road, if several individuals will be needed to work something out, my hat is in the ring in whatever capacity I can handle! Ryan Reed [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Sunshine downsizing
Ryan Reed
If I might suggest, you can offer to purchase Martin's business and keep itOh, sarcasm. ;-) IMHO Sunshine has probably grown too large for any one person to take it over. And I might be all wet here, but my fear isn't with the molds, it's with the decals. If someone attempts to restart Sunshine a few years after Martin retires, he'll have to deal with a huge, huge up front cost in printing all those new decals sets. Never mind if there's a significant cost for buying Sunshine in the first place. Given the number of kits, my fear is the start up cost could be to high. I would suggest that in the post-Martin-retirement age, that Sunshine be broken up and sold in pieces, perhaps to a half dozen different start-ups to spead the cost out for printing all those new decal sets. Of course this is just a suggestion and who knows, maybe there's a single individual out there with the time and resourses to do it if Martin is indeed willing to sell. Even though this is years down the road, if several individuals will be needed to work something out, my hat is in the ring in whatever capacity I can handle! Ryan Reed
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Re: RR/Freight Car Web Resource
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
Hi,
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Low on resolution, but still some nice images from this site... NYC express reefers http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/kq8gs7 LV "wrong way" boxcars http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/c3i45c PRR X29 boxcar and GRa gon http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/j88w82 N&W boxcar being unloaded onto a horse drawn wagon, transfer crane in background over tracks http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/x2353o Variety of boxcars http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/75nm3l PRR XL boxcar http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/i6ehre B&O composite gon http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/7y6487 ART reefer http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/34qzyk - Claus Schlund
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From: "Phillips, III, J.A." <whstlpnk@...> To: <nptelltale@...>; <nyc-railroad@...>; <stmfc@...> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 2:25 PM Subject: [STMFC] RR/Freight Car Web Resource All-MAY~4~4,RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~26~26,RECORDSPHOTOUNITMAY~3~3,RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~25~25&mi=1132&trs=1133
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Re: N&W G3 gondolas
David
--- In STMFC@..., "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote:
N&W G3 was closest to PRR G26a with the two deeper ribs in the middle of the car. N&W G3a had postwar-type ends. N&W G3 70500-70524 Virginia Bridge & Iron /41 http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2459.jpeg http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2555.jpeg N&W G3a 70525-70549 Virginia Bridge & Iron 7/49 http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2461.jpeg http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/ns2561.jpeg IIRC, N&WHS has the negatives now. David Thompson
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N&W G3 gondolas
Bill Lane
All,
Which was closest to the PRR G26 or G26a, the N&W G3 or G3a? Does anyone have good side shots showing the data - preferably builders photos of preferably the G3 but I will settle for the G3a? Please reply directly to bill@... with what you have. I can take BIG emails so don't be shy on the file size. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progess at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
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Re: Ted Culotta
jerryglow2
He used to have an ebay store but I can no longer find it. The last items I bought from him was a few months ago thru that means and had been told he was selling out of stock - in some cases proprietary parts only after the exit of Branchline which was the basis for many of his "kitbashes in a box"
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Re: Ted Culotta
erict1361 <erict1361@...>
Interesting,
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I posted a question about the status of Speedwitch a few months ago. The consensus was that Ted has not paid his Web Site Hosting fee's Now that Speedwitch.com has been Down for a few Months, is this still the case or is this another Resin Kit Business we have lost? Eric Thur
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Re: Lumber Loads on Flat Cars and in Box Cars
Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...>
--- In STMFC@..., "Aley, Jeff A" <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote:
Hi Jeff, I haven't been able to obtain any of the raw data yet, so some of this is guesswork about his (Dr. Ullman's) analysis. He was primarily an economic geographer, and his speciality was cartography. From the way he talks about data in his book I'm guessing he also had a bit of training in statistics. Here's what I think he did: 1) Categorize the commodities that were shipped into major groupings corresponding roughly to what we would today call commodity codes. 2) Categorize the origin and destination of the shipments by state. or it could have been that the original data were presented this way and he just took advantage of that format... 3) Multiply the 1% sample by 100. 4) He used some kind of "fill in" rules for commodity flows that were suppressed by the ICCs "disclosure rule". 5) He compared data from several different years to see if there were trends that were distorting his "snapshots" of the data. He compared his work against at least two other methodologies to see if there was a systematic bias. But he was primarily a cartographer and like to make maps. 6) So he took all of the data, divided the total number of tons by 10,000 (because that was a convenient number) and plotted a series of maps with one dot in each state for every 10,000 tons of whatever commodity was shipped to that state. There are over 100 of these maps in the book, and each one was hand-drawn. So I imagine several of his grad students were significant contributors ;) 7) As far as data analysis, the thesis of his book was that (in the 1950s) there was a "Core Area of U.S. and Canada", that the outlying areas (the "hinterlands") traded with the core area, and that the intensity of trade was governed by three principles which he proposed - Complementarity, Intervening Opportunity, and Transferability. 8) He was also a mild critic of the use of the "gravity model" to describe commodity flows, and tried to point out examples where his three principles fit the data better than the gravity model. Sorry for the length of this, and it's certainly in the weeds and might be verging out of scope. I don't want to have to use my get out of jail free card yet... If you want to see any specific parts of the text or some of the maps drop me a note off-list. Regards, Charles Hostetler
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Re: Lumber Loads on Flat Cars and in Box Cars
Aley, Jeff A
Charles,
Very interesting analysis. Can you tell me more about Mr. Ed Ullman's analyses? I have copies of some of the 1% waybill data (copied from The Stanford U. Libraries). I'm interested to know what Mr. Ullman has done with it. Regards, -Jeff From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Charles Hostetler Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:33 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: Lumber Loads on Flat Cars and in Box Cars --- In STMFC@...<mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com>, "np328" <jcdworkingonthenp@...<mailto:jcdworkingonthenp@...>> wrote: I was following this thread with mild interest until I saw Jim's comment. Then I got curious as to how much rail traffic equated to "-so much-". Fortunately I had finally received a copy of Ed Ullman's work (American Commodity Flow) that provided an approach to the answer based on his analysis of the ICC's 1 percent waybill sample (1948 through 1950). Those interested can find a state by state breakdown of the destinations of lumber shipments by rail from Oregon, Washington, Louisiana, and Mississippi at: http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2012/07/railroad-shipments-of-products-of.html Now instead of thinking this might be a mildly interesting sideshow I'm thinking its an interesting part of the main story line. Thanks! Regards, Charles Hostetler
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Re: Lumber Loads on Flat Cars and in Box Cars
Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...>
--- In STMFC@..., "np328" <jcdworkingonthenp@...> wrote:
I was following this thread with mild interest until I saw Jim's comment. Then I got curious as to how much rail traffic equated to "-so much-". Fortunately I had finally received a copy of Ed Ullman's work (American Commodity Flow) that provided an approach to the answer based on his analysis of the ICC's 1 percent waybill sample (1948 through 1950). Those interested can find a state by state breakdown of the destinations of lumber shipments by rail from Oregon, Washington, Louisiana, and Mississippi at: http://cnwmodeling.blogspot.com/2012/07/railroad-shipments-of-products-of.html Now instead of thinking this might be a mildly interesting sideshow I'm thinking its an interesting part of the main story line. Thanks! Regards, Charles Hostetler
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Re: Sunshine downsizing
Tom Madden
Al Westerfield wrote:
Martin is in his mid-70's, and as Al infers, production resin casting is a very physical business. It would be selfish indeed to insist that Martin maintain a full product line in anticipation of undefdined future sales, when experience shows that 90% of resin kit sales come at introduction and in the first few months following. It seems to me that Martin is merely formalizing a policy he has been following for several years - discontinuing inactive kits when the custom OEM parts and decals run out. If his purpose is to give himself a more manageable and predictable workload, more power to him. A more compact product line might also make the business more attractive to potential buyers. My concern when businesses like this change hands is that the body may transfer, but the heart and soul do not. Someone else can certainly do the casting, order the parts, and pack & ship the boxes, but the real value in Westerfield and Sunshine kits is the research, product selection and pattern making. Will a new owner expand the line, or just reissue existing kits? Static product lines don't do well. The saving grace for would-be customers is that a large percentage of all resin kits ever sold are still sitting, untouched, on our "to do" shelves. It's a good bet that many of those will become available as we, or our heirs, have to dispose of them. Tom "always a cheerful thought" Madden
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Announcing The Burlington Waycars - Commercial Post
qmp211
For Immediate Release
West Burlington, Iowa - Mile Post 206 Publishing, Inc. is pleased to announce The Burlington Waycars, a look back at the caboose era on one of America's premier railroads, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad family including the Colorado & Southern and Fort Worth & Denver railroads. The book covers early waycar history of predecessor railroads into the former CB&Q Grainger Road through the transition period from steam-to-diesel into the Burlington Northern merger era. Comprehensive chapters are devoted to the C&S and FW&D railroads. Joseph R. Douda's comprehensive rosters took 40+ years of research to gather. Over 100 contributors added to this historical perspective of life aboard a Burlington waycar. The Burlington Waycars features over 1,200 photographs and 100+ drawings of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's cabooses, known by all as waycars. The 768–page book is printed on 128gsm gloss archive paper. The Burlington Waycars retails for $125.00 plus $15.00 Domestic Shipping. The signed & numbered Limited Edition is SOLD OUT. We ship insured worldwide at actual costs. Previews of The Burlington Waycars can be found at www.TheBurlingtonWaycars.com. Please reply off list to info@... Thank-you. Randy Danniel Mile Post 206 Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 543 West Burlington, IA 52655-0543 www.TheBurlingtonWaycars.com www.MilePost206.com www.CBQCalendar.com
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Re: Ted Culotta
Don Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
I, too, am looking for a way to contact Ted. He has had a full plate to deal with the last two years, I realize, but it is unfortunate for both him and those of us who support his efforts when one cannot reach him at a telephone number he provided.
Cordially, Don Valentine
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Re: Ted Culotta
Allen Cain <allencain@...>
Ted just sent my last order and communications came from this address:
Ted Culotta speedwitchmedia@... Reponse to emails has been VERY slow but eventually he came thru with my order and then some. Allen Cain
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Re: Product announcement
Pierre <pierre.oliver@...>
At this time we are planning on only producing HO scale items.
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But enough demand is made... Pierre Oliver
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