Likewise... I have a decal order with Jerry outstanding from Feb 2012

and am getting no replies to direct emails, so I too beg the lists'
forgiveness in attempting contact via this route.

Alan Monk
London, UK

And I as well, back to July of last year...

Craig Zeni
Cary NC

Something is amiss of recent times. Only early last summer
(2012) I'd contacted Jerry via E-mail with an attachment of
an ex-PRR R7 single sheathed reefer image in silver paint and
lettered for Mathieson Dry Ice (mandatory STMF content).
His reply for an estimate of cost for his minimum custom
order came back within a week.

Another modeler and I chipped in for the cost of the ten sets
he required as a custom order and the decals came back
(excellently done, I must add) within about ten days after
mailing out the check.

This has been my only contact with Jerry Glow, but since I
have seen the difficulties experienced by others, which seems
to have taken place almost immediately after my own
satisfactory experience, and now continues to date.

Mal Houck (also begging forgiveness if needed but only adding
information)

Where can I find the latest catalog?

Thanks,

Mark P Stamm
mark@...

Sent from my mobile device

it isn't something I know a great deal about, as my experience is mostly with measuring equipment built in the 1920's or earlier (eg. fowler boxcars in various states of preservation around North America) - so my experience is heavily biased toward the less standard group that Dennis acknowledged for early 20th c. cars in his e-mail.

Rob Kirkham

Greg has provided his final catalog #12 (PDF or XLS format) and
will fill all orders received by July 31st.

Greg's dry transfers/decals (you can get them either way) are among
the very best in prototype fidelity.

Tim O'Connor



John Sykes wrote:
"I got an e-mail from Greg Komar today, saying he is going out of business
effective July 31 2013."
Did he provide any details on selling down inventory or filling orders before
closing up shop.
Ben Hom

Please, no criticism of going-out-of-business practices!
Scott Pitzer

On May 15, 2013, at 4:24 PM, "John Sykes" <John.Sykes@...> wrote:

I got an e-mail from Greg Komar today, saying he is going out of business effective July 31 2013. Great, just when I found a source of some unusual decals that I really needed :-(

-- John

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Regarding the overall height of freight cars and the possibility that changing trucks might change the height, I searched through quite a few Car Builder's Dictionarys/Cyclopedias and Interchange Rule books expecting to find a standard height from top of rail to surface of center plate on truck bolster.

I found a range of heights from 26 to 29 3/8 inches. Can anyone shed any additional light.

Gene Green

John Sykes wrote:
"I got an e-mail from Greg Komar today, saying he is going out of business
effective July 31 2013."

Did he provide any details on selling down inventory or filling orders before
closing up shop.

Ben Hom

I got an e-mail from Greg Komar today, saying he is going out of business effective July 31 2013. Great, just when I found a source of some unusual decals that I really needed :-(

-- John

Doesn't look anything like any C of G cars that I know of. I was thinking G & F as well.


Todd Horton


________________________________
From: BRIAN <briantovey123@...>
To: STMFC@...
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:02 PM
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Louisville & Wadley Boxcar(s).


 

Thanks Al,

I dont think it came from the CofG,as the only info i have is in the STMFC reference manual,and it only list`s 300 cars(#3000-3299)with Dreadnaught ends/H,Radial roof.

I had thought that it might have escaped from the Georgia & Florida though,as i have pictures of similar cars at Douglas in 55' on the RIP tracks.

Brian Tovey,UK.

--- In mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com, "al_brown03" <abrown@...> wrote:

In the 1/43 ORER, L&W box 110 (L&W's only boxcar) is listed as *passenger* equipment. (Did they maybe use it for LCL on their mixed train?) Equipment owned by the Wrightsville & Tennille group of railroads (including L&W and Wadley Southern) wasn't used in interchange. The 1/53 ORER doesn't show any L&W boxcars.

The sides are Howe truss all right; the end looks to me like an *inverse* Murphy. I can't tell what the roof is from that angle, would defer to better roof spotters than I. Since these roads were controlled by the Central of Georgia (Drury, "Historical Guide", p 359), might L&W 110 have come from the CofG?

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.






--- In mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com, "BRIAN" <briantovey123@> wrote:

Hi Group,

I`ve put a photo of L&W boxcar #110 in a photo folder entitled 'BT`s Pic`s'.
Can anyone tell me if this was the part of a group of cars the Louisville & Wadley railway had,and if so is were they used in interchange service or for on line use only.
And am i correct in that it is an Alternate ARA car with Murphy ends and a Hutchins Dry lading roof?.

Thanks in advance,

Brian T.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Ben,
I approached Brian Pate about buying his patterns and was flatly refused.
The line is dead, as far as I'm concerned.
Was there something in particular you were interested in?
Pierre Oliver

Anyone know the status of the Norwest resin line? Found a thread back
in 2010 regarding possibilities of who some of the kits may go to but
nothing since. Thanks in advance!

Ben Hom

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

So, from "Rocket Express" it took 11 months...

I guess my order from "Slow as a Turtle" may take even longer?

Elden Gatwood

Thanks Al,

I dont think it came from the CofG,as the only info i have is in the STMFC reference manual,and it only list`s 300 cars(#3000-3299)with Dreadnaught ends/H,Radial roof.

I had thought that it might have escaped from the Georgia & Florida though,as i have pictures of similar cars at Douglas in 55' on the RIP tracks.

Brian Tovey,UK.

I saw a photo posted to this group by csxt5555 of a diesel horn and I don't see a message about it. Was this 3D copy made, what scale & who made it? I need some small detail parts made and maybe this person(s) could make them?

Paul Hillman

Guys,
Note that messages criticizing the business practices of a manufacturer are prohibited on the STMFC. At first glance this might seem unproductive but let me assure you that the rule is well founded.

I can understand the concern a member might have with slow responses by a manufacturer including responses to inquiries. And, the STMFC management has permitted from time to time a few messages regarding this. A deluge of such messages, however, is not going to be permitted. And, I don't think such a deluge is going to help. Therefore the thread about Gerry Glow is now terminated.

Given all that, and while the STMFC management believes that what happens outside the STMFC should stay outside the STMFC, if a manufacturer advertises on the STMFC, they are then inside the STMFC and the STMFC then has some obligation to inquire to the manufacturer as to their situation. The STMFC management has done that. The STMFC management will report when it receives any information. In the meantime...

Mike Brock
STMFC Owner

On May 15, 2013, at 8:19 AM, STMFC@... wrote:

Likewise... I have a decal order with Jerry outstanding from Feb 2012 and am getting no replies to direct emails, so I too beg the lists' forgiveness in attempting contact via this route.

Alan Monk
London, UK

And I as well, back to July of last year...

Craig Zeni
Cary NC

In other words, not much different from other resin kit makers.

Thanks!
--

Brian Ehni

From: Claus Schlund <claus@...>
Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...>
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:05 AM
To: STMFC List <STMFC@...>
Subject: RE: [STMFC] Rocket Express kits






Hi Jan and List Members,

A few years back I ordered some items from him. I mailed him a check. After
about 6 months the check got submitted for payment. Then about 5 months
later I got my items. Total: 11 months.

He did come thru, but you should expect the need to be patient!

Claus Schlund

Hi Jan and List Members,

A few years back I ordered some items from him. I mailed him a check. After about 6 months the check got submitted for payment. Then about 5 months later I got my items. Total: 11 months.

He did come thru, but you should expect the need to be patient!

Claus Schlund

--- In STMFC@..., "gary laakso" <vasa0vasa@...> wrote:

Same here, nothing from my November order.


Likewise... I have a decal order with Jerry outstanding from Feb 2012 and am getting no replies to direct emails, so I too beg the lists' forgiveness in attempting contact via this route.

Alan Monk
London, UK

Oops! I sent in an order 3 weeks ago. Did I make a mistake? Paging Mr. Glow. Paging Mr. Glow. Mr. Glow.

George Corral
La Grange, KY

--- In STMFC@..., Robert Kirkham <rdkirkham@...> wrote:

An interesting discussion of interior height.

The thing about this issue that I usually find a bit confusing is that the
height dimension discussed is interior height, isn't it? And with different
floor designs and interior equipment from car series to car series, the
difference of inches can get a bit hard to convert into exterior dimensions.
As I see it, this height issue isn't really the height of the side sill
above the rails, nor rail to eave or rail to running board height (though
these relationships matter) - these changed when trucks were swapped and
depending whether a car is loaded or unloaded (not something I model - does
anyone? seems impractical given our limited fleets on an operating layout
doesn't it?).

Except, most of those things you mention were pretty standard, Rob. ALL of the AAR boxcar deigns used the same floor / underframe construction, and almost all used the same roof construction, so the IH is a viable comparison between different cars built to this common design between 1932 and say, 1960.

Pre 1932 cars become a little more imprecise, but still, for all cars that used 12" channel center sills, or fishbelly sills with 12" draft sills, the thickness of the flooring was standard within an inch, and almost all cars used either 7" or 9" side sills, so again there was not that much dimensional variation, and that takes us back to the USRA designs of 1918. Changing trucks did not typically change the floor height, because the coupler height was set by the sills, and any change of centerplate height had to be accompanied by enough re-building to keep the sills at the same height. Since the standard centerplate height became lower over time, this normally entailed shimming the centerplate down on older cars to match the new trucks.

I'll admit, as one gets into the pre-WWI "experimental" period, the IH doesn't tell us much about the overall height of the car, but by the WWII era it does.

Dennis Storzek