Gene Green asked:
"Looking at the equipment diagram for ERIE box cars 71800-71999 (renumbered from 92500-92699 in 1936 & 1937) these cars seem to have started life in 1919 as USRA single-sheathed box cars which were upgraded with AB brakes in 1936 and 1937.

Apparently they were also given steel sides in place of the original wood sides. Can someone tell me when?"

1936, and the cars received Climax radial roofs in the process. See Cullotta & Kline's The Postwar Freight Car Fleet, p 30-31 for more information plus a photo.


"Would either Tichy 4028 or 4032 be the best jumping off point to model this car?"

The rebuilds retained the original truss, so 4032 is out. If you want to go with Tichy 4028, you'll need to sand down the wood sheathing details between the truss members (which would be a chore), and replace the kit roof with a Climax radial roof. Another possible starting point is Westerfield 3365, the modernized N&W USRA SS boxcar with radial roof, but you'd have to check to see how close the N&W roof is to a Climax radial roof. It would be closer to fill in the scribed sheathing of the Westerfield kit than to sand down the details on the Tichy kit.


"My stash of decals includes nothing for the ERIE. Couldn't find anything suitable on Microscale's site. Is the Champ HN-63 the closest decal or have I missed something somewhere?"

Al Westerfield still sells his decals for the Erie USRA SS boxcars (kit #3314) separately. They're intended for the cars before their rebuilding in 1936, so you might have to come up with bits and pieces to letter your model accurately for your modeling period.


Ben Hom

There appears to be a new scam hitting small businesses. We got an
inquiry supposedly from New Zealand about whether we accept credit
cards for orders. Not unusual. When I replied yes and order came back
for over $1,000 of only three different and unrelated kits except they
were new. There were misspellings in the text both times. Being
suspicious I told the person that we would start on the order after
receiving money through PayPal, thereby insuring both of us against
bad faith. No reply.

However, the other day we received another inquiry about buying
coffins from us. We explained that we make a model of a coffin pickle
car. A reply came back asking to purchase some of those......... - Al

Thanks, guys. My understanding is much better now.
Richard New

--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote:

From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...>
Subject: [STMFC] Re: Atlas 11,000 Gallon LPG Tankcar
To: STMFC@...
Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 1:01 PM


I believe the etymology of the American "foo" begins with World War II's
FUBAR (f***** up beyond all repair). There are now many derivations most
of them using the changed spelling "foo" which is appropriate since a word
that describes something so fouled up should itself be an example.

Tim O'Connor

I'm new to the group. Could the term "foobies" be defined? Is this word consistent with "foolish," "fooled you," and other similar constructs?
Thanks,
Richard New

I'm new to the group. Could the term "foobies" be defined? Is this word consistent with "foolish," "fooled you," and other similar constructs?
Thanks,
Richard New

I'm new to the group. Could the term "foobies" be defined? Is this word consistent with "foolish," "fooled you," and other similar constructs?
Thanks,
Richard New

Guys,
 
I'm new to the group. Could the term "foobies" be defined? Is this word consistent with "foolish," "fooled you," and other similar constructs?
 
Thanks,
Richard New


--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Bruce Smith <smithbf@...> wrote:


From: Bruce Smith <smithbf@...>
Subject: Re: [STMFC] Atlas 11,000 Gallon LPG Tankcar
To: STMFC@...
Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 8:39 AM


 

<tmolsen@...> 08/15/10 4:47 AM >>>

Atlas is releasing new paint schemes for their 11,000 Gallon LPG Tank

Car.
<SNIP>

Just how prototypical are these paint schemes for this model and if

correct, then when were they used? Are these tank cars >the same as
those LPG tank cars released earlier or are these cars new tooling?

Tom,

We talked about these cars about a month ago (starting at message
91827). No this is not new tooling and at least some of the schemes are
apparently foobies!

Regards
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL










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<tmolsen@...> 08/15/10 4:47 AM >>>

Atlas is releasing new paint schemes for their 11,000 Gallon LPG Tank

Just how prototypical are these paint schemes for this model and if