Steve, I know exactly what you mean. I have three that are about 90% complete, and also would buy more if they were available. One went through Ebay a few months ago and the final price was

Great Northern filed an application with the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a 4% loan from the Federal Emergency Administration for $5,125,985 in March, 1934. The application included

Fenton Wells writes: "Around 100 if you count F&C, Westerfield and The STMFC is under no obligation to supply you with burbon...regardless of where it is purchased...although certain unnamed members

Any fingerprints left? you probably could make another kit with all of that resin dust..... joe binish

Sunshine replacement policy seems to have changed, because I was given a kit as a gift a couple of years ago, opened it about a year later, found that the top edge of one box car side was distorted,

Andy, the last Alps printers were sold in May of 2000. Not quite fifteen years ago. And supplies will be produced through May of 2015. There are printers capable of printing white available as

Tim O'Connor writes: "But in your example where you bought kit X.1 and you really wanted the lettering from X.2 -- and I have been in that situation -- Martin does not feel any obligation to provide

Whenever possible, I now use Microscale decals even with resin kits that provide their own decals. I have had a decal failure with Martin's once and was unable to secure a replacement. That is when

The same thing I do when I encounter any incomplete or inaccurate decals... improvise. One thing I'm running into is rebuildings which change capacities and I'm finding NO decals with the correct

With all of this talk about folks having more kits than they will ever build, I thought I would ask if anyone has a Westerfield kit for the ATSF SK-L, N, or P stock cars that they would like to get

I never buy anything as a "collector" although sometimes they end up that way. Many Sunshine kits are out of my era, but I like them too much to part with them. As to whether they've been opened or

What do y'all do when Martin's kit decals are not accurate? I have encountered this with many kits, particularly the PFE ice reefers. I didn't gripe to Martin, instead I found replacements. (From

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, Mike. If a decal were MISSING from a kit I bought from him, then I'm sure Martin would provide it, if he still had the decal. And he might even offer a refund for

Tom Madden writes: "It's one thing to ask for a replacement if you bought the kit from Martin, but if it was a private transaction you should assume someone else has unwrapped and repackaged the kit,

Andy I think that is definitely a hazard of hand-packed kits. I have found incorrect parts in a couple of kits and Martin has replaced them, but I didn't wait 15 years to let him know. If you're

Well if he doesn't track sales, and individually serialize the kits, how would he know the person is or is not the original purchaser unless he says so? All of my Sunshine kits were purchased direct

John Martin supports his products by many means. But it's a home business and there's only so much time and effort and resources available. For example, decals are not made "on demand" -- He

Tom and group. Certainly Martin can have any policy he wants. But to not support his own product seems counterproductive to me. Now that is just my opinion which could be very incorrect in your

Dear Fenton: Bourbon is quicker and more fun... Ron Parisi (Also with a hobby shop in a few closets)

Mike Brock wrote, based on a complaint he received: This is not a policy change, although it sounds like Martin could have handled it better. Perhaps he was having a bad day, or the request was more