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I think the greying of model railroaders in general fueled the shift from kits to RTR. Many modelers end up with a closet full of kits; they then progress to buying less and spending more for each

Great! I've been waiting for the "original scheme" WM gondola, so ordered one right away! Thanks. Tony Thompson tony@...

Rossiter, Mark W wrote: Common misconception, that "Dulux Gold" (correct spelling) is the name of a shade of gold color. It's just a DuPont paint line. There was Dulux Black, Dulux Socony Red,

Gene there is a precedent. Intermountain produced EMD Blomberg trucks for their F units with separate journal boxes. However, since most of the models are RTR, they don't bother to use the correct

We can ride out hobby horse in many directions, I believe. Go to eBay. There are kits galore. My personal favorites are those composed of wood, cardboard, pot metal and so on but other stuff is

I don't think cost is that much of a concern/more a priority for younger people/kids.I have a 6th grader and its amazing how all his friends get 1 or 3 video games a month ($20-$45 ea.)plus the $80 -

Dan, I think it is the wants and needs of the purchaser. Taking the stance that it's all "instant gratification" misses the point. Many people are not interested in the building aspect of the

Sorry, I forgot about Yahoo stripping off photos. Anyone who wants to see them can contact me off list. – Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thank Richard (and Dave, who contacted me off list), I should have been more clear in my original post. (I knew what I was thinking and figured you guys would all know, too. We're all clairvoyant,

Hi Rob, I'm attaching photos of my painted and lettered Sunshine model, lettered with the kit decals. The lettering scheme is from photos in the kit instructions, and matches photos in Roger Hinman's

Mark Dulux, not Deluxe. Dulux was a trademark name of Dupont. Tim O' The cars were essentially a Pullman Green color and by the late 40's the cars the lettering would have been 'Deluxe Gold',

Hi Andy, I agree completely. The Amarillo Railroad Museum used to routinely stock kits and RTR models of the production runs we did, but after we discovered that RTR sold about four to one over

[Forwarded from John Canfield. Photos pending approval. Please direct inquiries to jcan2x @ hotmail.com] Bob McGlone and I are pleased to announce our latest HO limited edition kit offering - a 34'

According to Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #19, NP #28375-28749 had ASF A-3 Ride Control trucks. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Armand, you are indeed belaboring Andy's point. Bowser has decided to quit making steam locos because they are too expensive and far too difficult to build from kits for most modelers -- and because

Rob, Microscale makes a set in HO scale for NYC head end passenger cars (1937-1968). Catalogue # is 87-933. I'm guessing from you're description that you're model may be a former milk car converted

It would be nice to know which cars had which. I have photos of 28151, 28198, 28318, 28757, 28762 and all of them are riding on the Barber trucks. The NP equipment diagram is no help at all.

Rob, I think your question might be better directed to the New York Central System Historical Society: http://nycshs.org/. I know they have official painting and lettering diagrams for milk cars,