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Re: Gilbert HO reefer possibilities.

On Wed, 2 May 2001 09:49:03 -0700 Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> writes: C'mon Richard, you know that by definition, you can't defame a lawyer.

By byronrose@... · #1438 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Yeah, a bit, but ever since I was a wee lad the GP-30 has fascinated me...Its really one of very few diesels I find interesting...Of course, I would never have paid the list price ($95) for them, but

By Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...> · #1437 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Hey Bruce... Wouldn't it be easier to start with the Bowser covered hopper? I believe they are of the same prototype that the Kato car is and the Bowser is available in both open and closed versions

By billd@... · #1435 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Bruce Smith writes: Any other details I need to change to make them AC&F Erie Bruce, not being Erie literate, I'm not sure. You might want to be sure you put 70 ton trucks under it just in case a

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #1434 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Mike wrote: Yeah, I had noticed the difference in the latch...I hadn't decided if I was going to do anything about it, since the latch mechanism provided by Kato is both nice and fragile...but NOW

By Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...> · #1433 ·

Re: Gilbert HO reefer possibilities.

Byron, you are so funny!!! Thanks for the note. I talked to Paul last night where he informed me that he had sent product to Western Star the day before. This morning I called Larry @ West. Str. and

By MIDCENTURYANDY@... · #1436 ·

KATO hopper

Removing paint from covered hoppers usually results in broken parts. Try using a commercial model paint remover just on the side panels. That way you keep the tooth brush your scrubbing the lettering

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #1432 ·

Re: Gilbert HO reefer possibilities.

Andy Carlson wrote: way I Just back from Texas, so I'll take a crack at Andy's question. Andy, are you sure of the lineage of that model? It may be a rare model from that Korean modelmaker, Gilbert

By tgmadden <tgmadden@...> · #1430 ·

Re: SAL box cars

According to my info, SAL 13000 series was 1937 AAR steel box cars. But that is from the 1960's, for what it's worth. Timothy O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Marlborough, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #1425 ·

Re: blue tape

--- In STMFC@y..., Clark Propst <cepropst@r...> wrote: I'd like to > see how well it will work on a resin kit, I have a heck of a time > masking that stuff. I really don't have trouble masking it,

By ted_culotta@... · #1429 ·

Re: SAL B-3,4 & 5 Composite Cars

D.K. Retter collection) of 13001 & 13501 stenciled as belonging to the B-3 class. This obviously changed at some point. They rode on arch bar trucks. Bill: Richard advised (corrected) me on this

By ted_culotta@... · #1423 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Oh, one more item, Dr Bruce... If I recall correctly aren't GP-30's a wee bit new for 1944? Thought so... You really should try some of those Athearn Genesis F-7's...they make the GP-30's look

By billd@... · #1427 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Well, well, well... I am glad to see it isn't only documentary producers who make mistakes :-) These most likely hauled cement, however sometimes covered hoppers in this era also hauled carbon

By billd@... · #1426 ·

Re: AC&F covered hoppers

Bruce, you write about Kato LOs: Fortunately, I had Richard's article on these cars and I realized that I Bruce, I'm not of the opinion that the Kato cars are aqctually models of AC&F cars. I agree,

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #1428 ·

Re: (unknown)

Sounds to me like a simple case of mis-stenciling a B-4. I've found any number of similar instances in my photo collection, especially in later years when pride of workmanship went down the drain on

By Richard Hendrickson · #1422 ·

Re: Car capy and LO's

In a message dated 4/30/01 12:49:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, brockm@... writes: << Now, why put Capacity on the car if it can be exceeded? How should I know? >> Mike, The nominal

By Guy Wilber · #1431 ·

USRA DS box cars

I remembered the correspondence on list about a possible USRA DS box car booklet. I am trying to model all the M&StL cars I have photos of and some I don't. They purchased a bunch of used box cars

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #1421 ·

blue tape

We did a home painting project a couple of weekends ago. We bought a roll of the blue masking tape they always use on H. G. TV. I just tried the stuff out on something worthwhile. I used it to mask

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #1420 ·

Re: Car capy and LO's

Thanks to Tim, Mike, and the gang for educating me on capy. I guess it all boils down to the fact that my "assumption 1" was wrong, so my conclusions were similarly flawed. This just goes to show

By Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> · #1418 ·

AC&F covered hoppers

Hi all, Did you ever fail to see something that was right in front of you? Well, I had one of those "E coli occurs" moments Saturday night while test driving a couple of brand new (mumble mumble P2K

By Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. <smithbf@...> · #1417 ·

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