On Wed, 02 May 2001 17:56:00 -0700 <billd@...> writes: Unlikely Bill, that a cement car would carry carbon black unless they wanted to pour a very dark grey (or gray) concrete. Carbon black

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

--- 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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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