HO Seeker publishes catalogs. The date cited may just be the date of the catalog, not the actual debut of the model. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Top chord reinforcements weren't intended to resist vertical sagging so much as to keep the sides from bowing in and out sideways. David Thompson

The subject car appears to be a precursor of the Ulrich car with the cast metal sides. Ulrich was certainly heavily into die casting in the late fifties. I wonder if he was selling non-die cast kits

Thanks Andy Appreciate that-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By the way if you have any undec kits sitting around I'd love to buy a couple Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thanks Ken Appreciate that -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Yes, reinforcement, and I’d venture that the car’s already got a sag in it, and the reinforcement is intended to not let that get worse! Schuyler

Note for downloads from the Kinkaid collection: If you click on a picture in the "gallery" view, it appears that Smugmug creates a "reduced resolution" JPG to display If you then right-click -> Save

Fenton, Second transmission. Ken Montero

Fenton, Attached are the 7 pages of instructions that came with the kit. Due to my scanner limitations, each page is a separate PDF. Due to email limitations on PDF's, I have to

I purchased this kit in October of 1960 and it carries the road name and number Pere Marquette 89920. The outside bracing is, indeed, pot metal. I have just pulled it out of service as I am thinning

Fenton, I will scan a set of the instructions from IM kit 42700 FGE Wood Refrigerator undecorated for you this afternoon. Ken Montero

FGEX kit instructions here: https://www.intermountain-railway.com/customerservice/instructions/HO%20FGE%20WOOD%20REFRIGERATOR%20-%20Kit.pdf All Intermountain kit instructions

Double sheathed. Well, yes, there is that.

Mike, You most likely are correct regarding the first date of production. I assumed that the HO Seeker info was the first date of production - and we all know the derivation of the

Actually I have some IM 1927 FGEX cars to disassemble then re build on the PRR R7 frame and one on the Tichy frame as FGEX rebuilt many of their cars. I can no longer find the IM FGEX kits so I bought

Thanks guys! Note to self, when attaching photos in .io groups, use attachment instead inserting as a picture as that makes a tiny pixilated photo. Trying again here. Fenton, assuming it is the RCW

They are looking good RJ. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Very nicely done RJ, I have a few of those to build as well. fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Finished up 2, one the recent RCW kit and the other a Red Caboose RC-4231 kit with a Tichy dual center sill riveted built-up underframe. Pretty similar, each having pros and cons. I like the lower