Hi Jerry: I have quite a few wood kits lying around. These will never be built. I have been sending some to friends on the mainland for their use or to give away at club meets. I am trying to clear

Eric, thanks much for the info. I'm amazed by the availability of disposition of individual wrecked car numbers. Please share with us the source of that info. Thank you. And thanks to Tim for the

Thanks Bill! Nice remembrance from the 1980s. Anyone have these kits lying around they'd like to part with for a fair price to our museum? Jerry Michels Amarillo Railroad Museum

I think that the significance of the Prototype Modeler PFE and RI reefer kits is that they placed the car in CONTEXT -i.e. that the PFE R-30-13 was the typical PFE reefer of the 1920-30 period.There

Santa Fe system standard plans had a platform between the chute and the car, but many stock pens were not built to Santa Fe standards and many were built before the Standards were developed. This

Bill, you’re full of oldies and goodies. The wood treatment screams hot and dry. Nelson Moyer

Thanks for the photo, Doug. You confirmed my impression about whitewashed wood look after sun bleaching. Nelson Moyer

That’s a beautiful sun bleached finish on the wood It looks like ATSF whitewashed the pens and ramp a long time ago, and he sun did the rest. Nelson Moyer

Wow! Thanks Doug! I reqally did not expect to find a photo of the Taurus cattle loading ramp. Now I will press my luck. Above is a sand house from a manufacturer whose name escapes me at the

Bill attached is a photo of the prototype upon which the Taurus rolling livestock chute was based. It is indeed a ATSF chute located at Yorba Linda CA. I believe there was at least one other like

Nice picture and model, Bill. In addition, this is also a nice lesson, if a small manufacturer comes out with something you like, buy it. First off that helps the manufacturer financially. Second,

The thread on the Taurus kit sparked a few memories. Most people in this group are in the same age bracket as myself and many are life long model railroaders. We have seen hundreds of small

Here is the “O” scale model that I referred to in this thread. Bill Pardie

Bob, Sorry to take so long to respond. I was traveling and didn’t bring my computer. I apply Pan Pastels over the entire car. I use paint brushes and not sponges to apply the Pan Pastels,

That is an absolutely beautiful build-itreally shows what can be done with the wood kits Larry King

See the message from Ben Hom from earlier today regarding https://www.hoseeker.net/miscdiagrams.html You will find the complete instructions as Ben directs. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Could someone who has this kit kindly copy and send the instructions? It would be much appreciated. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Dennis Reminds me of JP Barger who loves (loved?) building the old wood and cardstock freight car kits, even though he is (was?) a major collector and supporter of fine scale

I forgot the pics -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

And I have the PFE R-30-13 kit from Taurus. 😁 IMG_2742.JPG IMG_2743.JPG -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts