Just a factoid...PFE ice service reefers serviced PFE facilities. Southern Pacific had their own fleet of ice service reefers (ex-PFE cars as I recall) to service SP facilities. Bob

The Details West shows that its AB air brake set has been discontinued. I have used Cal-Scale AB brake sets for years- part 190-283 - and an ABD set (now discontinued).

I just learned that GRANDT LINE owned the molds for the AB brake set (I have found some GL AB brake sets and they're exactly the same, but are gray plastic). The GL property was

Gary Most floor castings are easy to fix, because they have a FLAT side. Put casting flat side down on sheet of 1/4" or 3/8" tempered glass* in an oven

Gary McMills wrote: "I recently bought a Funaro & Camerlengo USRA double sheath Boxcar kit at a show and I have noticed that both ends of the car floor are bent about 0.125" down out of the plane.

That'd be Zayante and Olympia to be specific -- The thong is ended but the malady lingers on

Yes, the Trout Creek ladders are the old Taurus ladders. They also make an O scale version, although I can't find it on the new web page. If you have questions, you should be able to reach them by

Charles, Taurus Products was taken over by Trout Creek Engineering. Website is hard to find and their former website is defunct, but here it is:

Red Caboose made an "Ice Service" PFE reefer -kit no. 4114f (PFE orange). Westerfield made (1) a B&O (ex-FGE, ex-PRR) R-7 Ice Service reefer, kit no. 11664; (2) an AT&SF BX-3/6

Great idea, Andy. I will have to dig around my old kitchen stuff I had when I lived in Cali for a skillet. If I try and use one of my wife's, I will be moving into that apartment on your property,

I have found 2 additional Intermountain undecorated war emergency box car kits. One Intermountain Kit #41070 with rectangular panel roof. In the box there are decals for NKP, GM&O and Alton asking

Rarely were any of the commercial resin kit's castings heat cured. A heat cured resin casting gains strength, and its memory is solidified. A partial correction of a thicker warped casting may make it

I'll comment that the "preheat to 150 F -- TURN OFF -- put part on a flat plate (cookie sheet) for 10 min" is in Sunshine general instructions and it works. My additional comment is that this works

About a year ago, I looked on the back of several DA parts envelopes to see if I could find any contact information. I found two different PO box numbers, so I sent a letter to each one. I offered to

Thanks Pierre , I thought I read about that procedure in the past. Gary McMills

Hi Gary, I have straightened out warped floors on several kits by preheating the oven to 150 degrees, then turn the oven off. Place the warped floor on a metal flat pan and slide it in the oven.

straightening warped resin is easy Very hot water, not quite boiling, immerse the part briefly. remove and lay on a flat surface. let cool. repeat if required Pierre

Contact the manufacturer would be best advise. Hubert Mask

-------- Original Message -------- Hi Gentlemen, I recently bought a Funaro & Camerlengo USRA double sheath Boxcar kit at a show and I have noticed that both ends of the car floor are bent about

DA is a one-person, part-time maker. Discussion in Dec 2021 (two months ago) on MFCL posts say that the business is alive, if not well. I think there is a lot of old unsold stock