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

Slightly off subject, but not much.... Does anyone know if Taurus Products, which made etched (?) brass caboose ladders, is still in business? I installed a pair of those ladders in place of the

There were many "ice service" refrigerator cars. I have seen pictures of ART. FGE and PFE cars lettered for this service. Intermountain produced a model (47739) for a wood FGE car. I was introduced

The last time I was in Full Steam Ahead hobby shop in Altoona PA, (2 years ago) they had a 4 drawer file cabinet full of detail parts, including Detail Associates. Mark Rossiter

Raymond, They are not closed even though it may seem like it. After not being available for years, I have recently purchased parts at various hobby shops that are new runs. They are slowly

At the risk of spreading disinformation, I believe that the company is done. The remaining owner seems reluctant to admit it. I've been trying for years to get a response with zero success

Does anybody know for sure whether Detail Associates is closed and dead as an HO scale detail parts source? I notice that I have some of their freight car and diesel parts on back order with Walthers

On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 06:10 AM, Ken O'Brien wrote: The Lackawanna harvested a lot of ice around Gouldsboro, PA and hauled it towards NYCMy brother-in-law and I spent several hours at the Gouldsboro

Red Caboose made them. CNWHS had them for a while. I have one left… Joe

I believe it is as did not record in my notes. I use the Kade brake wheels for 99% of builds I do; however, the new Tangent brake wheels, in my opinion, compete. Since purchase I have used them on