THAT is a great example of an injection molding runner withThe sub-runner diameters getting smaller as they branch off from the primary runner. This is done to provide good flow of the melted resin

Good morning Tony, Your work on the P2K car does indeed look very nice. I agree that the P2K models are generally very good. The UP A-50-17 car that this model is intended to depict has the extra row

Tony: The late Paul Lyons and I took the plastic casting from the Intermountain kit and had them cast up. We used them in lew of the plastic ones that came in the kit. Paul C. Koehler

Looks like something Terry Wegmann might have done. Tom Madden

Quite some time ago, I got a set of parts for some resin cars, miscellaneous plastic and metal detail parts for resin castings. One of them is the two-rung sill steps that PFE placed under reefer

Here's a link to a PRR booklet on my website that has sketches of many types of brake wheels/housings and how they work... Recommended Safe Practices In The Operation of Hand Brakes Rob

Since Gene Green compiled this list 21 years ago, I thought it might be handy to repost for newer folks. :-) Since that time dozens of accurate brake wheels and housings have been

Haha! I can catch the glint of a shiny sideframe. :-) On 8/19/2022 5:46 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I think DA and Grandt Line both sold that AB brake set design but I think DA used a slippery resin that shot better in the mold. Or maybe that mold is a little worn out.

 Bill, That is from the original Detail Associates/Grandt line “AB” Brake set. The list archives will supply information on the components as will Gene Green’s brake information within

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 02:48 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: BILL PARDIE wrote:On returning from.Collonsville I felt that I should spend some time attempting to approach Lester Bruer's level of

Looks like Tichy to me. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor wrote: Doubtless true, but I’m impressed you can distinguish the dirt level in the photo provided. Tony Thompson tony@...

I don't know whose that is but it is a nice set of components. Really like the fulcrum or whatever it is called. Scott McDonald

I seem to be developing reputation from not knowing what is going on. Believe me I am working hard to achieve that. On returning from.Collonsville I felt that I should spend some time attempting to

Looks great Tony! The trucks could use a little more filth on them :-) On 8/19/2022 1:45 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

This is wonderful news, and many thanks to Frank Hodina for his persistence. October, 2023, here we come! -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

I have just posted the second description of completing a Proto2000 kit for a 50-foot UP automobile car, with various changes and upgrades, along with roof paint failure. To see this, if you’re

When I was a 4 year old child in Colton, California there was a huge clover field behind us (I can still see it in my mind) and a giant grapefruit orchard across the street.

Have you looked at Historic Aerials? The aerial photos might help you determine when the factory configuration changed. I’m in the process of doing the same thing for a cannery in Maine Rich