In addition to the Miltary Models, its also heading that way into the RC models. Seems as though there are a lot of people who now go into the hobby shop and want a plane that all you have to do is

Charlie said he didn't like review articles that rehashed the geneology of locomotives, but I sure like those that rehash the geneology of freight cars because much of that information is not

Here go I gingerly into this minefield.... As a manufacturer, if somebody produced a resin part to MODIFY one of my kits (such as Martin did this year) I would have no problem with it, although I

Hi Eric; For the sake of argument: The problem here is that as maker of the orignial part, Trix get's to decide if they are willing to let you copy and how much they are going to charge. As far as

I've posted a comparison scan (not very clear I'm afraid) of the two ends - the Accurail has already been carved a fair amount to become a new part for a CP car. But it shows the rib problem that

Hello Everyone, The last shipment of O scale products from Intermountain arrived yesterday. They went out with a bang issuing three O scale cars at the same time. I have 25 cases of cars in my

A quick comparison of the Accurail 7/8 end shows it measuring 1.206" wide versus Tichey's 7/8 end, which is 1.214" wide. Rob Kirkham

Eric, If you wrote in tongue-in-cheek that's fine. As far as your explanation of circular logic beyond that point. . . . BUT if you seriously don't get the concept that making a copy of another

Has anyone ever tried to make a 7/8 end from a Tichy (was it originally Gould?) USRA end? How narrow is the Accurail car? Ed Mines

Denny- The reference to Higgins reviews was for the technical performance (speed, power, current draw, etc.) portion of the review. The appearance portion is left to the eyes of the reader looking at

Hello Group, Does anyone out there have a real photo of the Colorado Midland Hanrahan reefer #1201 shown in White's "Great Yellow Fleet" pg.51? Enlarging the lettering of this photo leaves it

In a message dated 11/11/03 2:40:53 AM, harper-brown@... writes: << Eric, I assume you mean a FREIGHT CAR REVIEW LIST. Jared Harper >> Why limit it to freight cars? I would think any

date of "HFCD E.C. The above note could be RPKD for repacked; E.C. for location of East Chicago (Indiana) where General American had a repair and service facility; the date for date; and GACC for

<maufderheide@y...> wrote: I have been involved in several caboose restorations at the Illinois Railway Museum and as previous replies said, the owning and operating railroad decided what was to be

Tony Thompson says ... Or a lawyer ... oh, and yes, no <g>. Roger Miener at Tacoma WA

Since there is life left in this subject, I'll add some more - Before Tichy; before Westerfield; I made my own ends years ago for the CP cars using the Accurail 7/8 ends. I went to the trouble of

Several transportation manuals from Moody's being sold by a public library. Price is fair. Dave Nelson ----------------------------- 1. Moody's Manual of Investments American and Foreign

Doug, The Decker reefers that I have seen picture of before with the lettering on the roof were 36 foot cars. Art's picture is for a 40 foot car. The reefers that Atlas is bring out for Deckers are

Marty McGuirk wrote: "As someone (one of the few on this list, from what I can tell) who has been on all three sides of the reader/magazine staff/manufacturer- advertiser fence I could easily share

Naw, Rev. Harding you misunderstand. I meant this particular car looks to me (please note: the oponion expressed here) like the lettering was added. I too, have seen photos passed about by that Louie