Larry: No offense intended to Al & Martin, but with their kits, I always find that I substitiute brake parts or sill steps or other things that make the kit cost more than the list price anyway.

My forthcoming Railmodel Journal article will include forth prototype and model photos of the underbody (thanks to Ted Schnepf, who has a photo of a car lying on its side, thanks to a blunder by a

I just saw the notice for the new N&W boxcars. They are too expensive for me to even look at. At $45 for an unassemble kit has the resin market gone too far. This is $10 more then Westerfield and

--- stefanelaine <stefanelaine@...> wrote: I've built a couple of the Sunshine Models kits. The instructions/data sheet contains underframe information. IIRC, you are correct about the

Can anyone provide information on the "King Patent Trussed Steel Underframe"? This is a steel underframe with truss rods, shown in a drawing in the PSC O Scale freight/passenger car parts

Yes, but likely not in the same fashion - the guns being ubiquitous enough to store on site - a lot more ships with that sized gun(s) were built, so storing them in various yards would not be unusual.

Dennis Rockwell...apparently not an old hand on the STMFC...writes about Pennsy trains: "In the "easy to spot" case, every freight train has at least one NP boxcar!" Ah ha! Brock's fifth...or

I *am* a Pennsy modeller, and what I see in period videos is that the converse is also true: if you're a Pennsy modeller, you model all the other railroads! In the "easy to spot" case, every freight

Ralph: They should be available at any hobbyshop that wants to carry them. There are at least two dealers on this list that stock them and offer mail order - Ted Schnepf and myself. If there are

Kevin, Indeed they were... after all, we're talking about a country prior to the majority of the interstate highway system's construction. Given that the barrels were smaller and lighter than the

Thanks for the interest in these kits. I have received several inquiries about prototype info (I should have included this in the announcement....live and learn!). And David Thompson graciously

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Not to mention that fact the Sunshine and F&C produce several very nice Northern Pacific wood sheathed box car kits! Why kitbash when the "real thing" is right there? P.S. RED SOX RULE !!!!!!!!!!!

Schuyler, I looked it up and the offset-side triple is accurate for C&O 79000-79999 built in 1949-1950 by General American. The car has to have notched, arched end extensions, Ajax brakes, and Barber

I tried this C&O 79000-series conversion a few years ago, but I was kind of sloppy with it and I'm not even sure where the car is right now. In changing the ends, I removed the vertical angles and

Jim, I am not too familar with N&W rolling stock. can you point me to a picture of the prototype on the internet. What time frame do the cars model based on the details and decals. Brian

Apparently these cars had a unique underbody AB brake system setup with all the major components located on one side. Does anyone have a diagram for these cars to confirm this or can someone elaborate

Greetings....... Please excuse me for asking what may be a stupid question, but can anyone put me in the right direction to purchase one of the new HO scale MILW ribbbed side boxcars that I have

I would remind the membership that I have notified the group that computer related discussions are out of scope. I would suggest that those wishing to comment on various computer systems use groups

And I thought it was an OS X/Safari thing! This is what happens when coders are allowed to get away with writing a site for just ONE platform or browser. And IE is about the lousiest browser out