Schuyler: Thank you. I'm a little steamed about this as I took great pains to use all correct terminology and it was edited to read like a toy train modeler wrote it. Oh, well at least the gist of

Tom and others, There are multiple versions of the Sunshine kit list on the Steam Freight Cars website. The one I

You'll also find essentially the same file as a PDF on the Steam Freight Cars website at http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/new%20products/sunshine/sunkits1220 04main.html And, I just noticed

Ceramic inserts made via the SLA process are in their infancy. They are so new to the RP world that very little info is available regarding life expectancy, materials shot or geometry types that have

I am having a master of a CB&Q SM16 made with the intention of having resin castings made from it. It is too early to make any declarations of how the project is going to turn out but the masters

It would be nice to see if we can get a resin kit maker such as Al Westerfield or Martin Lofton to do the PRR K8 stock cars as a flat kit. This was the last wood body car that the Penn had prior to

There is another list of Sunshine Kits. That is the All-Time List revised by Jim Hayes and posted on Ted Culotta's internet website "Steamfreightcars.com." Here is the link to the all-time list

I don't have much to go on, as far as photos go< Check the Westerfield site, he has resin kits for these cars. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax, Chief/Zephyr systems,

wrote: boxcars: Hi Richard, Thanks for the reply. What does a Murphy solid steel roof look like? I don't have much to go on, as far as photos go. It looks very similar to the roof on USRA

Ceramic tooling is used for some injection molded plastic kits that are commercially available in both HO and N Scale. I've heard that the Beyers (???) horses are molded from ceramic molds made by the

Ted, Thanks for the Brakewheel Primer on pages 98-99 in the May RMC. I've needed that for a long time. SGL

Murphy solid steel (without rectangular panels) Running boards and laterals were wood. Ajax. 1931. Richard Hendrickson

Hello everyone, Just a few questions regarding the details of Santa Fe Bx-13 boxcars: 1) What sort of roof were the cars delivered with? 2) What sort of roof walk was used? 3) What model of power

I went ahead and chose the SAG re-weigh datum, as one of the relatively late choices and both obvious and distinctive for PM; and as Richard Hendrickson raised the question of whether I could have

While the CAD/M and laser technologies are making advances, a large part of the expense of tooling is still in the mold base and fitting the inserts to it. The marketing of kits is not related to the

NP box cars built during the mid-to-late 1940s came from the builders with black trucks, underframes, and ends and mineral red sides, doors and roofs. However, the NP (like many other RRs) painted

Bill, AFAIK a 36' stock car in styrene isn't high on any manufacturer's priority list for future production. However, resin kits ar ethe subject ofTed's series in RMC, and Westerfield makes fine

Thanks Ben. I don't have any Yardmaster kits myself, just several Blueprint kits. Doug Brown

but is great for producing masters, either for resin kits or for ceramic tooling inserts.< I know nothing about ceramic tooling inserts however I'm wondering if the tooling (for injection styrene)

In the constructive spirit our moderator requests, you'll find an unofficial but reasonably current Excel listing of Sunshine kits and pricing on the group website at