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Augie Hiscano

This morning I must be the bearer of sad news. Augie Hiscano passed away unexpectedly at his home this last Thursday. Those that have attended Prototype Rails at Cocoa Beach might have attended the

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #40711 ·

Re: Essential Freight Cars Series

The problem with reprint articles such as this is timing. By the time it is compiled, many of the kits will probably no longer be available (at least new). Ted's articles are getting published in a

By jerryglow2 · #40710 ·

Re: Sunshine and the Internet

Many businesses hire someone to design/maintain their web site. It's the same proposition as buy vs produce own (speaking of sub components). Actually, if he was willing (hope I'm not violating the

By jerryglow2 · #40709 ·

Re: Essential Freight Cars Series

He better get permission from Ted and/or RMC. Guess he'll have to use snail mail since he apparantly doen't know how to use the internet. <g> Jerry Glow wrote: his web

By jerryglow2 · #40708 ·

NP 40' gon, anyone?

Looked through the on-line Sunshine catalogue, and can't find any mention of a Northern Pacific 40' gondola that, I believe, was released last year. I think it shared a carbody with a few other

By Blair Kooistra <wallcloud@...> · #40707 ·

Re: Essential brake wheels

In a message dated 4/23/2005 1:02:57 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, tculotta@... writes: I'm a little steamed about this as I took great pains to use all correct terminology and it was

By Brian Termunde · #40712 ·

Re: Bettendorf underframe,

Hi Tony, I'm intrested in the 30 ton one. Thanks Felix Daigre

By wp913a@yahoo.com <wp913a@...> · #40706 ·

Re: Essential brake wheels

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

By Ted Culotta <tculotta@...> · #40705 ·

Re: Online list of Sunshine kits

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

By Jim and Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> · #40704 ·

Re: Online list of Sunshine kits

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

By Jim and Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> · #40703 ·

Ceramic mold inserts

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

By Jim King <jimking3@...> · #40702 ·

Re: Essential freight cars in RMC - 36' Stockcars

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

By Charlie Vlk · #40701 ·

Re: Essential freight cars in RMC

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

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #40700 ·

Re: Online list of Sunshine kits

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

By Thomas M. Olsen <tmolsen@...> · #40699 ·

Re: Santa Fe Bx-13 boxcar details

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,

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #40698 ·

Re: Santa Fe Bx-13 boxcar details

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

By Mark Heiden · #40697 ·

Re: Rapid Protyping and advanced mold making

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

By Charlie Vlk · #40692 ·

Essential brake wheels

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

By Schuyler Larrabee · #40696 ·

Re: Santa Fe Bx-13 boxcar details

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

By Richard Hendrickson · #40695 ·

Santa Fe Bx-13 boxcar details

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

By Mark Heiden · #40694 ·

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