Ah yes.I just discovered my yet to be completed Swift reefer kit bash in my "junk box".I am afraid that model will never get trucks or couplers.Armand premo

Ah, "analysis-paralysis", eh? I knew I had a problem but I didn't know it had a name. Are there any self-help groups? Gene Green <snip> I think one of the biggest impediments to modeling (as

during the Like car", Although I'm sure that issue is out of print, I believe the article was republished in a Kalmbach book on modeling freight cars a few years ago. Same book inlcudes Andy

"Life Like - Hong Kong". I didn't know that we were doing plastic "China" things back that far, except for Oriental brass engines & cars?? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A lot of

Ben Hom replied: . . . Better kits for meat reefers are available from Sunshine and Funaro,. . . ----------- Red caboose also makes a wood sheathed Mather meat reefer, and the Walthers' horizontal

Tim, My mistake, thought the thread was working into Ontario Province. Fred F

Ben Hom wrote: "Because a killer mistake only costs you a model that costs $1-$5 at your local hobby shop or swap meet, instead of $15-$25 for an advanced styrene kit or $12-$50 for a resin kit.

Group Members, I have the following 'O' scale kits for sale, all items brand new and in original packaging: 1. Central Hobby Supply West Shore Line #9321 NYC LO class 70T Covered Hopper w/decals,

I am sure that Tony Thompson and/or Larry Kline can relate the horrified looks and gasps they received in a class they taught (local community college) where they (gasp!) cut up Athearn shells to make

At the Cocoa Beach meet, Ted Culotta, I believe, mentioned that there would be a book of recently discovered freight car photos from the late '40s in the DC? area that would be released in book form

Paul Hillman wrote: "What I don't understand here Ben is, how can I be "guilt free" if I destroy the models? (Except for in a fit of rage because some parts don't fit or something???)" Because a

Fred in Vt. wrote: I doubt that the Cape Breton Coal ever sought a Great Lakes route unless it was barged up the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands, Lake Ontario and the Welland Canal. Tim

As I recall, the film was made around the mid-1950's from a well-selling potboiler and featured an ElizabethTaylor, mature but not yet blowsy, so it is possible commercial copies of the film on tape

I thought I'd add a little additional information from sources I have on hand to this discussion: In 1953, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported 2,875,483 tons of Anthracite coal received from

As this is a bit OT for this list, I've forwarded this info on to the Ry-ops-industrialSIG@yahoogroups group where the discussion better fits and will likely have more response. subscribe:

Paul, Ben means if you try to upgrade your Life-Likes, and you botch it, there's nothing lost. I used that Nehrich article soon after it was published. The finished car (late 1940s yellow sides,

Ben Hom wrote: Funaro, but if free" And Paul Hillman responded: destroy the models? (Except for in a fit of rage because some parts don't fit or something???) Do Sunshine & Funaro both supply an

Tim the data I was sharing was from the Canadian Bureau of Statitics, not the ICC (i.e., the Canadian perspective of Canadian rail shipments into the US). How the US then classified those shipments

Guyz, Maybe the place to seek this out is on a website that deals with Great Lakes shipping, and hopefully, a data bank for the years in question. This is on the premise that such a site is

Ben Hom wrote, "This car is still on the market in Life-Like's toy line, though retooled with a separate 'generic' underframe; both models are common at swap meets or on eBay." Quite interesting