Let me get this straight. Are you volunteering to build a real HO scale underframe for this model, or are we talking about a conceptual underframe, as in conceptual packing (inside joke)? If, in

RRrealated@... writes: anymore. two. will

Richard H. says: Surely it would not be too hard to scratch an underframe? I have built both styrene and wood (with riveted cardstock overlays) underframes and they are not that tough. How about,

Richard H. wrote: Perhaps "freightcardiology" might be a more apt term for this device. Tom M.

Ah, I get it, Tim. A ploy! I've wondered for a long time how someone who is obviously very astute and well informed about freightcarology could occasionally post inquiries and speculations that

The Erie definitely owned Greenville gondolas, but the MILW and B&O did not. The MP/IGN owned none either. I suppose they ran their Youngstown containers in their 46' or various other gondolas. The

Well, the only way to get an answer sometimes is to make speculative statements! Some experts don't like to speak up unless they get the bonus of being able to ridicule someone... I have noticed this

Tim - The containers are 9'2" wide. What rrs used the Greenville in this service? Remember, I know nothing after 1930.... Some roads like Erie, MILW and B&O have cars that look like them to my

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, please stop trying to make this more complicated than it is. UTLX 57801 in the photo in the Classic Freight Cars tank car book is a UTL Class X built in 1916 (essentially, an

Now that I look it over, I wonder if UTLX #57801 isn't actually one of those AC&F "high walkway" tank cars from pre-1920 with its walkway handrails removed? Timothy O'Connor

Bruce, that set has been out for a year or two already! (I guess the Scuttle is falling a little behind...) Those decals are exclusively for AC&F high walkway tank cars, and unless you model

Having had the topic of home vs. foreign cars come up again I decided to crunch a few numbers & see whether the data from my conductors books was in any way similar to an ORER from about the same

Howdy, According to Greg Martin's Scuttlebutt collumn in the January Mainline Modeler, Microscale has announced set 87-986, assorted 1910-1950 tank cars. Any comments from y'all on the suitability of

Larry - thanks - John

I see what you mean -- but isn't it just a Van Dyke tank mounted onto a later frame (really, just a center sill)? Timothy O'Connor <timoconnor@...> Marlborough, Massachusetts

The bottom sheet on a Van Dyke tank extends beyond the ends and is probably thicker to act as the underframe. The dome on 57801 is larger than that on the Precision Scale tank. Bill Kelly Tim

Bill, if you get this, you are alive and well on the STMFC. Let me know. To start sending messages to members of this group, simply send email to STMFC@... If you do not wish to belong to

Shawn, the Precision Scale model is accurate for prototypes that lasted into the 1960's. Richard Hendrickson wrote an article on modeling them, including modifications to Bowser (?) caboose

Al... I wonder if your load will fit Sunshine's Greenville car (same prototype as the Proto2000). It came with thin-wall sides. I can test fit it for you, if you're interested. ;o) Timothy O'Connor