Kurt Laughlin wrote: That's fine, Kurt, but not my point: I was talking about interchangeability of MODELS. No argument, just keep in mind that these three cars are NOT modeled the

Green resin? Was that an earlier product than the metal-filled 1201 G22 Pennsy gon that I busted half a dozen drill bits on so long ago? That gon soldiers on faithfully here, though most every time

Jim: I can answer part of the question, RC retooled the early PRR X29 (good for B&O M-26b). I am still at work so I don't have a car to measure the height of the patch panels. They are already out,

Certainly no argument there, Al, and I'm proud to say I was one of your earliest customers, back in the fragile green resin era. Richard Hendrickson

wrote: originally 1909 (or Many the obviously Thanks Richard A follow up question, suggested by your answer: Does the span of the series constitute a lower bound on the number of cars? For

Questions: I understand Red Caboose is coming out with PRR X29 bodies with patch panels. - What is the height of the PRR patch panels? B&O's M-26 patch panels were 15" high. Red caboose

Richard - I produced cars about a year before Dennis did (I remember him complaining to me about the accuracy of one of my kits - I later returned the favor about his spurious Accurail road names -

Update on bulk purchases of HO brass air hoses from both Bowser or PSC. ------------------------------------ Cal Scale (Bowser) #190-277 4/$2.95 (current standard packaging) @$0.75. Bulk: 200

Tony comments that these kits are still "hell to assemble". Well, he has that exactly right. Other problems, besides attempting to get all of the stamped steel and cast metal parts aligned correctly

The earliest resin kits I am aware of were structure kits by Lytler & Lytler, back in the '70s. They were several story commercial buildings of an ornate design. Also made of a tough resin. I also

No. Earlier ORERs show 1,000 cars in the 108000-108999 series. Many RRs, when only a few cars were left in a number series, showed only the lowest and highest numbers of the cars remaining, and

The earliest ones I'm aware of were produced by Dennis Storzek, now of Accurail. Dennis, who is on this list, may know if there were earlier examples. Richard Hendrickson

Larry Jackman wrote: Larry is exactly right. The name comes from the constituent elements in the alloy: Zinc, Aluminum, Magnesium, Copper (the second "a" was probably added so you could pronounce

His name was William Clouser and the material he used was a metal- filled industrial epoxy. It would dull a drill in a few seconds. Gene Deimling least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first

The Athearn N scale mill gons do have their faults, but I like them anyhow, oversized rivets and all. In my humble opinion, they look like painted metal instead of plastic. Though the weight

I thought this group might like to know about a forthcoming book from Signature Press. It is an overview of Pullman-Standard freight cars, 1900-1960, by Ed Kaminski. It includes many builder shots,

Ed Mines wrote: Not really true, Ed. Several kits for house cars had stamped metal (usually brass or tinplate) ends, including the Athearn metal house cars. If anything, cast metal ends were LESS

Sorry,that's Laconia.

Greg: Could you send me a message offline at bwelch@... I want to followup on the conversation we had late one afternoon at Cocoa Beach. Best regards, Bill Welch