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Re: erroneous captions/RTR vs. kits

Garth- The stock carried by any one Hobby Shop can be influenced by a number of factors which I won't go into here but which may not necessarily indicate the local demand or general availability or

By Charlie Vlk · #81716 ·

Re: erroneous captions/RTR vs. kits

Garth,Where is this small hobby shop?I've been looking for some Branchline kits.Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #81715 ·

Re: erroneous captions/RTR vs. kits

Charlie, While I applaud your positive comments about kits in general, the near complete disappearance of kits from all the hobby shops I frequent makes me wonder about your statements, at least as a

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #81714 ·

Re: erroneous captions/RTR vs. kits

Ed- Your post is a positive one and I am not jumping on you for your comments..... but I don't agree that "the average model railroader has a hard time assembling kits". While the "old days" of

By Charlie Vlk · #81713 ·

erroneous captions/RTR vs. kits

I think kits are disappearing because the average model railroader has a hard time assembling kits. The hobby is centered around a pack rat mentality - keep buying more and more. Most model

By ed_mines · #81712 ·

1944 frt cars id?

scene from a railway I never knew existed, the Richmond Street Railway... i'm guessing these cars are a PFE R-40-14, a B&O double sheathed box car, and a Milwaukee ribside box car behind the

By Tim O'Connor · #81711 ·

Re: GN Empire Builder Lettering

The EB scheme to go with mineral paint for box cars was introduced in April of 1956 to be used on older cars that were repainted. The car used in the press release was the 18626, a 10'2 inside height

By Staffan Ehnbom <staffan.ehnbom@...> · #81710 ·

Re: The growing problem of erroneous captions

A further difficulty with erroneous captions, sometimes I know what is written is wrong, but I do not always know what is correct. IE the MSTL photos in the Barriger collection, I knew some locations

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #81709 ·

Re: GN Empire Builder Lettering

Thanks for the information. I have a November 1956 photo of 11565 a 10' IH 12 panel car in mineral red (Per the Ed Hawkins caption) with the lettering and Youngstown doors (RPC 8 page 85). That is

By Brian Carlson <brian@...> · #81708 ·

Re: The growing problem of erroneous captions

What was the title of the B&O Book? Sincerely, Richard Yoder

By Rich Yoder · #81707 ·

Re: The growing problem of erroneous captions

Several of these tales have mentioned the publisher's "hurry up" attitude, which surprised me given the subject matter. Sure, if it's "Behind the Scenes with The Jonas Brothers" it needs to be Right

By Scott Pitzer · #81706 ·

Re: GN Empire Builder Lettering

I do not believe IM has done a 12 panel car in mineral with EB lettering. If you wanted to do one, Microscale supplies the lettering in their set 87-185. Champ used to have it in set HB-308 which

By spsalso · #81704 ·

Walthers flat kits

That composite gondola kit from Walthers was originally cast in metal. Ed

By ed_mines · #81703 ·

Re: The growing problem of erroneous captions

Jim, and the rest of the group. First off, I know personally that the B&O book was a big disappointment for Craig Bossler because of all the work he did to "get it right", only to have it

By cinderandeight@... · #81705 ·

Re: New Coil-Elliptic truck

That is simply not true. "Code 88" is the designation specified in NMRA RP-25 for a wheel made to specific profile, and NWSL, among others, makes wheels that are indeed that profile. The IM and

By Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> · #81702 ·

Re: The growing problem of erroneous captions

I think you got my point: maybe not a direct parallel but the lack of attention to detail or desire not to bother with it is the point I meant. The time factor is something entirely different. I have

By jerryglow2 · #81701 ·

Re: Jay Bee wheels?

Alan, Rich, I appreciate your help. Alan, I did google, which is how I found the Pennsylvania company I asked about. I'm not looking to purchase HO trucks and wheelsets, but rather explore the

By Brian Chapman <cornbeltroute@...> · #81700 ·

Re: UTOX Tank Car from Walthers

Bruce Smith wrote: You're right. I can be pretty dense at times (kind of like those guys on Big Bang Theory). I went to the NRHS database and opened each file, doing a search on "oil". The only one

By Don Strack <donstrack@...> · #81699 ·

Re: New Coil-Elliptic truck

Tom, I am guilty as many others in semantics, particularly when it comes to RR terminology, but this is quibbling. Semi-scale wheelsets are .088 " wide, so many times they are refered to "code"

By Andy Carlson · #81698 ·

Re: UTOX Tank Car from Walthers

Nor does it appear in my far more extensive listing at www.nakina.net Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario, Canada lamontc@... http://freightcars.nakina.net http://siberians.nakina.net

By Ian Cranstone · #81697 ·

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