With the availability of ACR rivets from Archer, we can more easily model ACR boxcars. My question: has anyone applied the Archer rivets directly to a Painted and lettered model (such as a FP

Bruce Smith wrote: You're welcome, Bruce. I received some of these sets and have already put them to use. I have been working on an oil dealer and realized I can make storage tanks quickly and

The patent documentation may be the excuse for the high price but it is an expired patent and the documentation can be obtained from the US Patent and Trademark Office for the cost of duplicating and

Folks, I just got the following from Archer! Adding these to the inventory is fantastic - thanks Tony!! NEW SURFACE DETAILS FOR MODEL RAILROADERS Alternative Center Rivets (N-SCALE) Alternate

That is not the correct cross-kitting. The correct cross-kitting is to use the Tichy tank on the IM underframe for the USG-A (and CC&F) WWII car, with the IM tank is used with a bashed Tichy

Okay . . . "before the U.S. entry into WWI." But what do I know, my grandfathers' were both behind barricades in Dublin and Cork in 1916 . . .

No axles (2 wheels axles) and double bearings on each wheel may have made it dead in the water. Very expensive to maintain in 1914. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax,

I know an adaptive use of this model. Cross a full Tichy kit with a certain Red Caboose tank car kit, and you get both a certain "North American" tank car and a CC&F-built CGTX War Emergency tank

Quite a high asking price for such a crude model. I suppose that the reserve price may be what it is due to the patent documentation that comes with the model. As for this patent being issued "just

Jim, Assuming your post is accurately quoting the Sunshine flyer (I don't have it in front of me) I'd venture a guess that there's a typo on the flyer and it should read "1000-1500"! Yes, the cars

Currently up for auction on eBay (no, it's not my auction and I have no idea who's it is) is an unusual truck patent, along with the concept model. You can see it

Apologies to one and all re this message, and especially to Steve. By dint of the inevitable coincidence I was in email conversation with somebody who is fairly new to modelling US railroads and we

I have found myself on a bit of a building spree lately. Here is what I have accomplished. 1 WrightTRAK FGE mechanical reefer. This is the first one of three that I need to build. This is a

After reading Ted's article in the latest RMC, I was wondering the same thing. I have not had time to study the details and dimensions of the Type 11 underframe in depth, but at first glance it

Northern or Southern Peninsula? :-)

I compared the road names on the Sunshine flyer for the XM-1 bpxcar with pratt truss against my 1955 ORER CD from Westerfield. The Sunshine flyer lists the number series for BAR as 61100-599. There

I used a Tichy underframe and either a RC or IM tank. The problem is this car has been in the construction bin so long I forgot what I was doing. My understanding is the Tichy underframe is good but

Barry Bennett wrote: Good basic thought, Barry, but wrong agency and wrong war <g>. It's a USRA tank car, circa WW I, and was never built by the USRA. What you're remembering is the similar

I am making my 2009 Naperville plans, and I am interested in visiting Michigan to, among other things, look at areas of interest to a STMFC'er. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. -Andy Carlson Ojai

Not a hope. The Tichy car is bogus, it was a design by AAR which was never taken up, although a smallish number of similar cars were built for the US military. These cars were designed for use (if