Bob Kutella asked: “A friend (and member here) scanned the insert in the set of Champ decals that I have ordered. The immediate question is do any of you know what color the TICHY flat car kits were

--- In STMFC@..., "trolleycar68" <68trolley@...> wrote: Stay tuned, I may come begging here yet again. A friend (and member here) scanned the insert in the set of Champ decals that I

Doesn't their web site have a listing of which paint was used on which models? I seem to remember that all were Pollyscale, but that reefer yellow might not necessarily be what was used on a

I have recently tried to upgrade an Accurail reefer.All went well until I tried to match the paint.I never knew there were so many different shades of yellow.What would you suggest that I use? Armand

Tim,How would you compare Accurail's twin hopper with Tichy''s?Too much work needs to be done on Accurail's car to make it an acceptable model IMHO.For those who need large numbers of twin hoppers

Ed Sutorik asked: "Anyway, Atlas has announced another run of their USRA rebuilds. I did a search of this list, and it appears the cars MIGHT work for ACL and/or Frisco. But those list-comments

Bill and All, Off line I sent Wayne a couple of photos of the Shake N Take Accurail Reefer we did in the past and one that was done later representing the Needham Packing/Sioux City Dressed Beef

While the first batch of these Atlas cars were 10 panel, the current run appears to be 8 panel. Ed Edward Sutorik

Ed Sutorik asked: "Anyway, Atlas has announced another run of their USRA rebuilds. I did a search of this list, and it appears the cars MIGHT work for ACL and/or Frisco. But those list-comments

Hear hear Bill! Sometimes it feels like it takes me just as long to finish an "RTR" model as a resin kit (tank cars excepted) ;-) Tim O'Connor

Accurail is not in the "hi fidelity" business (like Sunshine) but they aim to provide products to a wider market at a much lower price. Accurail makes many very useful products to scale modelers (esp

I "feel you" Greg in terms of upgrading. I am resigned to the fact it seems to take me the same amount of time to do build, paint and decal a styrene kit, no matter whether it is RC, IM, Accurail,

Hi Greg-- Tx to you and the rest for your comments. I too like Accurail,very much. Otherwise the subject would not have come up and I hope that nobody is taking offense at the question. I've been

Calling them is not a bad idea, but they are only filling orders--and answering the phone--Tues, Wed, Thur. Steve Hoxie Pensacola FL

Like we sometimes tell others, why not call and ask. 701-852-4938. Someone did say Champ was shutting down for sure at the end of September. Jim Hayes Portland

4/5/2010 Bill Pardie wrote I made an order last week from Champ, and got an automated reply, but there has been no other email nor any charge to my credit card. Someone posted that Champ was shutting

Bill - You just need to go to www.westerfieldmodels.com. - Al Westerfield

Al has announced a new CB&Q kit of their XM 21/22/23 series of boxcars. I had promised myself to buy no more CB&Q kits given the number I have already built and the couple left to build but the

Jerry, et al, Yes, Sylvan auto box car Dreadnaught doors are available individually as DP-0051 (early) and DP-0052 (late). I just received both in an order from Canadian Model Trains. See

Sylvan's cars that use them are one piece bodies - an upgrade I assume leading me to question if available separately as reported in another response. Richard Hendrichson once offered it in his line.