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Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

Ray Breyer wrote: "Remember, the Tichy USRA twin hopper is almost 18" too long. Accurails, while having cast-on grabs, are the correct length. That in itself makes the Tichy (Gould) model much more of

By Benjamin Hom · #93016 ·

Re: Sale of Champ Decals

Tim O'Connor wrote: I placed an order online last Wednesday (9-9), money was transfered from PayPal on 9-11, decals arrived this AM in the mail. Matt Forsyth Modeling the D&H Penn Division Erie

By mforsyth127 · #93071 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

Tried Five different brands of Reefer yellow without an acceptable match,Polly Scale included.Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #93015 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

Hi Armand, Remember, the Tichy USRA twin hopper is almost 18" too long. Accurails, while having cast-on grabs, are the correct length. That in itself makes the Tichy (Gould) model much more of a

By Ray Breyer · #93014 ·

Re: NC&StL (was G N) Flat Cars

Bob, NC&StL #70229, Class FM-9, was built by ACF in July 1926. This car was the prototype for the Gould pattern. It used Dahlman trucks and had straight sidesills with a fish belly

By Mitchell Mercante · #93013 ·

Re: NC&StL (was GN) Flat Cars

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

By Benjamin Hom · #93012 ·

NC&StL (was G N) Flat Cars

--- 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

By Bob Kutella · #93011 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By ken_olson54022 <kwolson@...> · #93010 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By Armand Premo · #93009 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By Armand Premo · #93008 ·

Re: The Atlas USRA steel rebuild. Again.

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

By Benjamin Hom · #93006 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By Greg Martin · #93007 ·

Re: The Atlas USRA steel rebuild. Again.

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

By spsalso · #93353 ·

Re: The Atlas USRA steel rebuild. Again.

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

By Benjamin Hom · #93005 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By Tim O'Connor · #93004 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By Tim O'Connor · #93003 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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,

By Bill Welch · #93002 ·

Re: ACCURAIL separate ladders & grabs

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

By lifeisgood_u2 <goodheart05@...> · #93001 ·

Re: Sale of Champ Decals

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

By pennsylvania1954 · #92999 ·

Re: Sale of Champ Decals

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

By Jim Hayes · #92998 ·

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