Ken, I'm not sure what you mean by "would the mill have loaded these with out bound loads." But, during the 40s and alot of the 50s, old wooden boxcars and even vent boxcars were used. Although, some

Because at the time Sunshine first produced the kits, the particular trucks needed were NOT available from Bowser or anyone else. So Sunshine had custom white metal trucks made -- I bought some. They

John It's a totally accurate ACF Type 27 tank car model. But cast-on brake components are awful, so there's the major problem. And if your tank car is going to be handled, the plastic handrails,

I routinely replace the sill steps w/A-Line and the handrails with brass wire and steel tubing to join the wire and PSC handrail stanchions. Harvested rivets along the sill and other details for the

My newest airbrush is the Iwata HP-BC1 Plus for enamel paints. It has wonderful control, i can use a paint jar with it and I have used it, along with my ancient Paasche for airbrushing the "truss

Wow! IMHO, this thought flies in the face of both common sense for those interested in the most critical modeling, and common experience when taking a look at the respected kit suppliers that have

All; I sent out an earlier message on my experiences with Iwata, and I, too, really like my Iwata and use it exclusively now for the new non-solvent-based paints like Modelflex. I also find it to be

Hi:     that helps a lot,so the clay would be in boxcars at that time,like 40" cars.would the mill have loaded these with out bound loads.        thanks ken

John, In general, these are pretty nice models and fit right into the steam era fleet. Details aren't quite as nice as P2K. Remember too when considering your fleet, that these type 27 cars were

John; It has some shortcuts, like missing rivets on the u/f, and I seem to remember it is missing the little jack pas under the side sill, but it looked pretty good when I measured it against plans,

Brothers, I have a project I'd like to complete using the Intermountain 8K tank car model.  Is this thing accurate?  Are the major components correct enough to justify putting in 6-10 hours of

Wow, that must be why Railyard, F&C, Westerfield and Sunshine have all been such abysmal business failures! If only they had known! Tim, If you had read what I wrote, I mentioned that even

Friends, Certainly not. I model 1958, and built the 1955 car because that's what I had pictures of. Kind regards, Garth Groff

Guys; There were different ends in production in 1952, and while "most likely" might fit the PRR's rebuilding campaign, particularly given that it appears they used SREM "kits" on many rebuilds in

Friends, The late improved Dreadnaught end ("banana" taper) was not introduced until 1955. Absent any other data, it seems likely that the ends on the 1952 X29d cars would have been the "rolling pin"

Denis, I, for one, very much appreciate your approach to furnishing correct trucks with your kits. Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@...

The process for making clay into a slurry that could be hauled by tank car wasn't perfected until sometime in 1960. Before that, it was shipped in 100lb sacks *early 40s* by the mid 40s til some time

For what it's worth, I'd say it should be an "it depends" sort of scenario. If the car type only has one correct option for trucks, I'd say include it. But if there's a variety of correct trucks

was clay for making paper shipped in tank cars in the late 1950's,what type of tanks and sizes,railroad or leased cars. thanks ken chapin

Evan Does this include the times where the supplied trucks are correct and are the best detailed ones available?? I think in that case leaving the cheap wheelsets out is a correct option. However,