Tony I have a couple of 46-foot GS gondolas. W&R imported them. :-) Tim O'

Tom Madden wrote Hmmmm.. MILW box car disaster, Santa Fe stock car slightly better. (Just my guess.) Tom, everything you wrote makes perfect sense, except that you forgot a major

That happens when you keep sniffing that Canadian air, brrrrrrrrr Chuck Hladik

Sunshine usually only brings the newer stuff but surprised us at Naperville by having several boxes of old kits. Sunshine will be at 3 events in Feb. and March. Timonium, Feb. 5/6. Sunshine hopes to

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:31:49 -0500, mike brock wrote I remember being berated at the time for not "learning how" to use flex paints and that I needed a tutorial from Konrad. I watched him painting at

For those who have been to the Timonium show before, does Sunshine usually bring a stock of older kits with them or do they only sell new and very recent kits? Thanks, Dan Miller

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:00:38 -0800, Richard Hendrickson wrote My LHS does not stock Scalecoat, but they will order it for me and it gets there quickly without having to pay shipping. The only problem

Garth Groff wrote: No apology necessary, Garth, whatever the source of the slip. I too wish there was a 46-foot GS gon out there, but am making do with 40-foot ones for D&RGW in the

Tony and friends, Indeed, I did intend to say "gondola". And I reread this post twice for accuracy. I hope you all will forgive me, as I suffer from a mild dyslexia (and I've been a professional

Roofs, running boards, etc are easy. Internal hopper detail is not, ESPECIALLY on a Seeley! ;>) Bill Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:34 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: AAR

Garth Groff wrote: Surely you mean GS gondolas, Garth?? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Yah but,Bill a hopper doesn't need a roof,a running board (roof walk) laterals etc.Just think of the savings..Not that I would opt for an alternate standard I have yet to see a hopper that I didn't

I have a few questions about making new models. Let us assume that the model will be sold RTR (no kits). Let us also assume that the model will be a hopper car (as discussed) with "moderate" sales (I

Bruce Smith wrote: Apples and oranges, Bruce. Those models, like the Bachmann Pullman, are ones the _manufacturer_ decided to do, and I suspect those decisions were informed by internal arguments

Al - I tried to post photos of the models in question in a file here called "AAR Standard Twin Hoppers" but nothing is in the file yet! Don't know whether I did it incorrectly, or the moderator has

Richard and friends, Richard is absolutely about the UTLX X-3 tank. We are never likely to see this car from a reputable manufacturer in anything but resin because of the limited number of accurate

Mike, I sent one message to your private mail regarding the cab of your favorite freight engine.If you have a chance to reply ....... My best Marcelo Lordeiro _____ De:

Andy, that's hardly an issue for those of us (most of us, I'll bet) whose local hobby shops were never very good and are now non- existent. Get on the internet and find a large dealer who has a

and, in another post, I personally believe, and may be wrong, that there are more hoppers, albeit less colorful, than reefers in eastern trains during the steam and transition eras. Maybe the

My apologies for the cross postings; I will NOT have an open house this year in conjunction with the Timonium show. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD