Thanks Gene and Fenton. Still more weathering to do after I get the extra parts painted. Michael Gross On the road - Lake Tahoe, NV

That's an excellent question Tim. Perhaps Steve Hill has an answer for it. Cheers! Michael Gross On the road - Lake Tahoe, NV

Michael, Nice car!! AL B.

I have copies of almost all Sunshine PDSs online and I'm sure I'm not the only one. But then I did buy almost 200 Sunshine kits over the years starting way back when with kit 1.1 but then I'm sure I'm

Michael and Tangent have both done some great work with this car. But one thing has always bothered me, the size of the lift ring on the safety valve. Since I was assembling one of these cars from

Michael very nice job on the weathering. Gene Deimling

Hey Michael, well done it’s a good looking car. Maybe you should break more cars. Great results Fenton

I just noticed something about that model - on the right side, where the builder initials are, it says GATX instead of GATC. Builder photos from that era usually show something like

Martin never posted anything at all online, as far as I know. I don't know if he even had email. But it's all very silly IMO. When Ted Culotta sold his photo collection on

Hello Michael, Very nice work. Really like the weathering … and the new / improved details. When you get home — now that you have had the practice — I will bring my Tangent tank car by for your

Because I keep breaking things, I end up doing more detailing on a ready-to-run car than I otherwise might, and the Tangent 3-dome tank is a perfect example. It's a beautiful model right out of the

Yes, I wasn't clear in my reply. I have to say that, since I hang on to all of my PDS sheets, I wasn't thinking of that. The main reason I care about the sales sheet is that there's just enough

I did just now go check on my Sunshine kit. It's 73.8, and it has several ends of different styles so you can mix and match like Santa Fe did. The sides are actually very nice, and the rivets are

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Aren't [Sunshine PDS sheets] available online?" No.  Only flyers and price lists at Jim Hayes' http://www.sunshinekits.com . Ben Hom

Those are just the order forms. The PDS were the multi page docs on slick paper. I’ve saved mine after building kits. They had useful info. Brian J. Carlson

Yes, at Sunshinekits.com. I believe this site is still maintained by Jim Hayes. I believe it started as a means to provide some on-line information on the products, since Sunshine the manufacturer

sales flyers, yes. PDS sheets, I don't think so. They generally contain photos that Martin did not have permission to place on-line. Steve

Just the order forms on Jim Hayes site afaik. Brian J. Carlson

aren't they are available online? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

It would be nice if the PDS sheets that came in the Sunshine kits could be offered up for some amount. They had a wealth of information on those cars he offered kits for. Tom Casey -----Original