Ditto from me. I have been buying from them both on eBay and directly and have had excellent service and pricing. Rich Christie

I will second what Gene has said about TJ Prantle great to deal with. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Yes, as I posted about #116177 on 7/4/2018 Tim O'Connor

Des Plaines Hobbies is one of the least painful ways to buy thosekits. Tim O'Connor

Ditto, ditto. How many times have I gratuitously been refunded money from them because what I ordered shipped weighed less than a single one ounce stamp! Denny Denny S. Anspach MD Okoboji, IA

By eBay transactions with the Prantles have always been excellent. They are reliable and consistent is my experience. Gene Green

Are they up and running now with Precision Scale? I need some more retainers. Scott McDonald

They are good people to deal with. I have had many transactions with them on feebay. Glad they got PSC. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

This is only a month late, but PF&S is indeed the Prantles. I asked Denise (daughter, I believe) if it stood for Prantle Feed & Seed (their address on Ione in Eltopia WA, outside Pasco, is a typical

Hi, A couple of the pics of the poultry cars showed the roofs. I knew to expect the special hatches on top of the cars. What I did not expect was to see brake wheels that were mounted "wrong way

I am not convinced. If it said NEW, there should be a date after it. Instead, there is lettering in front (to the left) that looks like MAD or something. I thinks it's a reweigh station and date

It seems like a NEW stencil. It’s abovethe right truck, left journal. Look just above the 633 stencils. What do you think? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Bruce: Yes, that's what they look like to me. But the sideframes are different than the T-section Vulcans from ASF which first appear in the 1912 CBC. ASF started calling them "Vulcan" trucks in the

Vulcan T-section? Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield." <snip>

Bruce Smith wrote: It has a NEW stencil? Where? This photo may actually be quite late. I can see the CAPY 100000 and a WT 63300(?) but no Load Limit and no NEW or reweigh which makes me think that it

Eric, It has a NEW stencil? Where? This photo may actually be quite late. I can see the CAPY 100000 and a WT 63300(?) but no Load Limit and no NEW or reweigh which makes me think that it is confined

A bit of kit manufacturing history re: this flat car. I designed and produced this kit and it’s “brother” (composite gon) using SRHA Archives drawings and photos. The flat car was an exclusive

I find it interesting that some (very few) small companies do not go out of their way to sell to their main customers. It only takes a few complaints to not help them.

So did I very poor service. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

OK, I honestly have to admit I did not need information on Universal Vertical Brake Wheels until 2018! I'm preparing for a build of Hew Haven 17500-series TOFC flats using Chad Boas' kit. So, now I