One of the hazards of the hobby are the "Widow Watchers"Armand Premo

Claus Schlund wrote: Full agreement, Claus, and you have articulated exactly why I chose to auction Richard Hendrickson's freight car kits on this list, instead of on eBay or other sites. (The

Thank you for the identification and the background,Andy. I have used these forever and its good to know whose hand createdthem. gary laakso south of Mike Brock, until next week!

 Hi Corey and List Members, Corey wrote: I definitely feel sad when I realizethat some of kits I have are from a deceased modeler's collection, but I try mybest to give the model a new home and

The Hawkins-Culotta spreadsheet says Jan 1942. NS 28088 - 1/42 somewhat blurry stencil (but year is clearly not 41) NS 28112 - 1/42 somewhat blurry stencil (but year is clearly not 41) NS 28126 -

Hi Tom, and others- This is the brake detail shot made by the late Terry Wegmann. The sprue on the left is from the R-30-18 PFE reefer which Terry also made. The sprue on the right is one shot from a

Is this it? http://www.pullmanproject.com/Brake.jpg http://www.pullmanproject.com/Brake.jpg View on www.pullmanproject.com Preview by

Moderator may delete this but I will write anyway. Very recently I liquidated the HO brass model collection that was owned by the fellow about whom Brian Carlson wrote yesterday. I used several

Scott, Yes, supposedly the XM3s were built in 1942. My only large photo of an XM3, 25634 bears the marks "Blt. 1-42". However, I have a very clear Will Whittaker photo of XM6

Hear hear! Canopy's the boss! Use it for other small detail parts as well. Sticks like eh... canopy and dries fast, flexible and nearly invisible. A small amount will do. cheers, Fred Jansz

I buy most of my resin kits from eBay. Granted I can only find Westerfields on there, but I really have to get lucky to find a lot of cars good for my era either on Facebook or at train shows. I

I agree with you, Corey. Ebay, for all its faults, is a way to reach a huge number of buyers. It'svery difficult to dispose of large collections in a single market, andALWAYS HAS BEEN. I know people

I hold out hope for younger modelers modeling transition era and earlier periods. I myself am 24 and model 1929, I know 6 other people personally around my age and they model the 1920s-1950s. I know

I want to "Amen" your comments. I have helped several widows in recent years to sell their husband's collections. Most of us probably over value our collections. For instance, there is a

Having spent much of this year helping liquidate a friend’s 50+ year collection of HO and O scale trains, railroad related books, and ephemera has caused me to reflect on my own modeling legacy. My

Gene: I have some of those too, and besides the fact that I think the ones in the Sunshine kits are older than the first Moloco production, I don't think they are similar. When I'm in Houston next

I've had the sproing problem. The problem is the Intermountain cars are designed for their thick styrene wood roof walk. The support on the ends is too low for the cars with thinner metal roof walks.

Tim O'Connor wrote: I completely agree with Tim. Canopy glue FIXES this problem! and is easy to apply for re-attachment of badly installed RBs. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

Garth All of my XM6 photos show steel running boards but I can't be sure ifthey are Apex (grid style) or Gypsum (expanded metal style) I think China-applied running boards suffer from SPROING

Garth, If you're referring to the 1937 AAR boxcar, It looks correct to me. There is a picture of #28134 in the book "The Original Norfolk Southern Railway 1883-1974" on page 139. You can see the edge