Shucks,I thought I'd be able to raise a fewfeathers. : - ),Armand Premo

Rob, The NYO&W have a very extensive archive that the picture may have come from. They are very helpful and active in sharing information to members and non members alike. They also have an active

> How do you accountfor the popularity of resin kits? Armand Premo Armand, you're joking right? A massively successful resin kit sells 300 to 500 copies. Some individualplastic freight cars from

I’m developing a model of the small Otis cars that were part of the CPRfleet from the late 1906 through the 1950s and am looking for some help on thedetails of the underframe and bolsters. I

Hello Group! The B&O Summary of Equipment of January 1, 1940 shows cars 175000-175999 as M-15D 40'-8" IL boxcars built in 1923. Further Summaries show 390 in 1950 and rapidly diminishing numbers

I have a picture of a freshly repainted B&O box car No. 175975 at East Lexington yard. It has a steel end with three vertical stamped-steel braces and wooden sides and doors. The two box cars behind

Pierre,There are those who just like to buildwhether plastic OR resin. Armand P{remo

A narrow niche of lunatics! :-) And I include myself in that niche. In truth resin kits are popular only in certain circles. And the numbers show that. I'm happy to sell 100-150

How do you account for thepopularity of resin kits? Armand Premo

Thanks Dennis, that sounds like it is about the closest. I'd forgotten S scale options. Regards, Ben Scanlon

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I really appreciate and enjoy knowing this part of the history of prototype modeling in 1/87th. Bill Welch

"How could anything in N scale be 'the next big thing" That wasn't the thought in my mind a very long time ago when I saw a very attractive woman claiming her prize for her N scale contest

How could anything in N scale be 'the next big thing" :) Alex Schneider On Friday, March 20, 2015 3:15 PM, "'Gatwood, Elden SAW' elden.j.gatwood@... [STMFC]"

I had a conversation with Dick at the NMRA convention in Valley Forge and also got the same impression of "tunnel vision" ... and without a doubt his kits had problems. But then Branchline and

Dennis Storzek wrote: I greatly appreciate these insights into both MDC, from Brian Leppert, and into what Dennis knows about C&BT Shops. But as someone who knew Dick Schweiger well (when I lived

---In STMFC@..., <b.hom@...> wrote : "Dick deserves much credit for both introducing the postwar AAR boxcar models and coming up with the blueprint for the next generation of freight car models to

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Brian; That is a story so strange it could only come from the model railroading world. People think I'm nuts when I describe some of these events! BTW,

Brian Leppert wrote: "Monju Menteer, Clarence's step daughter, pretty much had the say on what new cars we would do. She felt that the future of the hobby was women in N scale and prototype didn't

Page Porter became head of the Art Department after Model Die Casting moved to Carson City, NV. Page had Clarence Menteer's ear and had proposed the WP autocar project to him. John Ryczkowski was