I saw that Eric Hansmann had posted a photo of Brian Carlson's Sunshine NYC hopper mini-kit build. Does anyone know if this hopper is close enough to Intermountain's Alternate Standard hopper to be

-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Back in the early 1980's I made contact with Bob Weaver, who gave me a personal tour of his facilities up in Northumberland, PA (I was enroute to the Berwick nuclear plant). He showed me the

Eric, Thanks for the wrap up! Some great models in those pictures - gets the juices flowing. - Jim

Hi Clark, The worst part of those kits are the decals, raised from an iffy photo from the Whittaker collection. The thin film is nice, but the artwork sucketh to the purist. They were in the

I am looking for drawings of the 30-ton "Railroad Design Built-up Underframe", used on PFE Class R-30-13, and other classes. I have an article, "PFE Ice Reefers: Wood Cars", by Tony Thompson, RMC,

As far as I know, yes. I expect to see them at the Houston Show in Stafford August 14 and the Austin Show August 28-29

Quality Craft line also produced some craftsman kits in S scale--a D&H caboose, bathtub gondola, a hopper car and a 50' all-door boxcar (I have two of those and one caboose) that I'm aware of. Bob

Folks, The Summer, 2021 issue (#117) of The Keystone Modeler is now available on the NEW PRRT&HS web site at: https://www.prrths.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=171391&module_id=451730 If you

I've posted a short summary of the recent St. Louis RPM on the Resin Car Works blog. Links to a few event photo galleries are included. http://blog.resincarworks.com/stl-rpm-wrap-up/

 Hi Ken and List Members, Ken wrote: "the Quality Craft label...snip...This line of products was sold and then re-issued as Gloor Craft" I had always wondered what the relation was (if any)

Robert Weaver, under the Quality Craft label, made an extensive line of wood/metal craftsman kits (freight cars and structures) in HO and O scales before he started making O scale plastic and brass

According to the caption of a photo on p. 368 of RP CYC #35, these "1937 AAR" boxcars were built in the summer of 1936, some at Omaha and others at Grand Isle. Unlike later yellow slogans etc, the

Robert Weaver Information from Trains Magazine: Robert Weaver, who established Quality Craft/Weaver Model Trains with his wife, Shirley, in 1965 and over the next half-century manufactured plastic

Ah, a full Nelson instead of a body slam ; )) Clark

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Clark is too impatient for an overnight freeze. But good tip. Thanks. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I usually put the model in the freezer overnight but I know that’s just crazy talk to you. Rather than dropping the model, I twist the car body for joints to crack. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Hi Clark, Persistence pays off! Sometimes we have to just take the bull by the horns (or the car by the sides or ends) and go for it. Congrats on getting it apart with totally destroying it, and

This morning I tried to remove the roof. I sawed along the ends and then ran my knife along one side getting nowhere I had laid on quite a bit of ACC and it was doing it's job. So I tossed it in the