lol Elden! That Sunshine kit suffered (as I did) from a warped underframe casting. All of the SC&F castings I've seen are excellent quality, near perfect. Tim O'

www.mcmaster.com -- metric flat head machine screws in 1.4 1.6 and 2 mm (and other) sizes in varying lengths.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Clark; Right in the middle of my attempt at construction of the first Sunshine insulated tank car, I threw myself off of a rooftop and killed

Hello survivors of the Mayan collapse. I have good numbers of Intermountain Railway Co. #40052 12 packs of 33" code 88 semi-scale wheel sets I am offering to readers of this post. Each package has

At the IRM's Pullman Library we do have many original pencil and ink drawings of SSC freight and passenger cars, plus interurbans and early trolley cars. According to Eric Neubauer's CD of P-S freight

Save money and search web for Micro Fasteners.  I believe from New Jersey. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa. ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, January 11,

I simply us 0-80s and paint the heads. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX 77477, 281-568-9918 Office:

Try Ace hardware,the ones by me have tons of metric screws,blackened,stainless down to 1mm.    Alan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Clark.   They have their ups and downs compared to F&C and Sunshine.  Some have resin handrail stantions, lots of problems!! I use Presision Scale stantions.  Some are easier than others, depends

Early last year there was a discussion concerning blackened, flat head metric screws for securing couplers. Has anyone come up with a source for these screws? Bill Pardie

I just finished my second SC&F tank car. Very nice kits. Go together very well, just time consuming. Was wondering how assembly of these kits compare to other manufacturers resin tank car kits? Clark

The last time I received photos from Keith was some time ago. All, however, were printed on resin coated paper. Has anyone tried to purchase any size, type or brand of black & white photo enlarging

Good concise summary - thanks for posting. Ron Parisi

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Weathering handout - B.F. Smith.pdf Uploaded by :

Yes, I wasn't sure, but yes there is an NP boxcar a long way from home on eBay 360547052663. Phil Clark, Catarman, Philippines. .--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" wrote: overlook states

I certainly hope the others are correct and the collection is available. I'm on travel this weekend but I have his catalog at home with the photo listings for these cars

Roger: If, as others in the group have indicated, Retterer is still alive and active, why is his Standard Steel Car builders photo collection currently not available? Wayne M. Dzwonchyk

The 38ft NH gondolas were built by Standard Steel, builders photos were available from Keith Retterer but that collection is currently unavailable. SSC Gen Arrgt drawing number 15751 is available at

JP, My copy of the August 1948 issue of MR has an ad for Manor, but only as a hobby shop at the same address on North Ave. Mike Aufderheide

No, he's alive and well. I just bought some images on a CD from him. LR King