I built one of those when I was 16. It was really beyond my capabilities at the time and the result was rather sloppy. But I couldn’t pass up the price. – Al Westerfield Sent: Saturday, May 12,

I spent my hobby time this morning drilling and tapping the five tank car center sills and just finished installing the couplers. It is very clever the way Jon designed the couple box to stay in

Many years ago, on a visit to the Greek island of Crete, I saw what amounted to a scale architectural model in clay of a structure that was apparently built exactly as shown by the model. So

Don't believe anybody has mentioned the old Kurtz Kraft HO PS-1 boxcar plastic kits of the late 1950's. They were years ahead of their time with pretty much all add on details. Sold for something like

Let's not forget the Ramax ACF two bay covered hopper kit. At the time it was a leap in the right direction. Prior to the Pacific HO reefer there were others that started making kits of specific

I know this request is outside this list coverage, and for that I apologize. I am looking for a Pullman Co builders photograph of the Pullman Lot 9204-K-4 Santa Fe Bx-120 class 60 foot box car number

Doctor Fruit Growers ask: The seminal styrene kit I think it could be argued was the "Innovative Model Works" 1937 boxcar kit. When was this kit introduced. Does anyone have any good stories

Nah, I may do it Milwaukee. I think I have enough leftover Westerfield stock car decals to letter it. Clark Propst

I have that Westerfield kit (assembled and in service of course : ). I have a Tichy undec single sheathed box car. Would it work for a Pennsy X26? If I change the doors? If so, are decals

Hi Richard, Can you tell about what year that might be from? I wonder if the placards and the waybill stickers came in pairs? Thanks, Charles Hostetler

I'd hoped someone more knowledgeable than I would answer; but since no one has, let me try. (Cognoscenti: ready, aim, fire!) Tichy make two low-side gons: the 52'6" War Emergency car and what's

Bill – That was one of the Westerfield models offered for many years. John Stewart loaned me the blueprints to do the doors. – Al Westerfield Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 7:14 PM To:

Dave – Actually, as near as I could discover all other versions of the USRA SS box car, including F&C’s, Tichy’s and MicroTrains’ versions, had several dozen mistakes because they used the

the F&C models represent rebuilds of the X26 with Hutchins roof and steel doors spliced from 4-ft doors harvested from X28's to replace the original wood doors? Bill Welch

Is there a reason for the release of a second resin X26. The new owner of the Westerfield line should have them available again at some point. Were there issues with the PRR version of the USRA car

I think you are all forgetting about many earlier freight car models. Remember the dollar car series in the '50s? I remember one article in Model Railroader in the '50s where a man made a fleet of

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bill; We worked with Steve on both of these cars. We'll give a report on them after the PRRT&HS Annual Meet next week, so you can get the details. Elden

By gosh, Bill is right! There are couplers in that parts package! I just stopped construction at the instruction step saying to install 78 couplers, which 'I' didn't have. When I build this SC&F kit

Thanks Sam, I had been meaning to contact you to see if you still had inventory, but the thread came up here first. Clark Propst

Probably, but the casted center pin is grooved for the 78 spring. I was figuring on buying a package of the 178s. But, I haven't found either in the hobby shops I've visited since I bought my last