Ray.... Thanks for the history lesson. It,s amazing what turns up in those old PR films. Thanks again... David

The advantage to THICK .025 wire is it won't bend easily,I've had craftsmen kits with .008 brass wire for truss rods.I use .011 because thats the size of the first string on my guitar,its spring

I bought an RBM kit around 1977. I think it was a tank car. I ebayed it some years ago unbuilt. I don't think that was their first kit though. Did that predate the Intermountain Canadian

I was a younger Prototype modeler in 1987 when I met a gracious influential gentleman at the Eugene, OR. NMRA convention. The Westrail kits he developed and marketed were real eye-openers for me.

I'm always interested in better ladders (at any price). Please keep me in the loop on this. Bill Pardie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Bill, Epoxy was the material Bill Clouser used for his castings, even to the end of his casting career. When I first saw his O scale Dreadnaught end castings, I was convinced that Bill must have

Speaking of RPI and NEB&W, John Nehrich's Shop Talks had a big influence on me. Does anyone have a copy of the first issue or alternatively an early issue from which they could scan the cover and a

Tom: I am sure the Gould/Tichy kits were first. While their die work was/is at a very level, I would argue that the IMWX model kit had greater impact because they were available with accurate paint

All Clouser's models were aluminum filled "tooling" epoxy. Dennis

Don't forget the Central Valley one-piece plastic under bodies to upgrade all the blue box Atheran and Roundhouse boxcars. I must have purchased a dozen to upgrade plastic boxcars and they came in

Please do not forget the work of the RPI group.'They were pioneers.Armand Premo

A lot of those articles were in Mainline Modeler, a magazine that for the time produced some cutting edge modelling, IMHO. Two gentlemen on this list should take a bow here. I have two of Dennis

Why not use the ones designed to fit - the Kadee Code 88 wheels? http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page530.htm http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page533.htm With the HGC sideframes the Kadee trucks roll as

Kadee's own code 88 wheels work just fine, and the trucks are available with them (or soon will be) Richard Hendrickson

There was a flurry articles by various members of the RPI's NEB&W club in the early to mid 1980's that started the ball rolling for me. Not long after, the Storzek Soo Line and Rutland DS box car

Andy,I used Bethlehem Car Works roofs.The original roof made the car too top heavy.Armand Premo

Ray The Accurail Sliding door refrigerator car is correct for FGE, WFE and BRE. I am not sure if Accurail has issued models with the correct stenciling for this list's era as yet which would be the

I have had good luck with Kadee ladders and grab irons.Armand Premo

Bill, Which came first IMWX cars of the Gould (later Tichy) cars? I thought the Gould cars camme first. Tom Casey The seminal styrene kit I think it could be argued was the "Innovative Model

For the record the N&W gondola was produced by list member Jim brewer under his Pocohontas Models banner. Bill Welch