I note that the "new Naperville" RPM in Lisle includes a new "Friends of the Freight Car" dinner & presentation on Thursday evening. Is there any additional information about this? In the past I

The new Aug issue of the Ezine MRH has a nice article on rivets and covers the use of Archer (and MicroMark) ones. Jerry Glow

Am trying to reach James Kincade for help with an AC&Y Pullman-Standard question, but seems his email address has changed. Anyone know how to contact him? Thanks! Bob Lucas

I have bought my airline ticket for attending the Lisle meet and I am interested in sharing a room. I will be staying Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Jared Harper Athens,

Richard Townsend wrote: The Red Caboose car has the 3+5 panel arrangement, though its doors are too narrow (they can be replaced, but that will overlap the panels). Another problem is that the

Morgan Bilbo wrote: "I see the Sept/Oct 2010 issue as Vol 6 #4. ??? They may not have published anything after that." Another typo.  It will be fixed tonight. Ben Hom

Don The availability of Archer rivets has made it -so- much easier now to scratchbuild your own box car sides! Roofs and ends are available. Why not take a whack at it? Tim O'Connor

Funny* *I see the Sept/Oct 2010 issue as Vol 6 #4. ??? They may not have published anything after that. Morgan Bilbo Ferroequinologist SPF PRRTHS #1204

Rich, Take a look at Accurail's 40' plug door/sliding door models. I got a few kits on e-bay about a month ago. You'll need to do some modification to the kit. But at least these models have the 3

They give you a chance to practice your scratchbuilding skills.  Tom Dempsey ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC]

Well, my first thought after glancing at the photo in RPC #6 was to use a Branchline 40' kit and add two 8" doors (the prototype has 15'7" door openings). The required 4/4 ends are included in the

Don; That's what kit-bashing is for... At then of the process, you need the decals. As long as models with the right roof, ends and underframe are available, and the right doors, you should be good

Don Worthy wrote: "So with no decent model, what good are decals?" Your question is as old as the hobby and can be seen in the catalogs of Champ, Herald King, and Walthers! Ben Hom

Paul Greenwald asked: "This is listed as Volume 6 #6 but the web site has no Volume 6 #5 and already has Volume 7 #2 with no #1?" Volume 6 #6 is a typo - the September/October 2010 issue is actually

Ben - This is listed as Volume 6 #6 but the web site has no Volume 6 #5 and already has Volume 7 #2 with no #1???? Paul Greenwald

The September/October 2010 issue of The B&O Modeler is online at http://borhs.org/ModelerMag/BO_Modeler_6_2010_SepOct.pdf featuring the following articles: Washington Terminal Company RS-1 #43 by

Well, again, I stubble across a car that would make a great addition only to find that it is years out of production......Awwww....crap!!! So with no decent model, what good are

As ususl, if you can provide good photos and documentation, I can probably do it. Jerry Glow

Champ HB-1 is currently available on eBay. Barry Bennett

Frank Fertitta wrote: That McKeen car has improved Dreadnaught ends and a diagonal panel roof. At least the green MKT cars, which were shown in RP CYC vol. 6, were built in 1945, thus unlikely