As a Shake'n'Taker, I will advise also that doing these projects gives you the motivation to look at kits, blue box or otherwise, as simply opportunities to create models of cars otherwise unavailable

Speaking of Prototype Modeler... :-) I'm extremely amazed that no one has even asked about TrainLife's reposting of Railmodel Journal and Model Railroading magazines in view of current copyright law

Who owns the rights to Prototype Modeler? They might be able to get some quick cash by licensing to TrainLife. Tim O'Connor

True. But the one caveat is that the manufacturers are not going to make a product at a loss no matter how much they are in the business "for the love of the game." Sadly, the goodwill doesn't pay

Dennis, Tim and list, American Steel & Wire at Steelton, MN, a suburb of Duluth received some of their coking coal via all-rail movement. Thus seeing a VGN, N&W or other eastern ownership hopper was

Pierre Oliver wrote: As I mentioned, Richard Hendrickson had a fine article in Prototype Modeler, Sept.-Oct. 1982. If you don't have access to that, I can send you a scan off-line. Or heck,

Pierre, As was noted in an earlier reply, the 2009/10 Shake and Take project from Prototype Rails was a 40' DT&I car bashed from this car. S-n-T has its own Yehaw group now

Thank you for the information, but I'd like to know how to kitbash one into a prototype. Any ideas? Pierre

Dave, Rapido is three times the size of Tangent in employees alone! You can't expect them to do this kind of thing. Really. Sheesh. Tim O'

Wow... Jeez Dave, I’ve been humbled... I can only hope to aspire to such great heights... Thanks pal! See guys – this is EXACTLY what I’ve been trying to avoid! ;>) Bill Ah come on Bill, look at

Ah come on Bill, look at this: http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/image/100826815 http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/image/100826820 http://www.pbase.com/dh30973/image/100826823 For the 2008 NMRA National Train

It would be nice to have a plastic model of a fixed end 52'6" gondola wouldn't it? Perhaps Dennis will be looking to add this to Accurail's product line? If so, what prototype would be the best one?

Ben is correct on both counts. I had it on the authority of the late Leo Munson, one of Athearn's toolmakers, that the Athearn mill gondola body was "free-lanced" to fit the underframe and floor

The last post I have was on 3/25/07. The list simply stopped with no warning. I thought I might have been bumped and tried to re-up, but no response. As far as I know it's gone unless I've just

Pierre Oliver wrote: As with their "50-foot" flat car, they seem to have shortened a real car to handle shorter curves. Or something. Thus both the gon and flat can be stretched to 53' 6" (e.g.

Pierre Ferland asked: "Is there a prototype for the old Athearn blue box gondolas?" Not out of the box. This model is one of several examples of Athearn models designed around tooling of previous

50' version? No. SGL From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Pierre Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 6:30 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC]

Or no glue at all, like Kadee. Gene Green

Is there a prototype for the old Athearn blue box gondolas? Pierre

Tim O’, seeing the light, commented: "But don't you just KNOW that people would gripe that their freshly painted and decaled model just fell apart? :-)" Yep. Bound ta' happen... ;>) Bill