Clark, You might have been able to save yourself some effort. I have an old waybill for a stock shipment on the GN in the 1930s - I forget the year, and I am temporarily in Texas - where two

I, too, have built patterns for resin casting HO stock cars (A GN 1958 rebuild of their SS 40' boxcars, and a WP rebuild of their 40' SS boxcars). I don't think that the extra complexity was

Will you take cache or credit? ;^) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2 "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Credit where credit is due: Nolan is quoting Bob Dylan in "My Back Pages." (Required FC content: Bob also sang "Freight Train Blues." Keith Jordan

Fred, I wouldn't even think about scratchbuilding a stock car unless I were desperate to have a prototype that has never been done in resin or styrene. I have just completed the master for a Canda

Gentlemen,I have built four RCS Rutland stock cars,Three Westerfield CN and one CPR as well as one F&C B&M stock car.All well worth the effort and much easier to build than one P2K stock car kit.Not

I've built three Westerfield Mopac stock cars and Al's flash between the boards isn't difficult to remove. I just take a piece of 320 grit wet sand paper and run some water and dishwashing liquid

I have a couple or couple of dozen if anyone bites :-) . -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS

Fred, Assembling a stock car(once the castings are ready) is usually no more difficult or easy as a boxcar. It really depends upon the prototype and the choices made by the patternmaker. As anyone can

Any one want to buy my cash of resin stock car kits?

My first resin kit was a Westerfield Santa Fe stock car. No problems.

All I can say is, I did build one resin stock car and don't look forward to repeating the experience. The final model is great, but getting there wasn't. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

GUYZ,   I keep hearing about stock cars kits, yet I have never heard how difficult they might be to assemble. In truth, I have not done one as yet, though I am looking for a few. Can these be any

Steve Sandifer wrote: Steve makes an excellent point. Most copy machines are off by a few percent. If you measure a 1:1 copy, for example, it is often 98% (plus or minus) of the original. So

Using a copy machine, put the 1/48 on the machine and copy at 55%. Then use your HO scale ruler to check some the dimensions of several things. In my experience, by the time a drawing is drawn and

Some models come with a square of foam in the box to 'hold' the model during shipment. I've used these foam chunks to 'hold' the sides while sanding. I made the mistake of telling my operating crew

Oh Jack. You don't know what you're missing! Every resinator should go through the special joy that is stock car kits. :-) Pierre Oliver

The YV never had a need to run stock cars so I don't ever see the need to built a resin stock car kit. But it seems that one of the problems is getting constant pressure when you are sanding,

Oh great, My car's been in operation for two years! Just like my Westerfield NYC box car(3+yrs)I have a new roof ready to put on it. Someday... My friend Bob has a saying "The more you know, the less

Imagine what he'd do inside your mouth! :-( Dennis