Ted Culotta had an article in RMC. At work right now but someone on this group know! Mark Morgan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Has anyone built this car? What are your thoughts about it? The markings offered for this car would any of them fit in a 30's era train ? Doug Kinder Yes Doug, I'm building one at present. It's a

Brian,I was fully aware that they were talking about a current model.MY response was about the car ,not the kit.I may be off by a few years,but I believe that Steve produced several kits for the RPI

David Sieber wrote (to Sam Clarke): I entirely agree with David, including the need for Vulcan trucks in HGC! Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Sam, I'd expect you'd be getting postive comments on Kadee's new HGC trucks, including from folks like me wishing you had even more truck types available in HGC (Vulcan, PRR 2D-F8, etc.) - though

Armand: discussion is about the plastic Railshops kit not the F&C kit. Doubt you built it 30 years ago maybe 20. F&C wasn't around in 1980. Brian carlson

Jim Do these include little things like the stenciling on the centersill? I think your OOP set had these. Bill Welch

At the request of a customer, I am updating the long-out-of-print Southern 2-bay hopper decal set with Roman fonts and putting back into short-term production. Originally, this set catered to 55-ton

Richard, American Car & Foundry designed and patented the 3,000 cu. ft. carbon black covered hopper car with the first production prototype cars coming in November 1933 (CABX 21-25, ACF lot no. 1301).

I built the car some thirty years ago.It was released by the RPI club as part of their NEB&W line.It was produced by F&C .It is a nice looking car.Came with trucks and sold for $19.95.Cabot #21.Armand

There's an excellent article by our own Mr. Hendrickson in the January '07 Rail Model Journal on these cars. Lots of photos and information. The first cars were delivered in late 1933, and these

The decals on the Railshops car are only good for post WWII cars (or at least when I bought it). I got inspired by Richard Hendrickson's clinic on these cars at Naperville when they were release (I'd

Scratch the wheelset jig, any wheelset jig. Hold wheel set between left thumb and 2nd/3rd fingers, pick up good brush with right hand, dip it in paint, and apply paint to wheel faces, backsides, and

F&C claim their version (don't know if it's the same) goes back to the mid '30s. I haven't completed my Railshop one but IIRC it was going together well. Like so many other things, I got distracted

Doug,   From what I've been reading (http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14957), these covered hoppers started being built either just before WW II as experiments to the more

Has anyone built this car? What are your thoughts about it? The markings offered for this car would any of them fit in a 30's era train ? Hi Doug, I've built the car. It is a bit difficult in

an entire box of wheels will be painted and drying before you could otherwise even get the wheel set jig out of the drawer. Not in my experience! The jig let's me paint four wheelsets in a couple

Has anyone built this car? What are your thoughts about it? The markings offered for this car would any of them fit in a 30's era train ? Doug Kinder

Has anyone built this kit ? How did it go for you. Are there any tips you can give ? I'm thinking about getting this one . Doug Kinder

Blister Panels from Pikestuff, available at Walthers   http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/541-4000   Rich Christie