I am surprised that Gerald Glow hasn't responded, since he was instrumental with the development of this car, and he did the decals with his ALPS printer. Terry and Gerald thought that the ART reefer

I hate to admit this since time is tight lately and I don't have a slide scanner, but I have photos that will help you.? One is of a DL&W car that's derailed and on its side with the containers in it,

Thanks Jim, I have a couple in the closet to look at when I get home. However, those sure are not?PFE/ART models! So I guess, the question still lingers. What kit are we taliking about

Tim O'Connor wrote: Sure, and we all understand why that's necessary for sales. But when you have the CORRECT body in your line?? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Pierre, I had the same memory. I checked my all-time list and found kits 34.14 & 34.15, BREX & WFEX reefers listed as Quick-Kits. One piece sides and ends is close enough to a "one piece" body for

Pierre, You may be right, but someone is going to have to give me a number. I am well over a hundred Sunshine kits built and yet to see the "animal" you decribe. Paul Lyons

Tim & Al - I have an erection drawing for the 6-cannister NYC cars around here somewhere. These cars had wood floors and four 6" X 6" steel angles, 24" long each, curved to fit the outer diameter of

Paul, I think you are mistaken. I have a memory of a Sunshine reefer kit that had the ends and sides cast as one piece, with a seperate roof and floor. Of course I can't remember which kit it was at

Or not. Most Accurail paint schemes are bogus, but the models (especially the most recent two cars) are definitely not bogus. I think this falls under the time-honored practice of "the customer is

GUYZ,               By chance, is this one of Dennis S. original kits? They were one piece blocks.   Fred Freitas

You guys really have my curosity up as to what kit you are talking about. Bill, if it is a one piece body, it is NOT a Sunshine kit, as Martin has never done any one piece castings, except for the

gary laakso wrote: Interesting. So why didn't Accurail (as it chooses to term itself) put the SP&S scheme on their DS box car? Oh, I know, the SS cars are "more fun." Or something. Maybe

Tony I don't think so. Ed Austin published a roster in Mainline Modeler, Dec 1997. Tim

No single-sheathed boxcars on the SP&S; it went directly from the 1918 USRA DS to steel boxcars in 1945. Even its MOW boxcars were DS trussrod boxcars from its parents GN and NP. gary laakso south

Does anyone know if the SP&S ever had single-sheathed box cars? I have not been able to find other than double-sheathed wood box cars in my photo resources. I ask because Accurail is just releasing

Actually I think they are a Sunshine kits cast as a one piece body. They come with brass foot holds for the roof, and a choice of ice hatch covers. From the photo I have showing the outside metal

I am preparing a presentation on ART models for the Missouri Pacific Historical Society meeting in Omaha. I have two of these models, but unfortunately did not keep the instructions. Can someone

Good day all, Periodically, I go back through my collection of Mainline Modelers and Narrow Gauge Gazettes and re-read them. (get a life, right?) In any case, I tend to find various items of interest

Tim - Unless you're doing a partial load you would never see them. If the air-activated containers it's 2 semicircles of wood per container. If rectangular ones it's just wood blocking appropriate

Has anyone seen a good photo looking down on one of the D&H or Lehigh Valley or other gondolas equipped to carry LCL cement containers? I want to model a couple and I'd like to know what kind of