Marty, Somehow I missed the link to download the magazine.  Would you give it again? Virgil Young Amarillo, TX ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, January

The HO Ulrich/Walthers GS drop-bottom gon is very similar, and can be modified to be almost dead accurate, to CN 40' Enterprise GS gons. Many CN modellers keep an eye out for these at train shows and

Bruce and Jeff: I've manipulated Archer rivets in narrow, continuous strips up to 12 scale feet long with ease, working on HO freight car sides. So it seems there is definitely something amiss with

In a message dated 1/15/2009 10:45:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cinderandeight@... writes: <snip> X43 cars were acquired in two distinct groups. Five digit cars were bought the old

Its possible, and I have a newer batch of rivets from Archer for use on a pass... (can't say that word on this list <G>) car, so I'll see how it goes. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Bruce, In my later conversation with Ted Culotta, he indicated that he didn't have that problem. Tom Madden noted that the rivets are on Microscale decal film; perhaps you got a batch

Gene, Don and Fred, MDC offered two 40' cast metal gondolas. One was a high-side car, and was offered both with flat and heap-shield (C&O) ends. IIRC, this car had a multi-piece body, with the floor,

Bill and STMFC- Welcome to the greater non-HO world....... you may, like Z, N, S, and O Scalers been doing for decades, have to approach an article for its inspiration, prototype information, and

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Guyz,           Are we confusing this with the Mantua zamak frame, pressed metal formed body, gondola that came out in the early 50's ??  I still have mine, with updated details.   Fred

Hi Gene, Tom and all, This is a very fuzzy memory. I (very) vaguely remember working on a fixed bottom Roundhouse (MDC) metal gon. It may have been a transition car where the body was a plastic

Appreciate the feedback, but before our esteemed moderator sees this please keep the feedback on MRH to the STMFC list specific to steam era freight car prototype and modeling subjects . . . what

Well, FWIW, I have to say that, to me at least, the first issue shows a lot of promise. Bernd, I am intrigued by your comment on the advertising because my first impression was that the there seemed

Overall, I liked it. If a particular article was "too long", I just clicked thru. Too much is usually better than not enough, especially since the incremental production and distribution costs are

Greg, hearing spotty details about this year's Cocoa Beach meet...no pictures yet, either! Anxious to see the "instruction only" handout... Clark Cone

yeah, what Bernt said and I would just add that there was wayyyy too much space given to S curves and turn radii.... come on, better a topic on correcting O scale Atlas or Weaver boxcars or detailing

Marty, even though (or maybe because) I am likely one of the younger members of this list with a definitely technical professional background, I have to express very mixed feelings about the first

My error, The last X43 entry was from Rich Burg (forgot to sign it) **************Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's

Guys, I surveyed a dozen photos of X43 sub classes to tease out dates for the full length vs. under door side sill reinforcements. I find the earliest under door job dated 5/61, and the latest

The first issue of Model Rail Hobbyist is available for download. There have been a few technical issues, but those are being resolved. The first column features an article on converting a PRR GLa