Mike, If by "very positive" you mean "a can of worms", I agree. The problem is reverse compatibility. The number of new trucks that come on the market every year is quite small, and if today

As someone who has handled many Paul Dunn negatives in their original envelopes, I can say that Paul?rarely put color data on the envelopes. His early negatives, to the end of the 1950s, were usually

Kurt Laughlin wrote: Kurt, how little you know of the background of this issue. Some of us, including Richard Hendrickson particularly, as well as me, have actually volunteered to the NMRA

Gene, When I used this approach for patch panels on an X29, I did not have any problem, although I also grit blasted the surface. I did however have a problem with coverage as the silver metal

Any there any problems getting paint to adhere to bare metal foil? Gene Green

I was wondering if I could get some help. I am working on a Sunshine kit for the above mentioned car and have a question. The car has the replacement Murphy panel steel roof. When this roof was

Actually, at least early production Ford GPW's ("Jeeps") had the Ford script stamped into the rear body panel much like a pick-up truck until (I think) mid 1943, (see

Jim Betz lists 6 suggestions regarding various truck/bolster dimensions that might be very useful toward operational compatibility between models of different manufacturers. Investigation of the 6

This may have been true on the EXTERIOR of vehicles, etc... but recently I visited the USS Bowfin and EMD and GE logos were all over the engine room and other model nameplates clearly had manufacturer

Kurt, If you look at the typical freight car kit from 20 years ago and the ones being produced today, you will see significant improvement in the detail quality and accuracy of the models. The

I propose the following standards/RPs - which are not currently part of the specification/designation. For Each Scale 1) A standard height from the rail to the top of

I don't know either. I'M not the one upset that the NMRA hasn't issued revised Standards, nor have I ever said that any Standards are needed. I did quote two messages from people who DO have strong

While people here may have raised the standard of models they haven't done much of anything with issuing Standards (large S), at least lately. Judging by the responses on the topic, the lack of

Kurt Laughlin says: "If I'm proposing anything it's that the luminaries in Prototype Modeling Community do it themselves and ignore the NMRA altogether. Write up what you think needs to be

Tim-- I'm not sure what you plan to do, exactly. What I used the Bare- Metal for was to simulate sheet steel welded onto the lower part of a car side to replace rusted-out material. I'm thinking of

Elden, I offer the following information from in-service photos I have acquired (all are B&W). Per photos in the 1200-series, the slogan was in use by April 1954. Photos of 1200 series are from cars

I was contemplating whether to try something like that with one of Ted Culotta's Wabash single sheathed box cars.... unless Ted plans to release steel side versions. Tim O'Connor

Rupert - The problem was we were selling and had no idea how much we would be bringing back. - Al Westerfield

Thank you for the vivid description. Very interesting! Jim Eckman

Guys; The following is not definitive, but based on observations, photos, and comments from former P&WV employees: First, no one can say for sure if there were ever any box cars in BCR