Dan- You have received lots of very good advice on the subject, but one bit of caution which I received before starting-it saved me a lot of grief and haven't seen it here. ACC "Superglue" and "resin"

I posted a number of items on eBay that may be of interest including Kadee PS-1 box cars and PS-2 hoppers; Red Caboose PFE reefers; and a variety of books http://stores.ebay.com/Espee-F-5 Thanks for

Lots of good advice. Building resin car kits is one of the more pleasant aspects of model railroading. Some additional hints that I have found helpful: 1) The sharpest of sharp blades. I have

wrote: Better yet is to use wet or dry sandpaper on glass, and let water drip on to it as you sand. Keeps the dust from getting all over and the sand paper from loading up. John F. Pautz American

Actually, the kitbash I was talking about is the ACY car, but the NKP car will have to go on the "to do" list as well! Ben Hom

According to Sunshine Models Prototype Data Sheet #64A, NKP 25000-25099 were rebuilds from 1947-48, with 7' doors and end doors (and indented Murphy B end.) They were soon renumbered to 4300-4399

Steve, In addition to Tom Madden's reply, I can also add that Ted is also behind due to his casting person having had a heart attack sometime in mid-December which put kit production behind. I saw

Ben writes, Kitbashing seems like a lot of bother when you can buy the Sunshine kit <g>. See the 64.xx series. Bill Darnaby

In a message dated 3/7/2008 2:51:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, tgmadden@... writes: I think Ted is in California now for Sunshine's two mini-meets. I placed an order through his

Thanks Al, I bought that video a few years ago, I forgot I had it! I know it is around here somewhere! Thanks Again. Dan

Thanks for your help Eldon and everyone who answered my question. Lots of good information. Once I get done with the cars I have, I am going to have to buy some more kits! Dan

that's a cool idea... but at the cost of the eraser vs sandpaper, is it cost effective? Tim O'Connor

I like the idea of putting sand paper on a glass or other flat surface for truing the joint faces. I do not glue it down because I am always short of space. I use a vinyl eraser for paper and

Jim King wrote: The product is C-pox but the web site is www.cypox.com and the company is Gowest2 International. Here's a statement from their web site: "Gowest2 International is no longer affiliated

Dave Schroedle asked: "Group does anyone know of a decent resin kit for this car. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/acy/acy3918jwa.jpg " Ray Breyer recommended: "The old Roundhouse 50' single sheathed,

At a recent SRHA clinic and on the Southern Modeler list, Bob Harpe suggested using Cy-Pox in place of the "typical" CAs. I've switched from Dr. Mike's to Cy-Pox with superb results. The latter

I think Ted is in California now for Sunshine's two mini-meets. I placed an order through his web site in mid-October and received the kits in January. In the interim Ted had a hard drive crash

Justin Kahn wrote: Jace, I don't know the USH model, but the 1920s style of Enterprise gon, with plate ends, was owned in substantial numbers by SP. They also owned the later Enterprise versions

It appears that the car started life as a double door car. It also has a radial roof. Is it ex-NP? Doug Brown

Having just acquired another brass drop-bottom gondola (the later USH solid-floor one, rather than the operating doors brought in by Max Gray--for any O scalers on the list), I don't recall whether