Larry Jackman wrote: Quite true, Larry, but we actually are not insisting on EXACT paint matches. We do want to be in the right ballpark, and often the prototype paint chip does give a starting

See below Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@... Boca Raton FL 33434 My parents did not raise any stupid children. They sent the ten of us to the neighbors to play and then moved. They raised

I see AC&F produced their type 7 car around 1907, their type 21 car around 1921 and their type 26 car around 1926. And while I've not heard of any other "types" it's clear they continued to make tank

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Ben Hom wrote: Exactly true, Ben, but I've heard that Irv Athearn liked to say that without specific prototypes he could equally paint those kits for ANY popular lettering he wanted to market

Also there was a company called Blackhawk (I think) that painted Athearn cars, and supplied them with a set of Herald King deacals and Kadee couplers. You applied the decals and assembled the kit. I

Hear. Hear. Matching colors is beating a dead horse. On top of that, why are you guys settling for improper lighting and then trying to make the paint correct for that? Get the spectrum of your

In a message dated 2/4/2008 11:15:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, schuyler.larrabee@... writes: A friend of mine, a well-known rail author, has been for years working with old slides

This is modern news, but it brings up the name of a manufacturer whom I had no clue was still in existence. See: http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=14973 It says Klasing

Bill, Contact me offline @Rdietrichson@... Rick

In a message dated 2/4/2008 10:37:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, thompson@... writes: John, it's well known by archivists that Ektachrome and Kodachrome survive equivalently IF and

Guys - I appreciate all the input on this! Thank you very much. I saw steam as a kid - my uncle who died in 1948 was a railfan and took me around the engine terminals. I was NOT a freight car

Bruce Smith: The instructions for Sunshine's FGEX/WFEX/NX wood reefer kits (34 series) says: "The yellow of these cars was reefer yellow when new, but quickly acquired an off-yellow appearance, which

I'm with Larry and Mike here, and I would like to add something that, in our (largely justifiable) concern about prototypical accuracy, tends to get overlooked. Ultimately, what most of us are

Thanks Ben, Kurt, and Paul for the suggestions. Best, Lawrence Rast

Larry Jackman says: "It amuses me when people start talking about paint. No two pair of eyes sees the same." I think this is an overlooked element in all this. To add to it, while there are those

Walthers makes them, too. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

I've seen posts on the Erie Lackawanna list that the Tyco cars convert into decent 50' EL TOFC flats with some mods. Check their archives. Todd K. Stearns

Rick, Interested? You bet! Please do! Thanks, -- Bill Keene Irvine, CA