Sunshine has, in the past, sent out a note at around 2-3 months telling you that the order will take 6 months to fill. Based on a conversation with someone at Cocoa, I believe that they still do.

I'm happy to hear that Sunshine is acknowledging order receipt. That's always been a weak point as far as I'm concerned. Saves me from going around in mental circles - Did they get it? Did they get

Lately I've been getting a letter from Sunshine indicating reciept of order and a rough expected delivery time. 6-7 months is the usual turn around. It does take about 2 months to get the

Sunshine delivery time is about 6 months. Your check won't be cashed until near the shipping time. You have to trust the postal service that your order got there as you won't hear anything at all from

Anyone have an idea of how long it takes Sunshine to ship orders? I have an order with them that is about two months old, but since mail is the only contact option I don't know if they received

New today. A bit more expensive than usual, but if it's your year, what can you do? Book can be found and ordered via ABEBOOKS.COM Don't know seller. Dave Nelson

Thanks again Tony. Greg Silva.

Greg Silva wrote: Greg, by 1956 the great majority of the cars had been rebuilt with steel sides and new roofs (either straight panel or diagonal panel solid steel). But if you want an original

Good afternoo, and my apologies for this cross-posting. I really like the looks of the B-50-15 cars and want to obtain 3 or 4, to model as they appeared in the 1956-1958 timeframe. Sunshine offers

Thanks --- Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> wrote: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them

preserve enough to Urethanes are a special case; they react with water, which acts as a foaming agent. This is exactly the way urethane insulating products, such as Great Stuff work; you inject the

The real question is, why do they jell? If they are jelling because the resin (the binder in the paint) is chemically reacting with the oxygen in the air, then removing contact with oxygen should do

Micro-Mark also sells the small spray cans --- principly to help preserve the RTV and urethane liquids. Around here, good wine in an open bottle doesn't stay around long enough to worry about it.

Question I would have is: Do you have to remove the N2 before mixing the paint or it does not matter? That sounds like it may help prevent jelling of scalecoat paints. Dennis --- Dennis Storzek

Bob, You might take a look at the small cans of pressurized nitrogen and argon mix made for the yuppie oenophile (wine connoisseur) market. The idea is the nitrogen displaces the air, then the

Sirs: I have 42 issues of Freight Cars Journal available, 22-35, 37-43, 45-47, 49-62, 64-67 as well as Freight Car Reviews #1-#3. I'll take $50.00 and ship to you in the US via Priority Mail.

Thanks Tom, - looking forward to these useful prototypes! Rob Kirkham

uninsulated castings Jon mentioned at Cocoa Beach, that the prices could be in the $45 range. Chet French Dixon, IL

Rob Kirkham writes: "Thanks Jared - was there anything indicating which versions were coming out first, or price info?" The first two cars will be a 10,000 gal radial course car and an 8,000 gal

Andy This door is called a YSD-2A in Hawkins-speak, or a 5/5/4 (Ed counts the ribs instead of the panels). See Ed's article in Railmodel Journal, October 1999. The article correctly identifies the