Russ, My point is that Sunshine makes a very nice model of what you want. Regards, Bill Darnaby

Russ Strodtz wrote: Gosh, Russ, I've NEVER lived in that area. But I do visit every October nowadays, so in fact I do find it helpful to discuss what's available at Martin's meeting. I bet

Bill, Not wanting to sound overly sarcastic but I left the Chicago area in 1979. The fact that something was available at Naperville last Fall does not help very much. Russ Strodtz

Tim O'Connor wrote: Remember, Tim, Elden's comment was about gondolas. Care to make that same calculation about SP gondolas? Now I'm sure there ARE neglected roads, and didn't mean to imply

Bob, All cars I've seen pictures of have retained the ZU-eave. Jeff English Troy, New York (where the business phrase "your satisfaction guaranteed or your money cheerfully refunded" was coined by

From: "Russ Strodtz" I purchased two Sunshine kits at Naperville last fall. Bill Darnaby

The series that I can not understand the absence of is the NYC 628xxx - 642xxx Gons. Even at the start of my career they were the most common Gon seen. Didn't any other roads have Gons of this same

Elden Gatwood wrote: In the first sentence, replace "NYC and P&LE" with your favorite road, and it's a sentiment practically everyone on this list will share. <g> Tony Thompson

A truly accurate of the famous NYC red and grey Pacemaker boxcar would sell too. I think that the closest model might still be the old metal Athearn which at least had a 3/4 end on it. Somewhere

Have you ever tryed Gunze Sanguyo products ? Mr. SURFACER 1000 is one of the best primers availble for palstic . Must be used with Mr. THINNER. It is a light gray color. Marcelo

Many model railroad paints reefer yellow, caboose red.....) had poor hiding power on black polystyrene (the black showed through and made the color appear much darker). A layer of grey floquil primer

Tim O'Connor wrote: In Richard's introduction to these NYC USRA clone box cars that he wrote a few years ago, he stated that the NYC replaced the original roofs with Murphy rectangular and after 1948

Tim; Those would be super additions! We are currently dominated by the 1945-55 set, and we have had little either in the way of later rebuilds or new post-55 cars, for any road. I would second that

It depends on the color. I painted (mostly brass) for 10 years and used Scalecoat almost exclusively. I found it necessary to prime (light gray) when the color coat was to be yellow or most

Sorry, I missread your post. John Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: i've never tried spraying it. --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo!

We do need more NYC cars, but as Richard said Al Westerfield already did these original cars. What I'd love to see are the rebuilds with new roofs etc. that were seen in the 50's and 60's. Tim

The doors on SFRBs were Santa Fe reefer yellow-orange. Richard Hendrickson

Whew! Thanks, Ed. You are the man. Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Ed Hawkins Sent: Wednesday,

It would be great if they bring this to fruition, as we have sorely needed more NYC System cars for a long time. Thanks for pursuing this. Elden Gatwood