tank I never said the three dome was prototype; I answered the mans question. Here let me help you... Bruce Nordstrand wrote: "At this point in time I am not too worried about being

Elden: Nope they haven't done those yet, just the SS cars. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

OK, now what is the term for the sheet that laser cut items, like freight car parts, are cut from? Chuck Hladik ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at

Tim; Are you saying that IM is doing RTR of the PMcK&Y/P&LE rebuilds? How are they? Where have I been? Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From: STMFC@...

Regarding the Georgia cars, the biggest hangup for me personally, is that they used the Tichy sides and ends (with corrections) as the basis for those patterns, plus a radial roof. I did not want

Interesting model on e-Bay at the moment: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=190137265735&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohostin g Trying to enlarge the photo, It looks like

And that ... takes care of that! Thank you, Richard, for a concise story, and sorry for the repetition on my part. Barry Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: Barry

Barry this kit has been discussed in detail several times in the past; see the list archives. Briefly, it's a kit brilliantly tooled by Gould and later taken over by Tichy which accurately

Tichy also makes a 10,000 gallon ICC Class 103 tank car kit. Where can I find (a) comments on the accuracy of this kit (especially for a late 1940's - early 1950's context), and (b) what railroads

Yea, but the folks that were lucky enough to get one at the workshop got them as a free gift, whereas the rest of us would have to pay for them. I doubt that those thirty guys are really going to be

Mr. Madden and Mr. Hom, Thanks for the quick assist. I keep forgetting that Westerfield decals are available separately. Thanks for the reminder. I had no idea the Georgia boxcar "conversion"

From personal experiance, I can tell you that a couple of men can lift and block a KC brake assembly (for a narrow gauge car) up and bolt it up. An AB brake storage tank or valve both take at least

Robert Heninger asked: "At the top of page 31 in Kline and Culotta's "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" is a photo of Erie 71952, a rebuilt USRA single sheathed car. The car has a Climax radial roof, but

Don Worthy asked: "I'd wanted to know about the Georgia Rairoad's cars. They sure do look like this model...to me. I've only got a few shots of their cars and several when they were steel inside

Robert D. Heninger opined: Calling Ted's Georgia RR car a "Conversion kit" doesn't nearly do it justice. More like a very high-end resin kit with a Tichy underframe and a few details. Ted made an

That could be, but I bought mine from Ted at a train show. Tim O'Connor

Fellow List Members, At the top of page 31 in Kline and Culotta's "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" is a photo of Erie 71952, a rebuilt USRA single sheathed car. The car has a Climax radial roof,

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I don't know if you can still get them, but CDS produced some very good quality dry transfers for this kit." C-D-S HO-457, still available through TMR

Tim O'Connor wrote: "...Sunshine has produced a mini-kit to convert the car into a Wabash (DT&I?) version." Wabash and Ann Arbor only, NOT DT&I. The DT&I USRA DS rebuilds retained their 5/5/5 Murphy

Several good books on the Interstate and L&N operations in SW Virginia are available: Ed Wolfe: The Interstate RR, Old Line Graphics, 1994 and Appalachian Coal Hauler, TLC Publishing, 2001 Ron