I believe Marty is moving to the Washington D.C. area. He is no longer working in the model manufacturing field. Regards, Norm Larkin

Eric Hansmann wrote: another The BCW replacement MDC underframes are cast urethane, not plastic. They can be bonded with CA or epoxy. Tom Madden

I wasn't referring to the horn hook couplers as being the hill-climber that became a standard, I was referring to the Kadee couplers becoming a standard over the horn-hook. John

Mark Heiden wrote: Do you have an item number for the Bethlehem Car Works underframe? Even if it isn't listed on the current site, that might help to track them down. Is it a part designed to fit

Friends, I was sad to see Marty leave Intermountain, and hope that wherever he goes, he rejoins our group. Does anyone know if he is moving out of Colorado, and what he will be doing? I picked up

Mark Heiden asked: "Do you have an item number for the Bethlehem Car Works underframe?" Kitbits #5, MSRP $6. "Is it a part designed to fit the MDC/Roundhouse cars, or more generic?" It's designed

I would like to add something to this topic... Jack Parker's Central Valley Modelworks offers tie strip material under the "CVT" brand line, which is offered in branchline (8'6" ties less closely

Tim, Ted, Richard, Ian, Thank you for your assistance and answers regarding this car. Ian, your "Reporting Marks" website is a tremendous asset and one can only imagine the amount of time it took

Mike, This could be remedied by replacing the frogs with the new Scale frogs from Details West. They are making code 83 scale maganese insert frogs in sizes 8 and 9, with #'s 6 and 7 coming. They

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@b...> wrote: Yes, the 8.5' long ties are not long enough to fit Santa > Fe's 9' size [ if I recall correctly ] but all aspects of this track except

Well, I guess I'll have to respond...just can't keep from it. Pete Brown says, responding to a comment by Denny Anspach: Both Denny for sure and Pete, I think, know that only one single aspect of

"Mark Heiden" <mark_heiden@h...> wrote: (or Mark, MDC body basically matches the car body of the M-13 if one reduces the height of the ends by removing some of the bottom so the wood sides overlap

I agree with Denny. I might well install some of these on some display models (on which I would probably use Precision Scale P87 wheels as well) but if they don't couple with Kadees, their dead meat

It may be too late to ask this since Marty no longer works for Intermountain, but does anyone know if they'll release this car in the CMWX "Chateau Martin" paint scheme? Thanks, Shawn Beckert

--- In STMFC@..., Denny Anspach <danspach@m...> wrote: Sergent > tells you up front that they are not compatible with any of the > Kadee-type couplers, and that the couplers have to

Hi Bob, Does the MDC/Roundhouse car match the outside length of the M-13 (or M-41 for that matter)? I was playing with the contrast function of my graphics program today and discovered the

Hi Eric, Do you have an item number for the Bethlehem Car Works underframe? Even if it isn't listed on the current site, that might help to track them down. Is it a part designed to fit the

Park Varieties wrote: Sheffield Farms was a brand of the National Dairy Products Corporation which operated in many states east of the Rocky Mountains. The Borden Company whose logos included Elsie

Denny, I don't mean to offend. I guess my point (which was definitely made with a bit more fervor than was called-for - a blanket accusation is never a good tactic) is that people are dismissing

John Degnan wrote: . . . I wonder if Kadee couplers faced your same arguement when they first came out and surely had to state that they were not compatible with the standard "horn-hook" couplers?