Beautiful detail work, particularly around the doors. I've done this, and it's no mean feat. Congratulations!

Absolutely perfect for the era you modeled. Beautiful.

Yes, I do. I will make the announcement later today about ordering. Thank you. Cheers, Ted Culotta

Fantastic work, Tim! ...although the typo in the subject line brings this scene from "This is Spinal Tap" to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyh1Va_mYWI Ben Hom

Looks very nice. Thanks for sharing Fenton

Hi Bill I have a coal fired 10-wheeler that I built. I will look for a good picture. Tim Meyer

Wow! What is your motive power please? Bill Welch

Here are some pictures of my latest cars in 1-1/2" scale. Tim Meyer

Looks really good RJ. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bill: Wonderful job as always but applying rust to your tools (see the ladder picture) is a new way to do things and no wonder the ladders will be so realistic! The extra work on the diagonal

​Sure! I'm hoping to get to do an R7 as well, but mine will be FGEX. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Bruce, Does the Westerfield Mathieson R7 qualify? Scott McDonald

Does anyone know when the book will be released?

Thanks all for the help. Other than the typical blobby F&C decals, it turned out OK! The one decal that was of high quality (the pine tree herald) I couldn't use for 1939. RJ Dial Burlingame, CA

Guys, Given the fact that the RealSTMFC is currently home to elevated numbers of selling messages, it seems useful to give to the members the rules to be used by members either selling or purchasing

Progress on the Wabash model over the last few days: —Because of the location of the Sill Steps I glued lengths of 4 x 4 styrene into the corners of the floor to provide more area to drill

Thanks for doing this Bruce. Not sure about why I thought these cars were welded but I think you are correct that I was thinking about the bolsters. Curious that the article did not address the

Bill, Folks, As mea culpa for forgetting that the last 300 H30 were built with raised running boards (hey, it’s AFTER my era!), I have attached the outstanding article by Al Buchan and Bob Johnson

Andy Thanks, all very interesting. But because of the very small number of cars and the very short season of cherries, as well as the very high capacity of the cars, it seems highly unlikely to me

H30A with APEX running board, and ASF A-3 trucks (Tahoe x10). And lots of rivets. Tim