Some of the P2k heralds are bas and decals are needed, Mask Island or Speedwitch-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Garth, Both the herald and running boards are good questions. Maybe someone has the answers If the herald was correct for the 1944 build date , not saying it is, would it have been repainted with the

From the Steamtown files today. http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-05-05-20/C2768.jpg Brian Rochon Silver Spring, MD

Allen, We have a mystery here. My 1958 ORER lists the IH as 10' 6", and with no auto racks. The end doors are there. I suppose it is possible that at some point the end doors were bolted shut, and

Prototype Rails has lost one of its founders and I have lost a dear friend, Greg Martin. . Greg was the Voice of Prototype Rails. More than that, of course, he was a key part of operation of the meet,

A few folks asked that I post the link to the Kingan employee magazines I found online during my reefer rabbit hole. Here is the link.

I am proud to have called Greg my friend. He was such a good and generous man. Kitbashing is my favorite part of the hobby and I felt he was a kindred spirit. I'm very much a loner-type, and he often

Thanks Garth. Trying to decide to sell them or keep them. Tending toward keeping them and squinting when I look at them to convince myself that they are accurate, or just not worry about it. My

I could see much better the old Champ decals on pink backing paper . Some of the sets were excellent Doug Pillow

I have a Rutland Car Shops resin kit for a Rutland 36' Rutland stock car. With some work it can be bashed into a Santa Fe stock car. Steve Sandifer did it. My kit is for sale for $25 plus

Sorry I can't look this up for myself, but I've moved most of my reference material and not myself. There are more than one Proto2000 50' double door box with end doors available on line, in the

I've had the same experience. I believe it was because I used a permanent marker which must contain some solvents. What luck have people had with non-permanent markers?

Using a lightbox may be the way to see the decals better, if all else fails Tupperware and a Flashlight. -Hudson

What about a highlighter instead? Like blue? Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

I tried that on a Microscale decal a few months ago and it did not work out well. This was one of those sets with lots of dimensional data, which are extremely hard to see. I used one of those large

You Can Model This Scene With Just Three Flat Cars And A Lot Of People! A 1953 photo from the Akron-Summit County Public

Allen, Our friend Fenton Wells wrote an article in the November 2012 RMC on kitbashing the Southern cars to 10' IH. I do not see Southern represented in two RMJ articles on the Lifelike cars by

Not sure. But do have an updated for sale list. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.

Old subject but my memory is fading for some reason? Were the P2K boxcars painted for the Southern accurate to any prototype? I have several plus some undecorated kits that I am finally getting

Photo: D&RGW Gondolas 40560 & 40022 A 1920 photo from the University of Utah