Or put another way, that's less than 1% shrinkage, which is pretty much within the normal parameters of Martin's castings.

Charlie Slater wrote: This is more like four scale INCHES, not two feet as in the previous case reported. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

I just checked and I do have that kit and my floor is about .040" short, and I will just shim the ends when I assemble it. Charlie

Ill fitting parts is usually not Martin's falt, many times it can be traced back to the pattern maker not engineerg it correctly or taking a short cut by using a part from another kit and modifing it

Tim, Agreed! Thus my point, just send it back to Martin and he will make it right. Paul Lyons

Paul, a 2' difference doesn't sound like resin shrinkage -- it sounds like the wrong floor. Incorrect packing unfortunately is not an uncommon problem if you have a lot of Sunshine kits. I've had to

Bob Chapman said Sure, it would be nice if all parts in every kit fit perfectly, but I'm struggling to see what all the fuss is about. HELLO BOB! Please go back and re-read the original emal.

Tim, You may be correct about high humidity. I live in the Puget sound area and it was raining the night I did the painting. Although I have never had a problem with humidity when spraying Scalecoat

Indeed. I purchased a CMO USRA rebuild and received the wrong sides with my model. I sent just the sides back to Martin with a note, expecting replacements within the expected 6-9 month timeframe.

As noted in my first note, i had not had a floor smaller then the body in my many years of building resin kits, so the L&N floor was a surprise. I found my ancient stock of plastic channels and cut 2

I can't get over the feeling that Kurt does not fully understand the resin casting process and the vagaries that can arise from time to time with that medium. The problem described with the floor can

After reading the ongoing passionate discussion about Sunshine L&N boxcar kit #85.1, I checked my model which I built a while back. Yes, the floor was a bit undersized, and I had to add a few

Hey Micheal  I recall seeing one come through San Luis Obispo CA in the 70's.  I had an Athearn 50' HO version at the time, and the prototype car was remarkably similar.  I had heard that Irv

Whatever your definition of "buildable", poorly engineered and ill-fitting kits do not get better simply because there is a wide variety of them. Regardless of the appeal of the subject, needing to

Kurt, although many resin kits (and plastic kits) have problems, I have yet to encounter a Sunshine kit that is not buildable. Hard to build, yes, but not unbuildable. Very, very few model trains are

Here's a note I picked up and I feel we can get behind. Another Prototype Modelers Meet! You might recognize some names as well. These folks were very supportive of our Rails by the River Meet in

Tim I shoot straight Future on models most of the time. It can be thinned with Testors Airbrush Thinner for Acrylics. The Polyscale thinner has caused problems. Gene Deimling

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Hi Bill, I will forever be a Scalecoat guy, and their MOW Gray, tinted appropriately with a drop or two of black as needed, handles many of my IC projects. Dan Kohlberg