I just decaled one side of the gon and about had a heart attack. The New Date on the decal sheet is 1957. I model 54. But, a quick glance at the prototype photos showed one with a reweigh date of

Yes I did and still waiting for the decals to arrive. Charlie Slater To: STMFC@... From: Bruce_Griffin@... Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:30 +0000 Subject: [STMFC] WrightTrak B&O

Jerry, AFAIK, Centrailia is still owned by Des Plaines Hobbies.  See: http://www.desplaineshobbies.com/store/ Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Clark, I purchased this kit, as well as their NS low side gondola kit at Naperville; my kits appear to contain all the parts, even those that you are missing.  However, both contain the same sheet

Could anyone suggest where I might find good (as in, good for making a model with) drawings of the Type X underframe? Thanks. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC

There isn't yet but soon will be if a certain unnamed keeper of the Sunshine website gets off his butt and gets busy. That unnamed person has photos of all Stan's built up kits and a web page

I'm guessing shipping by rail was most of Dec. (maybe late Nov.) until the 25. It seems that ** trees were put up differently in the steam era than now. I remember ours went up the 24th and came

In my experience trees moved from British Columbia in standard box cars to Texas - late sixities.   Carriers restrict the use of high class cars for hauling material that would damage the inside of

Is there a resource on-line that has an up-to-date list/description of Stan's offerings? Bill Welch

Thanks for the info. It looks like the flat cars I need are coming now I will cross my fingers for the SP Stockcars. Until I saw the list I didn't know Intermountain was also handling Tichy and

I picked up one of Stan Rydarowicz's new 50' Mathers stock cars at Naperville. I'm about finished with assembly. The kit is basically a P2K stock car with styrene and resin parts for the doors and

Tim, you wrote: Right, CCS is custom Intermountain tooling. That's unclear to me. Do you mean CCS is selling cars made by InterMountain or the other way around? InterMountain has CCS cars on its

I'm about finished with a Wright Trak SAL gondola kit I bought from them at Trainfest. (Hope their models sold well) If memory serves me correctly the kit contained the body, Tichy brake sprue,

Group: I made one of the tools from scrap and it works great.  I made one change by cut with a saw a grove in one side at each top grove helps hold the wire in place.  I also pebend with plires the

Thanks Steve, That's very useful. I'm working on four of these cars right now myself. I've already decided to use Tahoe Model Works Bettendorf Swing-Motion trucks, and LaserKit window screens, both

Tom sez... The guy who made the masters for these cars told me that the version of this car available at Naperville is good only for the Gothic lettering as these cars were rebuilt starting in 1955.

Apparently not "off-list" after all... stupid Gropewise program (and user? <G>) -Bruce Smith Auburn, AL Guys, I know several of you must have purchased this kit at Naperville. Any feedback? I have

Hi, Paul - From what I've seen, they've released the X-29, Beet Gondola, and AAR 1937 box car in a small number of schemes so far. There's a whole slew of models announced in their "Coming Soon"

Guys, I know several of you must have purchased this kit at Naperville. Any feedback? I have one person's opinion of the kit, but would like to hear others to be fair. Thanks. Bruce, Off list. I

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