Is the tank itself dimensionally correct or is it a standin? Dave Nelson

A.T. Both the hoppers and the inside out gons were black. Brian Carlson On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:56:42 -0000, proto48er wrote

These W&LE gons were Black. Brian Carlson On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:36:59 -0000, proto48er wrote

Guys - Thought it best to ask the whole group what paint colors were used on W&LE freight equipment in the 1946-1948 era, before being repainted by NKP. Specifically, what was the color of the

Chet - Do you have any information about the paint color on the W&LE #73000- 73199 "inside out" 66' IL gons that later became NKP #65100-65199? What color were they painted on the WLE in 1947 or so,

Arrgh! That's what I get for trusting to memory instead of looking at the documentation. I knew the long gons were black and thought I recalled that the flat cars were as well. Wrong! My

I built three prototype kits for Martin last summer and they were on display in his case at Naperville. As Jim H mentioned, it is an IM styrene tank with new resin dome. I also found enlarging the

I think Sunshine's ACF insulated tankcar (Kit# 36.x) beats the new GATC tankcar hands down. The ACF car is the only Sunshine kit I totally gave up on. The new GATC tankcar is an Intermountain tank

Yes, and I think I used the finer of the two weights, but don't count on it <G>. I will also note that for the marine boiler I did NOT use EZ-line, but used brass wire, since the prototype

Dave, In addition to Martin's kit, Ted (Speedwitch) will be releasing a GATC (note GATX are the reporting marks used on SOME but not ALL of these cars, while GATC is the company that built them)

Thanks guys. I'll take a look at a UP CA-1 caboose and check the fidelity of the Revell car. Cheers Dave

It's OK, we'll only call after 9 Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George Hollwedel 310 Loma Verde St Buda, TX

Thanks Chet. I was worried I'd have to strip a Wabash GSC bulkhead flat... Tim O'

I received a flyer from Martin today and there was a page for some new tankcar models, the GATX type 30. I'm quite interested in the model for the Herclules car (the others sound interesting

Cyril Durrenberger writes: "The loaders were designed to run on any of the log cars. These cars with the loaders on top of them were run in the trains. They were certainly not MW equipment." "Now

Mike, Between about 1900 and 1935 on the Minnesota & International (owned by NP at that time), and I think within the period of the group, there were a number of log loaders which ran across the tops

Tim, Sorry Richard, the flat cars were painted oxide red. The Wabash 65' mill gons were black. The Wabash painted their steel gons and hopper cars black. Composite gons were painted oxide red.

Bruce, What color EZ-line do you use-charcoal? Paul Lyons Laguna NIguel, CA

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