Three bay MDC hoppers for the B&LE sounds about right to me, Richard. Some of them were purchased 2nd hand by the B&M and they all had trucks with double clasp brakes. Can't help but wonder who else

Sad to say, I did not see any photos or any links to photos in the first message. Here is an LV 'wrong way door' box car I built in O scale, after seeing the HO F&C kit some time ago. It's a chance to

I too partook in the insanity of building these tractors too. Here's a photo of them when new 25 + yrs ago. The flat car deck was removable so a plain deck could be a replacement. Load in/empty out

I'm working on an interior for a ribside boxcar and I'm wondering is someone can tell me if the inside of the doors were painted or bare metal? I have not been able to find any pictures in my

If I recall correctly the decals were included in the tractor kit Martin offered. Building these tested my sanity too. There are over 50 parts in each tractor! I added a few things like MV lenses

That's a humbling request coming from you Rob. Sure you can. Would you rather wait till the couplers/ cut levers are installed and the car is on the layout? CW Propst

I have a question on seat color. As I remember the Formal 300 we had, had a plastic like cover that was silver in color. It was our first tractor with any kind of seat covering. before that the seats

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?SearchTerm=26%27+Ore+RTR&CatID=THRF&OA=True&RN=SP Ed Edward Sutorik

The SP ore cars. Tony Thompson

I think it was the MDC 3-bay hopper for B&LE

Does anyone remember what freight car - MDC or Athearn - they went under? My memory banks failed me on this one. Todd Sullivan.

Tim: I recall this coming up shortly after Martin released the kits. All thet I recall I s that someone questioned their sanity after doing a load. The tractors in Mr. Sandifer's post look super.

That's a super nice looking load of Farmall H and/or M series tractors, Steve Cordially, Don Valentine

I did this one probably 10 years ago. It is a regular runner in my op sessions. J. Stephen Sandifer

I found this to be true of the Kadee "laser sharp" decals - The white is translucent. It's a shame because 99.9% of their lettering is perfect. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Bill the thing that has me stumped is how to efficiently paint the tractor wheels and still get all that detail with hubs. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

Well, I'm not going to post a color photo of me sitting with my father on the new Ford 8N bought in the spring of 1949 but the tractors on the DT&I flat posted earlier looked a lot more like the

Bob Chaparro wrote: Totally true about Tamiya. I am genuinely impressed with their nozzles. Fine spray, limited spread (you don't paint your hands and the surroundings), no blurts. And every can

Ed Sutorik wrote: Athearn essentially sells ALL the parts to ALL their models. But scarcely any parts are on their website. They do give a phone number for the parts department, and I have found

Athearn has sold these trucks separately. So you might want to also search under the Athearn name. They HAVE sold them separately. Ed Edward Sutorik