Bruce Smith asked: ...what trucks are appropriate for these cars: http://railroad.union.rpi.edu/rolling-stock/Flats/Flat-cars-NC&StL- like-Tichy-28-cyc.jpg Tim O'Connor replied: "Dalman 2-level.

Tony Thompson wrote: There is an example of a resin kit priced to include design & pattern costs - the ventilated boxcar kit marketed by the CofG Society. The patterns were designed in 3D CAD and

The load diagrams are from 1976. Although I try to vary the subjects covered in Open Loads, I model the post 1980 era and thus most of the articles are from that era. Here's a crazy thought - if

Tony Thompson explains Tony, you lose money on every book, but you make up for it in volume! ba-dum-bump Tim :-)

Dalman 2-level. Eastern Car Works.

Andy Carlson wrote: Tim O'Connor replied: Gee, guys, want to guess what an author gets per hour? By the time I paid my expenses on the PFE book, I found it had eaten up practically all the

Andy Carlson wrote: The analogy was with anal retention. Who used the words "owe" and "free"? You did. I said "make available," with terms obviously to be specified. I completely

Folks, I've been working on a couple Tichy 40' flat car kits (AC&F, 1923 NC&StL prototype) and I have decided to model one as an NC&StL car and one as a CN car. My question is what trucks are

Not a good analogy. Records and photos are our prime source of history, whereas a model is an artistic interpretation of that history. I am not depriving you of history by not giving my patterns to a

Yep, Tony's not giving away his labor! :-) But there's also the aspect that the master builders are usually modelers, too, and they want to move on to something else or just don't want to

Jason, from what I know about resin kits, the manufacturers often rely on master model builders to create the models... and that means that the model usually is made only if someone cares enough to

Andy Carlson wrote: Sure, and I understand why a person might want to sell copies from the molds; others might prefer to loan molds, not masters. But to make a master and then deny it to anyone

Tony, You might feel different if it was your 100 + hour labor... -Andy Carlson Ojai CA --- Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> wrote:

Gatwood, Elden wrote: And hopefully make a few available (or loan the masters) for others to do the same. The labor on a master shouldn't be hidden under a bushel. Tony Thompson

Jason; As Martin Lofton has said to me so many times, "if you build the masters, I will offer it." He has also said that he hears regularly about projects for whom people have gotten a lot of

Maybe I am living a pipe dream but it seems like there are a significant number of modelers who would like some of the UCR gons, what are the chances of getting a resin company like Sunshine or

Thanks to all that responded to my request for input on TKM. It is greatly appreciated. I got a lot of useful information from your replies. We will definitely consider each and every request,

OK, two strikes against me for this reply: ot conclusive as far as final destination, and it was a gondola, not a hopper: however in the last two issues, Milwaukee Road Historical Association's TMR

My family fed whey to pigs but I understand it was also used as a source of casein which was used to make wood working glue before the days of PVA. Richard White

Hey guess what, I worked in a creamery in Salina, Ks, name was Harding Co. We only received the cream. All rhe farmers in Ks. we dealt with had separators. Most farmers kept their skim milk and fed