I thought I had one of these but I can't find it. But undec kits are in stock at IM. I also have some of the USRA composites but they lack the appeal of the others - their profile is too similar to an

I'm reading my email backwards but now I see you beat Tony to the punch plugging his own book. I often don't know what I have and I thought hmm, maybe I already have it. But I guess not - I have Tony'

I just placed my order.... That's probably going to be my next order in a few minutes. Undec kits in stock. The Challenger cars I have are a G50-9 and -12. Andy

The Ulrich has the ends and floor as a one piece casting but the sides are separate, which should make it easier to make modifications. IMO the Ulrich's biggest weakness is the thick and flat looking

Five guys hand shoveling a gondola load... in 1952. Cool. Andy

What kind of trucks are those? Outside hung brakes - not familiar to me at all! Andy

They don't like split links... some sites if you post half the link, you get an error but it leaves the half-link in the url bar so you can paste the rest in. This one you have to open the browser fir

No locomotive in sight... car just sitting there halfway up the ramp. Probably was a posed shot. Andy

Hmm... file down or just replace with some square styrene? Andy

I dug out of both of my Detail Associates kits... both are #200 composite side. Looks like it's ebay to shop for a steel side. Are the DA cars OOP now? Red Caboose kind of rained on their parade but a

I also found my Intermountain Caswell. I was looking for a kit... that's why I couldn't find it yesterday. I found an RTR car that I had never even taken out of the box. Definitely one of IM's best, o

I just happen to have one of those... like a lot of Sunshine kits I bought it because I had the opportunity and I just liked the car. But it worked out nicely in this case. I have three other Sunshine

The only manufacturer I know of who is asking for advance payment (i.e. "investing") had a product line that is largely stratospheric pastry and I wouldn't buy it anyway. Because manufacturers don't k

And the consumer, always presumed to be rolling in dough, has no choice but to pre-order and buy all he thinks he'll ever need of a product during the week it's available. If he ends up with too much,

The nice thing about sims is you can fix even the worst dimensional error, push a button and re-render in a few seconds. Andy

While the problem belongs to all of us, the solution is in their court to be discovered and exploited. Assuming they're looking for a solution, and not just repeating "that's the way it has to be". It

I'm with you on this. Some innovation and automation are in order, and most of the larger manufacturers are stuck being the tail to China's dog. The decision to go there may have been a no-brainer in

Wouldn't it be great if you could convince dealers to do that? It's pretty common in the resin kit biz... if I bought a Sunshine or RYM kit at a show, it didn't become a specific SKU until I bought it

I think that goes without saying. They've always been exempt from the me-too business model, and I hope they continue to be. Andy

Very well. There was an article in MR about 20 years ago that told the story, which I expect is continuing. You can't wander in with a wad of cash and wave it around and start up a company like Kadee.