You might check Westerfield's site <http://users.multipro.com/westerfield/> He gives a lot of information on the site - even more on his data sheets included in the kits. Jerry G design, these a

Andy Miller's fine model http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/millera/ebax3064.html has inspired me to have decals made to do this car instead of the process Andy used. He was kind enough t

taken from my letter to RMJ explaining why I won't be renewing: "I will not be renewing my subscription for several reasons. I had always overlooked your horrible editing and numerous errors in light

The articles they reran for the most part were good ones but for those who have been reading the mags for over 20 years, many of us feel cheated. I've stuck with them regardless of eras of coverage fi

I believe Tamyia makes a liquid filler product which I had often toyed with applying to a model too fill the seams. Anyone ever thought of or tryed this? Jerry in Fla

Yes Mr Surfacer is what I was thinking about. Thanks for the mention of Mr disolved Putty as I do have a few of the MDC cars and want to try to improve their looks. Jerry in Fla Squadron rather

Red Caboose kit with CV roof narrowed down the middle: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/files/NP_3-4.jpg Jerry in Fla

It takes me more time to fix flaws and upgrade details than assemblying a kit to say nothing of possible damage to parts. The underbody details and brake rigging are a joke - not too much better than

Luckily, I had a model inventory program which made it easy for us to recognize whose model was whose on my friend's layout years ago when I moved to Fla. Since then I have added my kits to the list o

I'm not sure if it was for a Dow car or what, but Microscale made a mini set that did 2 samll tank cars featured (I believe) in an RMC article years ago. Jerry in Fla STMF web cars? I

Don't know if I saw it here but the Amarillo MRR club has a link to the scrapping of these cars with pix http://amarillorailmuseum.com/scrap_he_cars.html Jerry in Fla

Tom (Stolte - Oddballs) does NOT use an ALPS printer. He uses a much more sophisticated printer that uses basically the same technoligy but more reliably and accurately. Jerry in Fla wrote: to the ALP

It's a shame the NKPT&HS (I'm sure others do it as well) prostitute themselves into a project such as this. I thought the intent was to improve accuracy - not just get their favorite road's name on an

Just catching up after company: What roads had these "early models"? Jerry in Fla end

Now it's you testing our intelligence in excecting us to believe that "everyone wants RTR" now and using YOUR interpretation to limit what's available in the marketplace. IMHO the current trend is to

I find that by skipping the train shows, I have much more time for modeling <G> Jerry in Fla

I live up the road and inland from Mike and the coast. I hope he faired well - it's too soon to tell. They weren't even letting people back over the causeways this AM. His area was among the hardest h

Unless they've changed their policy, RMJ does NOT do this. I've authored a few articles and the first I've seen is a "comp" copy of the issue in which the article appeared. Although they used the arti

If the Sunshine kit was so disappointing and don't know if it's even available, why not continue the effort in making this worth subject car available? Jerry in Fla

What's up with access to the site? I keep getting a "Page cannot be displayed" for the past week or so. I didn't try to get the latest issue when new as my cable service was down with all the storms a