Yes but doesn't it take three rather than two new roof panels to go from a 40 to a 50? (Unless we're trying to make an Athearn auto car that only has 14 panels!) Of course the Milwaukee car is only ha

We can always find more for Ted to do... If only manufacturers had a neutral place to post info about photographic confirmation of their paint/lettering. The photos themselves are often not available

FWIW (not much I'm sure) this car is the answer to a question I posed last year (probably on FCL). AHM put this paint scheme on their "Athearn box car" as AL&S 905. They took some liberties of course-

I need help with the "end door latches in closed position." I'm doing the late B&O clone with the large crease in each end door. It seems like every Westerfield kit has one instruction with the seemin

Aha! Much like the "Microbeads as Rivets" idea I posted a while back (though I didn't have pretty pictures to go with it.) Chasing each ball into its depression would be like those dimestore games we

I was a little bit interested in this project at one time but it looked like too much trouble. Note that the FM-13 prototype photo and diagram agree that the grabs aren't like most flat cars but are l

But the car design is more telling (the 70 ton AAR flat cars have exposed bolsters and a lower deck.) Sometimes models don't look right with (accurate) representations of 50-ton trucks under 70-ton ca

Received flyers about Sunshine's California Events including the Monrovia Meet March 2nd. There's no mention of attendees bringing models for display. There are a lot more clinics than before-- two si

Don't tell me THEY'RE going to take one to Kinko's! Scott Pitzer The Society's board has only decided to look into reprinting certain books and the methodology has yet to be determined. I'd suggest yo

Well that was easy! I'm glad I wasn't home! Scott Pitzer Larry Smith wrote: Tim O'Connor wrote: You didn't specify which series, or whether you were interested in tackboards as built, or after they we

At OERM in Perris CA there's a UP 48-foot, 9-panel gondola. It's in 1960s paint but it has built date of 1925. G-50-7, I believe? (I didn't record the number.) Were there a lot of these? Were they mod

Chris Barkan wrote: 2) They were rebuilt from B&O Class M-55C boxcars, as is evident by the relatively unique end-design. Any hope of seeing this end from Stan R.? 3) The M-55C was a 10'0" IH car (as

Concerning a P2K Burlington Route boxcar. The reason I only go as far as "pretty good" is the lack of a prototype photo. MM may think these things even out; they've done plenty of "15 photos of a prot

Long ago I read about these cars as "used to haul coal when hoppers were in short supply." More recently I saw a description along the lines of "carried coal to points with car dumpers." I'm sure both

It is fun to sit and watch real-life copies of Sunshine and Westerfield kits going to and fro in these videos from the late 40's and early 50's snip The other day I finally got around to finishing my

"the comment about Whoopi Goldberg being in N scale" It seems like she's in everything else... "some less well known (Michael Gross)" At a Santa Fe convention in the late 80s I saw him at Richard's We

"the comment about Whoopi Goldberg being in N scale" It seems like she's in everything else... "some less well known (Michael Gross)" At a Santa Fe convention in the late 80s I saw him at Richard's We

And I REALLY hate it when the Send button seems to do nothing until the fourth try... and then it sends four times! Sorry! Scott Pitzer >

And then there's "These are welded cars so I obtained a PS-1 kit #xxxx" (when if there was a prototype photo you'd see it's really an ACF.) ....................... Vastly preferable to RMC's habit of

Some of you guys talked me out of doing a C&O diesel fuel car from a P2K tank (because their mixed bag of second-hand cars apparently didn't include any of that type.) Could there have been any X-3's