I was eyeballing the cars earlier this week, then looking at the RPC that has these cars in it. Just how close is the BLI car to the DL&W's USRA steel box cars? At first blush it looks pretty close...

I had my RPMer moment today on I-77, the West Virginia Turnpike. I was behind a left lane bandit SUV when the rear windscreen wiper caught my eye. My first thought? Dang, that looks like a Carmer cut

Last year I ventured south to Cocoa Beach for my first meet down there. I'd been to Savannah some years ago and pretty much forgotten what it was about. What did I find in Cocoa? By and large, a bunch

I am a huge fan of the phosphor bronze wire that Tichy sells. Not as prone to fatigue, stiffer than brass yet much easier to cut and work with than piano wire. Craig Zeni "Bother", said Pooh as he cha

Bruce, You mean like this one? <http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/rm/SAL20209Raleigh1962-1200.jpg> <GRIN> The other side was arranged identically…designed for lumber loading reportedly. Craig Zeni Car

Or, you can use my method... I drill the holes with a #72 bit (taking locations from a Kadee car). I drill through, and apply liquid styrene cement from the back if possible. I give it 10-15 seconds t

As long as Dennis is firing up the comparator, how about the gorgeous ladders as well? And if Dennis wants to do a post-STMFC car (GASP!), I have a 50' PS-1 body I can send you... Craig Zeni Some morn

The photos I took are available now at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/photos/album/652317869/pic/list> Car was taken out of the box and put on the test stand/track you see there. -- Craig Zeni C

Even though it's a post 1960 livery :) I took some photos of my Fox Valley car...coming soon to a photo album called "Fox Valley wagontop car". Includes underside views too. Craig Zeni Some mornings i

All this made me go downstairs and find the two unbuilt Storzeks I have - the NYC autocar and the CN single sheath car. I built the Soo Line sawtooth and the Rutland double sheath car yonks ago...and

I've been able to find just about anything on Ted's pages by using the wayback machine at www.archive.org. It's a bit clunky but it's much better than no info. <http://liveweb.archive.org/http://speed

Questions about Jim Sands came up on the Modern Freight Car List, and it reminded me of Col. Chet McCoid. I see his photo credit on many freight car photos, especially from the Fayetteville NC area...

This past January was my first schlep down I-95 to Cocoa Beach. As Mike notes, a heck of a lot of models. The fact that it wasn't a formal 'contest' with ribbons and best of breed awards etc didn't me

Thanks Tim...looks like the Kadee undec #4110 is the car. I'm looking to do it in the Soo Line lettering seen in that original prototype photo...oopsie that's post 1960 so it existeth not... :) -- Cra

Dennis, this looks like a fairly straightforward build on a Kadee or IM car...anything odd about the ends I can't see? -- Craig Zeni - "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...

For many years I have been a fan of the now-unavailable Kibri product that Walthers sold. It was faster than Testors and slower than Tenax. Big bottle, big opening, long shelf life. It was also very e

Jerry, didn't you have photos of that car? I have a couple of the Tichy cars and think this would make a great project for one of them... -- Craig Zeni Cary NC "Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered ano

Anybody got a decent photo of the ladders on these cars? Can't quite get my head around what's called for in the instructions and my Google-Fu appears to be weak tonight... -- Craig Zeni Ihre ganze Un

I don't do well at that sort of education :) Frankly, I'm not believing any of it. We keep getting told that we are the troublemaking oddballs who just want things done differently when 'everybody els

I'd pay extra as well. Assembled/unpainted cars can be a pain when there's two color paint schemes involved or decals or just crappy assembly (happens all the time, kids), Look at the Red Caboose unde