John, Jim, and all, I talked to Mark Kerlick after I got off work last night as our friend Jim Evans called and said he read it on the Internet. And of course the authorities called Mark first as his

When you are using a side view of a freight car to make decals you need to remember that the lens of the camera that took the photo is convex-ed and there is a slight distortion in the final product,

Steve, It may be that there was nothing there at all and so they were added. It should have been wire strands that were tightened with a wooden block IIRC. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into

Chuck, I noticed the same thing, likely because they SHOULD have been there and weren't. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Gents, I am not sure ho many will recall that at the end of the FRP era they had released a 40-foot boxcar with 4-4 dreadnaught ends, with the ladders and grabs cast on the shell. Just as before the s

Just one thing I did note in the photo is that there is what I believe to be a defect car placard along the sill. Also the stenciling on the brake reservoir appears new, perhaps it was in the shop for

John and all, I have been through airport lines where if I tell them that I have model railroad subjects they laugh and say, "oh, yeah that is what these are..." and they never even open the boxes. I

Schuyler writes:

Clark Propst writes:

Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

George Toman writes:

I agree Bill and this hampers our cause more than you will ever know. I refuse to name names, they know who they are but most of you would really be surprised. The good thing is that the really great

All, I don't think that Scott believes that you can marriage the Intermountain kit with the ACURAIL kit without more consideration. But I do believe it is worthy of the consideration. I have no lack o

Tim, The entire car may need to be cast, that may not be a problem though at least for the sides and ends. This would fit in well with our little selection of double door cars that have started with t

Scott and all, In Scott's reply to Barry he writes:

Bill, Yes I will look at this seriously as a possible SHAKE_N_TAKE build in the future. INTERMOUNTAIN...hmmm that could be tough. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs thro

Dave, Bill and all, Yes, you can split the ends in half to match the ACURAIL SS car but know going into this that this will shorten the end , which I believe you will need to do, and the rake of the r

Bill, What a great presentation. After seeing the presentation in CCB this past January the repeat was not as scary... 3^) I love to see modeling like this and Schuyler as you well know is on the verg

Pardon me as I intended this to go off list to Don Valentine direct. Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Don you wrote: "Hi Greg, If you would contact me OFF LIST I would be very interested in some of these kits from Aaron. Thanks so much for advising that some are still available. Cordially, Don Valenti