newrail@... writes: I agree, that Sunshine's' Rr-5 - Rr-9 & 11 kits make a nice model, a tribute to Frank Hodina's work with the masters. Those kits (#'s 16.1 & 16.2) were the first accurate SFR

Brian, I don't know if you have the Santa Fe stock car book or not (still available from the society's web page a few weeks ago) but it would help you decide which class of cars the KD car is closest

newrail@... writes: I have a few (5 in total) of these from Sunshine (yes, they're built!), and I like em! Seems to me a good choice for the plastic car kit environment. I have a few of these in

steamera@... writes: Point well taken. But the Sk-2/3 numbers while pretty big, are bigger still when you add in the other stock cars built from Bx-3/6 box cars, the Sk-5's. The spotting differ

smithbf@... writes: I've got to believe that no railroad shop foreman allowed his painters to fuss around with masking off the steel & wood underframe parts separately on repainted cars! S

What about Scalecoats' own brand of paint stripper? Obviously it's got to work pretty when on their own paint. As for ruining an assembled resin car, I'd try assembling a few scraps and spares left ov

pieter.roos@... writes: YES! Some visually different tank cars to satisfy those in the know and still sell enough to the "great unwashed masses." There's already uninsulated 10K cars from

shawn.beckert@... writes: OH, yeah, I remember those, I have an undec one, and spent some time trying to upgrade it. Eventually I put it away and bought a bunch of resin versions instead. What

I wonder if it would be simpler to convince Ron at DesPlaines Hobbies to run a bunch of them again? IIRC DesPlaines hobbies bought out Storzek's kits and issued them under his own label for a time. I

jeffacarson@... writes: Jeff, This is a fairly common issue to deal with resin kits, whether they're a one piece body or a flat kit. In the case of a one piece body however, do not attempt adj

rhendrickson@... writes: And might I add, TYCO, who together with AHM, fabricated the myth that Santa Fe owned aqua-blue/green stock cars! Sheesh! I suppose that short of limited production b

Bob, The four kits that I built if used Evergreen .025" styrene rod to plug the holes first. I first softened the end with solvent, then quickly shoved it into the hole. There should be a slight amoun

mhrreast@... writes: Well, maybe not in the US, excluding the aviation industry, I believe large scale use of synthetic oil was started by the Nazi's in the 1940's in reaction to their war time

I saw that Hundman article that showed the technique, I think it was a scratch built CB&Q stockcar. I tried doing it a few times as well. I suggest working over a white background to help find those t

Denny, Wouldn't an old Walthers' catalog cover it? I seem to remember that in the 70's at least the entire Silver Streak line seemed to be in there. Sorry I don't have one that old anymore, but, it wo

sp1930s@... writes: Larry, I don't know if Westerfield or Sunshine uses a different mold release for the one piece versus the basic flat kit. What I have noticed though is that the degree

rhendrickson@... writes: Richard, What about the early plug door cars that Sunshine did? Off the top of my head I think Martin offered the Rr 47, 49, 51 & 52's? ( I may be off on one or two o

In a message dated 5/24/2004 9:10:49 AM Central Daylight Time, bnchmark@... writes: . The photos that accompany the MM article are not clear enough to indicate which way the reservoir should

In a message dated 10/14/2004 11:34:57 PM Central Daylight Time, ddermody@... writes: Whilst entering the data, I have run across some hoppers that are designated > by the single letter "C" for

In a message dated 10/24/2004 7:50:36 PM Central Daylight Time, dplants@... writes: I just started my first resin stock car, a Sunshine ATSF Sk-U. After spending the better part of my Saturday