In my stash of unbuilt kits, I have West Shore Line kit #9103 - New York Central MOW Boom Car. I seem to recall that they offered a B&O Wagontop covered hopper as well, although I can’t find that kit

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry, on list and off. Sounds like it is nothing to be concerned about. Mark Rossiter

A quick question for the resin kit builders out there. Most of the kit manufacturers nowadays are using one-piece bodies for box cars, rather than flat wall pieces. In many ways I view this as a huge

Several manufacturers offer twin bay composite hoppers decorated for the Lehigh Valley Railroad painted in a freight car red paint scheme. According to the Anthracite Historical Society's website, the

Ray, I agree with much of what you stated. Most of the old P2K line can be picked up for a song. In my opinion, they are no more difficult to assemble than the Gould/Tichy, Red Caboose or Intermountai

Like many of you, I am taking a hard look at my stash of unbuilt resin kits and have decided that there are some I am never going to get around to building for a variety of reasons. I am offering up t

Yes but . . . while I understand it is out of scope to comment on Mr. Hundman as a person, Mainline Modeler was his product. If one of the purposes of this list is to share the information necessary t

Ed, it is way easier to just order the Kadee scale head coupler assembly for their PS-1 cars. A little more costly, but a lot less hassle. https://kadee.com/htmbord/page2100.htm Mark Rossiter

Very nice modeling Clark. The treatment of your roads blending into the backdrop is very effective. Among the best I have ever seen! Mark Rossiter

Someone mentioned Teflon tape in passing, but there was no real commentary on it from the masses. It’s readily available and not very expensive. I’m sure it would be OK for use on Poly Scale and other

Al, I meant no disrespect in my comments on your NYC hopper kit. I purchased and successfully assembled many of your boxcar kits made of the same material. It was the scale thickness of the carbody wa

Dan and friends, yes the NEB&W was a fictitious railroad, but in addition to the modeled prototype scenes you mentioned, the motive power and rolling stock was based on Rutland and D&H prototypes. It

Interesting chalk marks on the first photo. Mark Rossiter

Thanks Tony. Yeah, I started out commenting on the customer service practices, especially the prompt shipping (AND getting the order right the first time), but quickly shifted gears into the products

I know we are not supposed to discuss manufacturer's business practices on this list, but what if they are AWESOME! I ordered one of the new Tangent insulated tank cars on Wenesday and it was in my ha

Michael, Andy Sperandeo did a little blog on modifying the unusual BLI trick mounting arrangement in order to substitute trucks from Tahoe Model Works, etc. These cars are notorious for the running bo

Bill, if you are talking about the General American 1917-design 8000 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car, yes they had some at the show. For sure they had some of the Deep Rock and UTLX cars. I don't know h

I was finally contacted by Spring Mills Depot about my interest in purchasing one of these cars. I placed my order immediately after learning the shipping charges. Less than an hour later I was notifi

It just so happens, I will be going to that show, so I will look for them there. I know we are not supposed to comment on business practices, so I won't.

Have any of you been able to successfully purchase one of the B&O N034 wagon top covered hoppers from Spring Mills Depot as announced recently in Model Rqilroader magazine? There is no phone number li