Does anyone know of photos of the Indianapolis RPM meet posted anywhere? Darrall Swift Modeling the BN/MILW in North Central Montana, Great Falls to Shelby, Circa:August-September 1979

G'Day Everyone, A friend of mine recently purchased Sunshine Kit 30.10, which is the B&O P-11 Flatcar. The kit was without instructions, and I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the instructions th

Folks, the 2021 Central Ohio RPM is BEING held September 23-25 at Marion Union Station, Marion, Ohio. Our meet features the usual RPM content, plus much more. First off, we 3 double track mainlines th

G'Day Gents, I started assembling a couple of Yarmouth Models Works NP resin boxcars, and in both cases, managed to rub ribs (cast to thin?) off the roofs with my thumb and fingers while gluing in the

Thanks David, As a modeler modeling an era where stub sill tank cars are the norm, I'm not up to speed regarding the nomenclatures for the different type of frames associated with older tank cars. Cor

G'Day Gents, I'm always on the lookout for photos of steam era freight cars that will fit my August - September 1979 timeframe, and the other night, I came across this photo of a GYRX 168 https://www.

Scott It's my understanding that the Tichy model represents a USRA design from WWI that was never built here in the US. However, this design was built in Canada during WWII and the Canadian cars survi

G 'Day Everyone, It looks like Intermountain is taking reservations for GS gons. I was wondering if there is any interest to see if we can get them to produce the ends (UP Version) seperately as parts

G 'Day Everyone, Last year at Naperville, several folks mentioned that there was a European manufacturer that had the capability of producing scale brass I-Beams, L-Beams, and Z-Bracing. And to make a

Hi Devlyn, I am interested in your list of resin cars. Please send the list to doswift@.... Best Regards, Darrall Swift

Over the weekend, I picked up a white metal kit of a HO Scale Test Car that was manufactured by Stewart Products of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Does anyone know much about the kit, or prototypes it repr

Ed, Thanks Ed. The primary reason for my inquiry regarding the legends that the Santa Fe applied to the Bx-69 class, and which is beyond the scope of this group, is that I also need to apply ACI tags,

Thanks Richard, Your explanation is an eye opener as what to look for when researching Sante Fe cars painted in the late 1940's to late 1950's. Since I haven't come across one of the Bx-69 class cars

G'Day All, Awhile back, I picked up a Branchline kit of ATSF 17189 (Bx-69 class) that has the slogan "The Route of the Super Chief". While looking for photos of the Bx-69 class (ATSF 17000-17499) onli

G'Day All, While reading over the instructions for my F&C kit for an Erie Dunmore built covered hopper, I was surprised to learn that GATC supplied the Nickel Plate & UP with kits of the same design.

G'Day Everyone, I'm presently building 5 of the West Shore/Funaro & Carmerlango Erie built 1951 Dunmore Shops covered hoppers, and I want to replace the awful looking running boards with Plano etched

Hello Everyone, I'm interested in doing one of the following 40' B&LE Boxcars as it would have appeared in the late 1970's utilizing a Speedwitch Media 1937 AAR Boxcar kit, but I need to confirm that

G'Day All, As a modeler who models late 1979, I'm always on the lookout for steam era kits that will fit into my era. So I got pretty excited when I picked up a couple of Sunshine kits for the Warren/

G'Day All, I recently tried to access the website for Speedwitch Media, but the site is no longer available. Is Ted still in business? Regards, Darrall Swift Colorado Springs, CO

G'Evening All, While going through some older RMC's this evening, I came across an article written by Jim Slaughter in the November 1991 issue regarding three kitbashes using MDC tank cars. One of the