bud: didn't john do a version with the seam? the rest would be a standby foobie ;-) mel

tony; THANK YOU ;-) mel perry

tom: MANY THANKS, out of curiosity, did mathieson merge or get bought out, i ask because they had their own reporting marks at one time "malx & mawx"?@, besides the leased "shpx", thanks again ;-) mel

out of curiousity whose reporting marks? thanks ;-)

the straps are "crimped" together, usually the fastner will.have 2 or 4 "toothmarks" where the fastner has been "crimped" by the "crimper" (the tool) ;-)

RIGHT ON, tell it like it is, between the passing of the present generation and the increasing prices, only the rich and the millennials will be able to afford this "hobby", but i forget, this hobby w

bruce; 1) simple, i've never seen it in service, only on dead lines, not to say it didn't happen, i just haven't seen it 2)PE8501?, i'm teferencing PE00119, which clearly a t-section on the left and a

interesting, that car has two different trucks, is it on a scrap line? mel perry

hi ted: do you do paypal.f&f? also how much shipping to 94128 thanks mel perry

out of curiosity, what does book #1 cover? thanks mel perry

brian; thanks, i got gypped !!! ;-( mel perry

brian: i show tsc #9 devoted to steam locomotives? do you mean tsc #12? thanks ;-) mel perry

looks brand new or a complete rebuilt? mel perry

pete: use plastic, there's a seperate entry ;-)

does anyone know who is handling his estate? that can be contacted, to ascertain the status of this file? mel perry

it appears that the cross braces on the front tank have been disconnected, lacking any data on the cars themselves, agree that they are in a scrap line ;-) mel perry

get a cat ;-) mel perry

a painter friend mention "neutral packaging", where as the painted model is stored in a neutral enviroment, whereas the packaging will have no effect on the paint job, methods listed by tim o and lest

looks like the other side of the creek had been flooded recently, mel perry

hi: don't forget PFE'S R40-10 class :-)