This email with attached photos was previously sent to all modelers who have prepaid for this kit. If you missed out on the earlier announcements (spanning several months) and still want to purchase a

Garth … I saw several Vanderbilt tenders (4- and 6-axle) in MOW service while living in Virginia in the 80s. Definitely “eye catching” in a consist of old boxcars and passenger cars. There were a few

Several years ago, I produced an HO Tennessee Central boxcar as-delivered in 1941 with flat, riveted roof and with what most modelers know as PS-0 ends (correct nomenclature is “proprietary Pullman Co

Further research indicates that the NRC-IC reefer on the Abingdon Branch train is from the 19000-19499 series, built in 1950. The flat, riveted end makes this an eye-catching car. See attached pic fro

Here’s the photo that stirred my questions. It appears to be of the 190xx series with a plain plug door only. The car was hauling “seed potatoes” to West Jefferson, NC. Not iced, just used for insulat

Has this car been produced in HO? Diamond emblem is green, roof and ends are reddish-brown, body is dull yellow. I found a pic of a similar car on the Abingdon Branch hauling “seeding potatoes” in LCL

Tony … I produced the SAL B-7 in HO resin and still offer it in S scale. The HO patterns were sold to Wright Trak Models 8-ish years ago and, I think, are now owned by Greg King at Southbound Model Wo

Thanks, Eric. I used Micro Scale’s TF-2 (black) which is shown as out of stock on their web site. Any blank decal paper can be used, just paint it the color you want. For my application, I taped off a

I don’t understand your comment re: a “shadow” around the decal edges. Nothing shows up on my images and except in 1 spot where a little white from an adjoining decal was included when I cut from a sh

Attached is a low-rez photo of an Intermountain 70-ton AAR bulkhead flat I modified to represent a B&O P-25D. The car represents 1 of 50 built at B&O’s Dubois PA shops in 1959 wearing stenciling that’

Noted modeller, Bob Harpe, told me years ago that he uses 2 strengths of Solvaset. 1 is a mix of 40% Solvaset, 40% distilled water and 20% isopropyl alcohol. I don’t use distilled water because our ci

I think “not opaque enough” is a common complaint about ALPS printed decals if you want to model a new(-ish) paint. For faded and/or weathered lettering, I’ve heard (and experienced) that ALPS works O

I need (7) Accurail #122 brake sets to finish a production run of kits. Accurail sold me the rest of their inventory and the part is now discontinued. Please contact me off-list if you can help. Thank

I’m finishing modifying an IM AAR bulkhead flat to represent B&O’s P-31c (an extra welded gusset will backdate this 1955) and need a color pic of a car with Gold Bond wrapper over plaster board (sheet

It was pointed out to me today that my web address wasn’t working. Thru some investigation, I found that WWW. is no longer used and, in fact, created a barrier for my web site to be uploaded to my ser

Marty ... I regularly use http://pdc.ca/rr/catalog for all of my decal work (just rec'd 23 sheets for my O scale SOU gon yesterday). Bill can create artwork if you need. Very fast delivery from a US a

Yes, I produced the M53 in HO and S. The S is currently out of stock but will be rerun shortly when the M15k comes out. Jim King SMMW Sent from Mail for Windows 10

For those of you who don’t frequent O-scale specific groups, please note that I am in production of the Southern 41’6” low side gon in O scale. You can read more about it here: http://www.smokymountai

Thanks, Ben. Is there a way to download those pages? I can’t get the pages to print either on my printer or as a pdf. Jim King www.smokymountainmodelworks.com

There was a post on this group on Feb 20 re: an RRP 36L kit. Which came first, Eastern Car Works or RRP? Did 1 company buy out the other? I can’t imagine there was sufficient market demand for 2 compa