Regarding the Ethyl emblem, it goes back further than 1952. It was used on cars as early as 1944 and likely prior to that, as well. Printing decals for them (dekuhls in Canadian). Cheers, Ted Ted Culo

Working again. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media P.O. Box 392, Guilford, CT 06437 speedwitchmedia@... - www.speedwitchmedia.com Blog: http://prototopics.blogspot.com

Sorry.... just updated something on the site and you all probably can't get to the site right now. Fixing.... Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media P.O. Box 392, Guilford, CT 06437 speedwitchmedia@... -

Flier attached. Please visit speedwitchmedia.com for the details. I'm on vacation for a few more days so any queries may go unanswered for a bit..... Thank you Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media

Meant to send this here, but absentmindedly sent it to the old Yahoo group. Anyway.... As mentioned during Hindsight 20/20, we will be conducting some weeknight clinics, as well as further iterations

True on the New Haven. There was the 2-10-2 (hauling Steam Era freight cars... did I stay outta jail Mike?) that threw a tire while on the Poughkeepsie Bridge (gantlet tracked so there was no pulling

Hi John- Sorry! I really stepped in it with this one. 85450-85949, built by ACF in 1927, did not have end doors. They did have Dreadnaught ends and Camel doors. I will have to go back and update the s

I may be misunderstanding, Tony, but your calculation is "unfettered" whereas if you have a finite space to fill and you use larger rather than smaller "chunks" then you can't get as many in the finit

Hi Bruce, Please educate me because I don't see the uproar. Yes, the crossmember should all face one end on one side and the other end on the other side, but the guts are there - two crossbearers and

Due to the response to the concept of Hindsight 20/20, we have added an additional 100 slots. This will be the only increase in number of attendees. If you do not see this message in time and all addi

Just to be clear, to attend, you must go to the link below and go through the checkout. It's free, but there are a limited number of slots on the video stream and this is the only way we can meter the

Here is the Kadee Gypsum: https://prototopics.blogspot.com/2018/10/kadee-us-gypsum-expanded-metal-running.html and on the finished model: https://prototopics.blogspot.com/2018/11/completing-kadee-sant

I don't recall a write-up of the early version of the Kadee PS-1. After waiting to see undec versions, I finally gave up and bought a decorated one to serve as fodder for a 12-panel PS-1 rework. Howev

I forgot to post here that my file can be accessed via my Blog link below. Once there, scroll down several posts to locate. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media P.O. Box 392, Guilford, CT 06437 sp

Ummmm.... Palmolive is made by Colgate-Palmolive. That’s akin to talking about the IPhone from Samsung. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... - www.speedwitchmedia.com Blog: http://pr

Hi Nelson Sadly, I can’t remember off the top of my head which volume, but there were photos of these cars in the Focus on Freight Cars that covered ART. I’m pretty sure you have that one. Ted Culotta

Sorry for the email blast… just sending out an update. I am finished with the marathon four week stretch that included Prototype Rails, Springfield, and Timomium. I have a few small new items as well

There were at least two versions of the Anthracite round emblem... one with serifs and one without. How do I know? I discovered it after I had completed, or so I thought, artwork for Pierre’s box cars

It’s a LOT easier if you use a mask... speaking from experience. Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... - www.speedwitchmedia.com Blog: http://prototopics.blogspot.com

In that vein, when you contact the archives in Temple, Texas (ATSF), Craig Ordner digs through everything to get you photos, diagrams, sketches, etc., with nothing more suggested than a donation to co