Great photo of the Westerfield kit! First one I ever built. Tony Thompson tony@...

Dan Smith wrote: Yes, the PFE book will show you data that as late as 1960, most cars were still wood-sheathed. I don’t know the date of this photo, but it is very obviously after PFE stopped washing

I like the model, Clark, good weathering touches. Glad you shared it. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bill Jolitz wrote: And it's darn good paint. I use several of their colors a lot. Tony Thompson tony@...

Kenneth Montero wrote: A number of the Athearn cars were so analyzed by Richard Hendrickson, in a group of article in MRJ, but never collected in one place, AFAIK. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor wrote: But the box car is an oddball height -- and I assume we are neglecting the horribly clunky door claws and too-short doors -- sigh, okay, I'm not going down the whole list. Tony Tho

Note that it’s an ACR side, with the light angles between the main posts. The assembled car at left is too. Tony Thompson tony@...

Todd Sullivan wrote: Very well said, Todd. My thoughts exactly. Tony Thompson tony@...

Practice, practice, practice. Tony Thompson tony@...

Very good-looking car! Are these going to be available when you get the bugs out? Tony Thompson

Please, let's not rehash old grudges from years ago. Did all that, got the T-shirt. Tony Thompson tony@...

I changed long ago from Squadron to Tamiya, better qualities all around. I once made up a batch of the "styrene putty" from sprues, worked okay, wasn't wonderful. Maybe I need more experience to recom

Eric Hansmann wrote: Excellent catch, Eric, now that it's baseball season. Tony Thompson tony@...

Claus Schlund wrote: Officially, it was against the rules (unless the car is bound for Canada). Unofficially . . . well . . . Tony Thompson tony@...

Jeff White wrote: Jeff, just put the Joy emblem on some big crates . . . and you're there. Tony Thompson tony@...

John Sykes III wrote: No, the flammable insulation in PFE's steel reefers was kapok, QUITE flammable. Tony Thompson tony@...

Clarence Zink wrote: True today, but of course in the period of this list it was the SP. Tony Thompson tony@...

Matt Goodman wrote: I have settled on this same color for wheel faces. From my own observations and from photos, the wheel face should NOT be dead black. And remember that the oil spillage was a dust

Bob Chaparrowrote: Of course most of them are having fun sitting on the car roofs, not helping with the unloading. Tony Thompson tony@...

Brian Shumaker wrote: Not really. The AAR did drop, about 1955, its "standard" nomenclature that any double-door box car was classified as "automobile" regardless of cargoes carried, but a number of r