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Greg Martin
Schuyler,
You can trust the PRR units are correct unless they changed something since Ben Hom went oer it with a fine toothed comb... He and I even agreed on the color and I think they did a good job, Marty, was that when you were still there or was Matt in charge? Greg Martin |
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Schuyler Larrabee
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Asking before what was accurate saved me a lot of money . . . .what about this time? SGL |
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Schuyler Larrabee
Thanks, Greg! And Ben, too!
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And since we all model the PRR . . . ;^) SGL -----Original Message----- |
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Schuyler, 4 of the 8 cars have KC brakes which indicates
they may be not correct for your era of the 1950's. For example the SP B-50-12's were rebuilt into all-steel cars by 1950. The latest photos I have of any are from 1949. Many PRR cars were rebuilt into all-steel X26C's while a couple hundred USRA X26's are listed in the ORER in 1955 (about 2% of the original fleet). The Georgia cars had different roofs, as we have discussed here before. I love that black & silver paint but the models are a compromise. Tim O' |
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Frank Greene <fgreen01@...>
At Savannah, Ted Culotta had a flyer for his steam freight cars seminar that is scheduled for later this year in Boston (?). He will have a mini-kit to correct the GARR rebuilt box cars with the correct roof for a seminar clinic. I'm not sure whether he plans to offer the kit after the seminar.
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Frank Greene Memphis, TN fgreen01@... ----- Original Message -----
From: Tim O'Connor Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:51 PM Subject: RE: [STMFC] New stuff The Georgia cars had different roofs, as we have discussed here before. I love that black & silver paint but the models are a compromise. Tim O' |
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pullmanboss <tgmadden@...>
Frank Greene wrote:
Frank, Ted's seminar is next Saturday, April 15 from 8 AM to 10 PM at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell, CT. The flyer on the Speedwitch web site states that the kit is exclusive for seminar attendees. I have no idea how many of the 30 slots are filled. As for the car being a mini-kit, well, it's a mini-kit in the sense that Shaquille O'Neal is the world's tallest midget. The Tichy underframe is used, but the one- piece cast resin body, doors, roof walk and laterals and many detail parts are resin castings from Ted's patterns. Tom Madden |
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