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Who Produced the First Resin Kit in HO?
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gary laakso
I think William Clouster introduced resin in O scale, ages ago, at least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first resin kit in HO?
gary laakso south of Mike Brock vasa0vasa@...
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Eugene E. Deimling <losgatos48@...>
His name was William Clouser and the material he used was a metal-
filled industrial epoxy. It would dull a drill in a few seconds. Gene Deimling --- In STMFC@..., "gary laakso" <vasa0vasa@...> wrote: least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first resin kit in HO?
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Richard Hendrickson
On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, gary laakso wrote:
I think William Clouster introduced resin in O scale, ages ago, at least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first resin kit in HO?The earliest ones I'm aware of were produced by Dennis Storzek, now of Accurail. Dennis, who is on this list, may know if there were earlier examples. Richard Hendrickson
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cj riley <cjriley42@...>
The earliest resin kits I am aware of were structure kits by Lytler & Lytler,
back in the '70s. They were several story commercial buildings of an ornate design. Also made of a tough resin. I also believe some of the old Red Ball/Wabash valley car kits were done in resin, but before Dennis? There were also some early clear resin Autos and trucks, also from a tough resin. CJ Riley --- Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, gary laakso wrote:I think William Clouster introduced resin in O scale, ages ago, atThe earliest ones I'm aware of were produced by Dennis Storzek, now of ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121
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Westerfield <westerfield@...>
Richard - I produced cars about a year before Dennis did (I remember him complaining to me about the accuracy of one of my kits - I later returned the favor about his spurious Accurail road names - all in fun) but Funaro produced his auto car while still in high school, probably before me. And Eric Bronsky made some HO traction about the same time. My kits were the first in wide distribution. - Al
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From: Richard Hendrickson To: STMFC@... Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Who Produced the First Resin Kit in HO? On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, gary laakso wrote: > I think William Clouster introduced resin in O scale, ages ago, at > least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first resin kit in HO? The earliest ones I'm aware of were produced by Dennis Storzek, now of Accurail. Dennis, who is on this list, may know if there were earlier examples. Richard Hendrickson
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Richard Hendrickson
On Feb 7, 2007, at 3:56 PM, Westerfield wrote:
My kits were the first in wide distribution.Certainly no argument there, Al, and I'm proud to say I was one of your earliest customers, back in the fragile green resin era. Richard Hendrickson
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Jerry Dziedzic
Green resin? Was that an earlier product than the metal-filled 1201
G22 Pennsy gon that I busted half a dozen drill bits on so long ago? That gon soldiers on faithfully here, though most every time we couple onto it another chip flies off into the etric. The car certainly satisfies the old ICC requirements of a rebuild. I doubt that there's much more left of the original than the rivet holes. My very best, Al and Patricia. Your kits raised the bar of modeling standards. More importantly, you've always been very gracious to me, on the rare occasions that we meet or we correspond. Good health! Jerry Dziedzic Pattenburg, NJ --- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: your earliest customers, back in the fragile green resin era.
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Dennis Storzek
--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...>
wrote: At the time I started, Al Westerfield was already in production, and had produced several kits. Al was using polyester resin; miserable brittle stuff that made the molds swell, so if one wasn't careful to not re-fill the molds too soon, each successive set of parts would be bigger. I was aware of Clouser's O scale work with aluminum filled epoxy, and decided that was a better way to go. My problem then became mold life, as the epoxy tried to do a good job of bonding itself to the silicone RTV rubber, and eventually succeeded. Both Al and I independently found the urethane that has become the standard for resin kits ever since. While William J. Clouser had already done epoxy resin kits for O scale AAR boxcars, traction equipment, and even a narrow gauge car, I can't think of anyone who had an HO resin kit on the market before Al Westerfield. I find it interesting that people keep asking Al when he is going to do the Frisco "sawtooth" car. Before I started in the business, I corresponded with Al, offering to measure and draw a Soo Line "sawtooth" boxcar if he'd do a kit of it. Al's reply was that drawings of the Frisco car were already in the Car Builder's Cyc, and he could just do that car. That wasn't good enough for me, I wanted a Soo Line car, so I decided to go it alone. Now, twenty-five years later, apparently the Frisco car still isn't done. Dennis
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armprem
Dennis,I think that Ted has a Frisco in his line.Armand Premo
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From: "Dennis Storzek" <destorzek@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:27 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Who Produced the First Resin Kit in HO? > --- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> > wrote: >> >> On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, gary laakso wrote: >> >> > I think William Clouster introduced resin in O scale, ages ago, at >> > least per Model Railroader. Who produced the first resin kit in HO? >> >> The earliest ones I'm aware of were produced by Dennis Storzek, now of >> Accurail. Dennis, who is on this list, may know if there were earlier >> examples. >> >> Richard Hendrickson > > At the time I started, Al Westerfield was already in production, and > had produced several kits. Al was using polyester resin; miserable > brittle stuff that made the molds swell, so if one wasn't careful to > not re-fill the molds too soon, each successive set of parts would be > bigger. I was aware of Clouser's O scale work with aluminum filled > epoxy, and decided that was a better way to go. My problem then became > mold life, as the epoxy tried to do a good job of bonding itself to > the silicone RTV rubber, and eventually succeeded. Both Al and I > independently found the urethane that has become the standard for > resin kits ever since. > > While William J. Clouser had already done epoxy resin kits for O scale > AAR boxcars, traction equipment, and even a narrow gauge car, I can't > think of anyone who had an HO resin kit on the market before Al > Westerfield. > > I find it interesting that people keep asking Al when he is going to > do the Frisco "sawtooth" car. Before I started in the business, I > corresponded with Al, offering to measure and draw a Soo Line > "sawtooth" boxcar if he'd do a kit of it. Al's reply was that drawings > of the Frisco car were already in the Car Builder's Cyc, and he could > just do that car. That wasn't good enough for me, I wanted a Soo Line > car, so I decided to go it alone. Now, twenty-five years later, > apparently the Frisco car still isn't done. > > Dennis > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 10:22 AM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Aramnd Premo wrote:
"Dennis, I think that Ted has a Frisco in his line." Hey Armand, who the heck do you think provided the masters for this kit? http://www.speedwitch.com/Models/k108.htm Great to see this kit back on the market - it's been sorely missed. Ben Hom
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earlyrail
--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...>
wrote: Don't forget Roller Bearing Models. Some of the first epoxy kits, or at least major parts of the kits. Howard Garner
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Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...>
Richard,
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I'm going to date myself here, but I seem to remember that there were HOn2/2.5 resin kits for Sandy River box cars back in the early 1970s. Wouldn't that would predate Dennis' models. Kind regards, Garth G. Groff Richard Hendrickson wrote:
On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:27 PM, gary laakso wrote:
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The Frisco sawtooth car is featured as the January 2007 release on Al Westerfield's website.
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http://www.westerfield.biz/it020001.htm Regards, Steve Hile
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From: benjaminfrank_hom To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:35 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Who Produced the First Resin Kit in HO? Aramnd Premo wrote: "Dennis, I think that Ted has a Frisco in his line." Hey Armand, who the heck do you think provided the masters for this kit? http://www.speedwitch.com/Models/k108.htm Great to see this kit back on the market - it's been sorely missed. Ben Hom
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Howard Garner wrote:
"Don't forget Roller Bearing Models." I've been trying to forget them since that first PRR Class H25 hopper kit. :-) Ben Hom
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armprem
ME TOO!A.Premo
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From: "benjaminfrank_hom" <b.hom@...> To: <STMFC@...> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:27 AM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Who Produced the First Resin Kit in HO? > Howard Garner wrote: > "Don't forget Roller Bearing Models." > > I've been trying to forget them since that first PRR Class H25 hopper > kit. :-) > > > Ben Hom > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 10:22 AM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Pieter Roos
Pollymold Castings Corp made a SR&RL boxcar kit in epoxy resin. I
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think the date was 1972 (I can check at home tonight) and later a pair of WW&F passenger cars and freelance caboose, all HOn30 (or HOn2 1/2 as it was called at the time). There may have been an N scale Interurban in epoxy by another maker before the Polymold kits. I think Bill Clouser preceeded all of them however; the last article referencing him is in the March 1971 Model Railroader according to the Kalmbach indexs, which would have discussed his resin kits as an existing product. Pieter Roos
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rfederle@...
Thanks Howard,
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I was trying to think of that name. Roller Bearing Models, I think I still have a kit unbuilt. It was a "Waffle Side" Boxcar. Robert Federle ---- earlyrail <cascaderail@...> wrote:
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Rhbale@...
Bill Clouser had samples of his O scale resin box cars at the PCR 25th
Anniversary Convention at Disneyland in 1969. But they didn't draw much attention because Clouser was there to demonstrate the use of Strathmore board. For the convention, Leighton Keeling arranged to have three master craftsmen working alongside each other in three very different materials. Sitting next to Clouser was Alan Armitage working in styrene (still very new in 1969) and at the end of the table, with a cloud of cigar smoke hanging over him, was Bill Hoffman who was rapidly fabricating an O scale Pacific Electric car in basswood. Hoffman finished the body before the convention was over. Dick Bale Carlsbad, CA
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Rhbale@...
I'm curious if anyone knows why the significant difference in time required
to clean up Kemtron casting vs those from Valley Brass, since production at both firms was handled by Harry Parker, a production manager with considerable experience in investment casting. In early 1959, John Anderson, who made many of Kemtron's masters, and Parker left Kemalyon to start Valley Brass & Bronze, a firm based in Fresno, California, that marketed model railroad products under the name Cal-Scale. Dick Bale Carlsbad, CA
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Mike Fortney
Around 1981 or so, I bought one of those Roller Bearing Models
amber-colored, sticky resin waffle side cars prepainted in something from the future called "ICG". Sold the kit at a swap meet years ago. Absolutely dreadful resin kit, especially compared with what we have available today. Mike Fortney --- In STMFC@..., <rfederle@...> wrote: still have a kit unbuilt. It was a "Waffle Side" Boxcar.
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