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F&C Kits
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destron@...
Just wondering, is there a list/catalogue of F&C kits available somewhere
besides their website? The website seems not to work, where the freight car kits are concerned. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos
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Robert Daniels
The F&C web site works only in Internet Explorer.
Rob Daniels New York, NY destron@... wrote: Just wondering, is there a list/catalogue of F&C kits available somewhere besides their website? The website seems not to work, where the freight car kits are concerned. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
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destron@...
Ah, wonderful. So they don't want Linux users as customers?
In any event. Is there another source for a listing of their kits? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC The F&C web site works only in Internet Explorer. ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos
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SUVCWORR@...
The F&C web site works only in Internet Explorer. This isn't accurate. Mozzila, AOL, Comcast and Verizon proprietary browsers all work. Using IE and looking at the source code, the site is in standard HTML. Now back to the topic of the list before I am sent off to jail. Rich Orr **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
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SUVCWORR@...
In a message dated 1/27/2008 1:31:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
thompson@... writes: It's not the "standard" HTML which makes something work in one browser and not another--it's the "features" embedded in how it works. Speaking as someone who has had to do extensive work on a web site (ours), I have always stuck with "generic" features so that essentially all browsers, even older versions, will be able to view all pages. To default to IE seems to me a foolish "economy" if you interfere with customers. Tony, They are using frames which do not work in all browsers. But it is code to detect browsers which cannot handle frames and then a button to view in a non-frames version is offered. Other than that I don't see any special features. Rich **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489
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Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...>
I'm a regular Mozilla user but I've resigned myself to using IE to see all
of F&C's website. Parts of it just don't work for me with Mozilla. Especially the freight car area. Call, write, or email them and ask for their latest list. It's not a complete list of all kits but it includes the newest ones and some deals on older ones. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of SUVCWORR@... Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:12 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] F&C Kits The F&C web site works only in Internet Explorer.This isn't accurate. Mozzila, AOL, Comcast and Verizon proprietary browsers all work. Using IE and looking at the source code, the site is in standard HTML. Rich Orr
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Brian Paul Ehni <behni@...>
As a Mac user, I have to agree. If it were "standard" HTML, ANY browser
would work fine. Safari and Firefox do not work at all. Apparently, Microsoft has decided to drop out of the Mac browser field. Something about not being able to compete with a bundled browser, I guess. -- Thanks! Brian Ehni From: Jim & Lisa Hayes <jimandlisa97225@...> Reply-To: <STMFC@...> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:57:36 -0800 To: <STMFC@...> Subject: RE: [STMFC] F&C Kits I'm a regular Mozilla user but I've resigned myself to using IE to see all of F&C's website. Parts of it just don't work for me with Mozilla. Especially the freight car area. Call, write, or email them and ask for their latest list. It's not a complete list of all kits but it includes the newest ones and some deals on older ones. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon _____ From: STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of SUVCWORR@... <mailto:SUVCWORR%40aol.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:12 AM To: STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [STMFC] F&C Kits The F&C web site works only in Internet Explorer.This isn't accurate. Mozzila, AOL, Comcast and Verizon proprietary browsers all work. Using IE and looking at the source code, the site is in standard HTML. Rich Orr
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Rich Orr wrote:
This isn't accurate. Mozzila, AOL, Comcast and Verizon proprietary browsers all work. Using IE and looking at the source code, the site is in standard HTML.It's not the "standard" HTML which makes something work in one browser and not another--it's the "features" embedded in how it works. Speaking as someone who has had to do extensive work on a web site (ours), I have always stuck with "generic" features so that essentially all browsers, even older versions, will be able to view all pages. To default to IE seems to me a foolish "economy" if you interfere with customers. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@... Publishers of books on railroad history
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destron@...
I use SeaMonkey normally, and the F&C website didn't completely work in
that or Firefox on a Linux platform. I *just* now tried the Dillo browser (an exceptionally light browser), and it works: probably not as the site designers intended, but it works: I get the HO freight cars page with all the sub-links visible. Hooray for free software that's better than payware. :) On topic now: In general terms, how accurate are F&C kits? I'd be interested in the ACL war emergency gon, the M53s, CofG 32 ARA car, the MP54 (not a freight car, I know), and a few others. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC As a Mac user, I have to agree. If it were "standard" HTML, ANY browser ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Frank Valoczy wrote:
"Just wondering, is there a list/catalogue of F&C kits available somewhere besides their website?" Interminable software discussion aside, this is a worthy project for someone to take on - Funaro has issued many kits over the years, and not all of them are currently in production. Additionally, it would be worthwhile identifying those kits done by Funaro for other vendors (i.e., NEB&W Green Dot, Yankee Clipper, West Shore Line, etc.). This would be a great way for some of you list members to contribute more to the community, much as Jim Hayes has compiling and maintaining the Sunshine Kit List. Ben Hom
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benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...>
Frank Valoczy wrote:
"On topic now: In general terms, how accurate are F&C kits? I'd be interested in the ACL war emergency gon, the M53s, CofG 32 ARA car, the MP54 (not a freight car, I know), and a few others." The quality of Funaro's kits have vastly improved over the years; however, it's a very good idea to verify your work using photos and other independent sources. This goes for even newer kits - case in point: the PRR Class X28A boxcars, which contains a number of obvious errors when compared with prototype photos. (See discussion of this specific kit in the archives.) Ben Hom
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destron@...
Tony,It's not the frames that are the issue - it's the 'click on the link to expand the list' feature on the HO Freight Cars page. When you click the HO Freight Cars link on the left frame, the page brings up a list sorted by roadname. Then, when you click on a road, it brings a list on the same page of the kits available for that road. It is this feature which is making the difficulties. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC ----- http://hydrorail.hostwq.net/index.html - Rails along the Fraser http://hydrorail.rrpicturearchives.net/ - Rail Photos
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Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
One small issue that I've had with various makers' resin kits--not just
F&C. For example, kits from all three different resin manufacturers for the CN 503500-513499 series 40' steel-frame boxcars--is the use of generic (usually Tichy) brake rigging and underframe diagrams in the instructions. These CN cars--I have lots of photos and several articles on these cars, including Ted Culotta's excellent piece, with photos showing one of these cars as rebuilt in 1949 with a diagonal panel Stanray roof. But I am modelling an Eastern Ontario railway line that often used a lot of US roads' cars as well as those of CN when the grain was running. It's a challenge for me to do the research for every road's car to model same accurately. Ted Culotta's "Essential Freight Cars" series has been very, very, helpful in my quest to model many of these US cars. For example, I was given an F&C Lehigh Valley "wrong-way" kit. Not long after, the article on these cars was run in RMC, which is helping me immmensely in modelling this car. Steve Lucas. --- In STMFC@..., "benjaminfrank_hom" <b.hom@...> wrote:
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