Canadian Prewar AAR Boxcars


WaltGCox@...
 

In a message dated 2/21/2009 8:54:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
brian@... writes:

Was this the article in the August 1993, February 1994, or July 1988, of
RMC? He also hade multiple articles in RMJ in the 90's. Thanks
Brian Carlson



I believe the same article was in the Oct 1991 edition of CN lines. That is
the bible I have been using. Walt
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Brian J Carlson <brian@...>
 

Way back in 2007 Pierre Oliver said:
I have need of dozens of these cars in all their variants and will
continue to create them using the aftermarket parts and details as
described by Stafford Swain in RMC all those years ago now. It will
cost about the same and I'll the fun of building the cars. And I get
to use the lovely decal sets from Black Cat Publishing.
I did a search on the MR Train Index site and came up with 65 hits for
Stafford. I need some help narrowing down the back issue(s) I need to find.
Was this the article in the August 1993, February 1994, or July 1988, of
RMC? He also hade multiple articles in RMJ in the 90's. Thanks
Brian Carlson


WaltGCox@...
 

In a message dated 2/22/2009 11:01:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
riverman_vt@... writes:

And that would be what volume and number or issue number please??
CN Lines is not listed by year and month so that is not as helpful as
it otherwise might be.



Sorry, back then they were referred to both ways. It's Vol.3 No.4. There was
also a modeling follow up Vol.4 No.3 (July 1992). Walt
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
 

--- In STMFC@..., WaltGCox@... wrote:


In a message dated 2/21/2009 8:54:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
brian@... writes:

Was this the article in the August 1993, February 1994, or July
1988, of
RMC? He also hade multiple articles in RMJ in the 90's. Thanks
Brian Carlson



I believe the same article was in the Oct 1991 edition of CN lines.
That is
the bible I have been using. Walt


And that would be what volume and number or issue number please??
CN Lines is not listed by year and month so that is not as helpful as
it otherwise might be.

Thanks, Don Valentine


Claude Quesnelle
 

Brian,

The RMC back issues you are after are the Aug 93 and Feb 94 ones. Aug 93 hilites the different series of boxcars (ends, roofs, doors, etc) with photos of each different spotting feature. Feb 94 is almost a play-by-play on how Stafford kitbashed various kits into both the 10' and 10'6" boxcars, listing different detail parts used. The article mentions the different resin parts (roof, ends, doors) that were previously prepared by CPRMG, but now by Sylvan (Sylvan's online catalog lists their part number, and cross reference the old CPRMG #). There are also photos of in-progress (well, all details attached, prepainted) models. Also new from when the articles were written are the Black Cat Decals. All the different paint schemes (as listed in the article, schemes 1 thru 6) are all available. In my opinion, both articles are must haves. If you are having difficulty locating back issues, please contact me off-list and we can see what we can do.

The CNLines articles show the same things, but back issues are now only photocopies. I have these too, but the copy I have I must say is pretty beat up for my using it so much. Good qualitiy photocopies showing the details, but the colour photos of the RMC issues can't be beat.

Claude

Way back in 2007 Pierre Oliver said:
I have need of dozens of these cars in all their variants and will
continue to create them using the aftermarket parts and details as
described by Stafford Swain in RMC all those years ago now. It will
cost about the same and I'll the fun of building the cars. And I get
to use the lovely decal sets from Black Cat Publishing.
I did a search on the MR Train Index site and came up with 65 hits for
Stafford. I need some help narrowing down the back issue(s) I need to
find.
Was this the article in the August 1993, February 1994, or July 1988, of
RMC? He also hade multiple articles in RMJ in the 90's. Thanks
Brian Carlson


sparachuk <sparachuk@...>
 

--- In STMFC@..., "Quesnelle, Claude" <brossard77@...> wrote:

Brian,

The RMC back issues you are after are the Aug 93 and Feb 94 ones.
Aug 93 hilites the different series of boxcars (ends, roofs, doors,
etc) with photos of each different spotting feature. Feb 94 is almost
a play-by-play on how Stafford kitbashed various kits into both the
10' and 10'6" boxcars, listing different detail parts used. The
article mentions the different resin parts (roof, ends, doors) that
were previously prepared by CPRMG, but now by Sylvan (Sylvan's online
catalog lists their part number, and cross reference the old CPRMG #).
There are also photos of in-progress (well, all details attached,
prepainted) models. Also new from when the articles were written are
the Black Cat Decals. All the different paint schemes (as listed in
the article, schemes 1 thru 6) are all available. In my opinion, both
articles are must haves. If you are having difficulty locating back
issues, please contact me off-list and we can see what we can do.

The CNLines articles show the same things, but back issues are now
only photocopies. I have these too, but the copy I have I must say is
pretty beat up for my using it so much. Good qualitiy photocopies
showing the details, but the colour photos of the RMC issues can't be
beat.

Claude
Canadian boxcar fans: Yesterday I was talking to the owner of Sylvan
and he says his inventory of these parts is running down. His interest
these days centres more on vehicles. I don't want to create a panic
but perhaps it would be best to order these parts soon before it's too
late.

Stephan Parachuk
Toronto