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Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank (UNCLASSIFIED)
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roblmclear <rob.mclear3@...>
Then I started their Caswell Gondola.It had to have been designed by Freddy..The number of small operating wheels for the drop bottom doors are a time consuming pain in the B---I would have to rate this car as the most challenging of all the Westerfields with which I am familiar......... and I have yet to finish it . ..Armand Premo
Armand I'm no expert either but I built two of these kits some time ago and had a great time doing it, I have posted a couple of pictures in the photos section under ATSF Caswells, hopefully they will turn up soon when approved by the moderator. I didn't get around to weathering them as they were sold almost after they were built when a friend offered more than I was able to refuse when he saw them. Loved the kits and really miss Al's products. Regards Rob Mclear Brisbane Australia. |
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Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...>
I've built one of the NorWest tank cars. It wound up as an Imperial Oil car once I added aftermarket parts and fabricated a number of other parts, also finding small factual errors in the instructions. Another of these kits sits in a box with even more extensive mods started to become a McColl-Frontenac (Texaco's Canadian operation) tank car. I can only echo Pierre's comments about this f*&%$#@ kit. Good thing that I've built these cars for myself. To build them for someone else properly would require more effort than I think any modeller is willing to pay for.
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Steve Lucas. --- In STMFC@..., "Pierre" <pierre.oliver@...> wrote:
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Armand Premo
Hardly an expert,but I have built some Fifty Westerfield kits,I personally think that their ore cars, and NYC stock cars are reasonably difficult .Then I started their Caswell Gondola.It had to have been designed by Freddy..The number of small operating wheels for the drop bottom doors are a time consuming pain in the B---I would have to rate this car as the most challenging of all the Westerfields with which I am familiar......... and I have yet to finish it . ..Armand Premo
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From: Gatwood, Elden SAW To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:13 AM Subject: RE: [STMFC] Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Pierre; What kits are more "challenging"? Elden Gatwood -----Original Message----- From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Pierre Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:02 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank So I've seen now multiple references to the "difficulties" in building the vinegar tank car kit from Sunshine. While it is indeed not a first timer kit, nor is it a simple kit, I feel that it is unfairly getting a reputation as a massively difficult kit. I've now built 3 of them and between reading Bill Darnaby's suggested building process and just plain thinking it through, 3 rather nice cars have resulted. If you approach the task logically it's really not that difficult. And I can further state without hesitation, that there are other resin kits out there that are far worse and very badly thought out by the kit maker. I guess, I'm asking/suggesting that we reconsider "bashing " the vinegar tank car kit. Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com --- In STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: > > I believe our own Denny Anspach is a veteran of the wars required to > build one of the Sunshine cars. > > > > SGL > > > > If you look on Al's website you will find that Al produced a number of > pickle cars, but no vinegar cars. The Vinegar car that Sunshine > produced is so complex that even Ted Culotta had a time building it. > He did a great job with it, but it is not a kit for the newbie to > build nor for the faint hearted. > > Tom Olsen > Newark, Delaware, 19711 > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18220) > http://www.pctools.com/ ======= > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.901 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3870 - Release Date: 09/01/11 02:34:00 |
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Thanks Gentlemen,
Fenton Wells On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:38 AM, randy arnold <61mkii@...> wrote: ** -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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randy arnold
Go to the messages folder click advanced search and do a search using
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"author contains": darnaby I just did the same..it is fairly close to the end of the messages Regards Randy On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:32 AM, O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...>wrote:
Elden, Where would I find Darnaby's kit building suggestions? I have one --
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Caveats: NONE Wow, that is very interesting! Thanks, Pierre. Elden Gatwood -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Pierre Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:21 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank (UNCLASSIFIED) Lest I go on for hours, I'll restrict myself to 2 onlist; Sylvan's Canadian Slabside hoppers NorWest's CC&F tankcar. The tankcar is almost unbuildable once Brian Pate had someone else do his casting for him. Both are cars I refuse to undertake for clients. Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com --- In STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "Gatwood, Elden SAW" <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote: really not that difficult. And I can further state without hesitation, that there are other resinmaker. I guess, I'm asking/suggesting that we reconsider "bashing " thewrote:
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Elden, Where would I find Darnaby's kit building suggestions? I have one of
those to build and need all the help I can get. Fenton Wells On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Gatwood, Elden SAW < elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote: ** -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Pierre <pierre.oliver@...>
Lest I go on for hours, I'll restrict myself to 2 onlist;
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Sylvan's Canadian Slabside hoppers NorWest's CC&F tankcar. The tankcar is almost unbuildable once Brian Pate had someone else do his casting for him. Both are cars I refuse to undertake for clients. Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com --- In STMFC@..., "Gatwood, Elden SAW" <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
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Caveats: NONE Pierre; What kits are more "challenging"? Elden Gatwood -----Original Message-----
From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Pierre Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:02 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Re: Westerfield Kits - Heinz Vinegar Tank So I've seen now multiple references to the "difficulties" in building the vinegar tank car kit from Sunshine. While it is indeed not a first timer kit, nor is it a simple kit, I feel that it is unfairly getting a reputation as a massively difficult kit. I've now built 3 of them and between reading Bill Darnaby's suggested building process and just plain thinking it through, 3 rather nice cars have resulted. If you approach the task logically it's really not that difficult. And I can further state without hesitation, that there are other resin kits out there that are far worse and very badly thought out by the kit maker. I guess, I'm asking/suggesting that we reconsider "bashing " the vinegar tank car kit. Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com --- In STMFC@... <mailto:STMFC%40yahoogroups.com> , "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote:
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