Did anyone purchase this kit at Cocoa Beach? I have a friend who is
interested in one to use for CNW and wondered about the method used to
construct the railings especially the uprights. Also did anyone get the
Magnolia car - the flyer only shows the Texaco and it's not on their web
site yet.

Jerry Glow
The Villages.

I got one, but didn't understand the part of Steve Funaro's clinic about the railings, and haven't opened the box. I only saw Texaco in the display, will look around for prototypes before building.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Sharon had the Magnolia decals there and would swap them out. I passed
on this model as I have a couple W&R brass cars and these cars were
quite rare in general service by WWII. Interestingly, Steve (Jr.) told
me that the W&R model was "less accurate" than the F&C model due to the
presence of dual rows of rivets for the attachment of the end of the
tank on the W&R model (indicating an earlier tank on the type 7 frame?).
The rail supports on the F&C model are resin and looked oversized to my
eyes. That would seem necessary for what would certainly be a weak spot
in the model. In thinking about it, this would be one place where a
decent etched part might be a better approach.

Regards
Bruce Smith

"al_brown03" <abrown@...> 01/10/12 11:15 AM >>>

I got one, but didn't understand the part of Steve Funaro's clinic about
the railings, and haven't opened the box. I only saw Texaco in the
display, will look around for prototypes before building.

Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.


--- In STMFC@..., Gerald Glow <jerryglow@...> wrote:

Did anyone purchase this kit at Cocoa Beach? I have a friend who is
interested in one to use for CNW and wondered about the method used to

construct the railings especially the uprights. Also did anyone get

the

Magnolia car - the flyer only shows the Texaco and it's not on their

web

site yet.

Jerry Glow
The Villages.

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Bruce Smith wrote

> Interestingly, Steve (Jr.) told me that the W&R model was "less accurate"
> than the F&C model due to the presence of dual rows of rivets for the
> attachment of the end of the tank on the W&R model (indicating an earlier
> tank on the type 7 frame?).

Bruce, I don't know what Stevie meant, but I have a 1-dome and a 4-dome W&R
tank and neither one has dual rows of rivets anywhere, and certainly not where
the ends are attached. Is Steve Jr. going to take over his dad's biz? I hope
so, assuming he's still a big SP fan! We owe the F&C SP auto box cars to his
influence. :-)

Tim O'Connor

Bruce Smith wrote

Interestingly, Steve (Jr.) told me that the W&R model was "less accurate" than the F&C model due to the presence of dual rows of rivets for the attachment of the end of the tank on the W&R model (indicating an earlier tank on the type 7 frame?).

Given the consistent fidelity to prototype of numerous W&R products, one can feel immediately skeptical about Stevie's remark. Moreover, double riveting of tank seams came in with the 1910 tank car standards for Class II cars. Double riveting would be very unusual as a marker for an OLDER tank.

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Tim,

I don't know about taking over the business, but Stevie is making masters for F&C to produce.

Regards,

-Jeff


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Bruce Smith wrote

Interestingly, Steve (Jr.) told me that the W&R model was "less accurate"
than the F&C model due to the presence of dual rows of rivets for the
attachment of the end of the tank on the W&R model (indicating an earlier
tank on the type 7 frame?).

Bruce, I don't know what Stevie meant, but I have a 1-dome and a 4-dome W&R
tank and neither one has dual rows of rivets anywhere, and certainly not where
the ends are attached. Is Steve Jr. going to take over his dad's biz? I hope
so, assuming he's still a big SP fan! We owe the F&C SP auto box cars to his
influence. :-)

Tim O'Connor

Bruce Smith wrote

Interestingly, Steve (Jr.) told me that the W&R model was "less
accurate" than the F&C model due to the presence of dual rows of
rivets for the attachment of the end of the tank on the W&R model
(indicating an earlier tank on the type 7 frame?).

Tony Thompson replied
> Given the consistent fidelity to prototype of numerous W&R

products, one can feel immediately skeptical about Stevie's remark.
Moreover, double riveting of tank seams came in with the 1910 tank car

standards for Class II cars. Double riveting would be very unusual as
a marker for an OLDER tank.

Interestingly, my W&R 8K single dome type 7 tank car model does have a
double row of rivets at the tank end, although nowhere else. My W&R 6K
single dome tank has a single row of rivets in that location. Steve Jr.
indicated that the issue with the W&R car was that it did follow a
prototype, albeit a specific car and was perhaps not representative for
the class.

Regards
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL