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Bill Welch
Just curious if anyone on the list was at the PRR meeting this past weekend and if so can they report on new Funaro & Camerlengo kits? In addition to the new PRR kits they are advertising I see they have another new 36-foot boxcar kit.
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Bill, Folks,
A number of STMFC listers were there including yours truly. Lots of interesting stuff going on and great models in the model room. One of the highlights was indeed F&C with 2 new PRR models, the G28 and X26. I got to their table about 4 hours after the vendor room opened and all of the G28s were gone. The X26 represents a modernized car with "cap plates" over the ends of the side braces. In addition, they had a recently released READING 36' XMp with wood or steel doors and with roof hatches/floor hopper for Hershey Cocoa service. F&C also announced the pending re-release of their 36' rebuilt New Haven boxcar as a one-piece body. They were also publicly mentioning the release of a PRR G29 in a few weeks and another PRR car in a few months. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ From: STMFC@... [STMFC@...] on behalf of lnbill [fgexbill@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 5:15 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] Report from PRR Meeting Just curious if anyone on the list was at the PRR meeting this past weekend and if so can they report on new Funaro & Camerlengo kits? In addition to the new PRR kits they are advertising I see they have another new 36-foot boxcar kit. Thank you! Bill Welch |
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Eric Hansmann
Bill,
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While I did not attend the recent PRR meet, I did attend the RPM-Valley Forge event a couple months back. I posted a similar message to the 1914-1941 group and must have forgotten to post it here. The Reading box cars were available at the RPM meet and Steve Funaro presented informative prototype details. The Reading XMp class box cars were double-sheathed cars, less than 40-foot long, with 2000 originally built between 1910-1913 by AC&F. The Reading had several classes of XM shorties that had similarities. Total numbers reached 10,000 built. Possibly, just over 3000 of all Reading shorties were still in service through WWII. The XMp version currently in F&C production is a rebuild with steel doors and a steel replacement roof. Many, but not all of this car class, received an all-steel roof and had wood doors replaced by all-steel doors between 1926 and 1931. Steve noted detailed car class files are available at the Reading Modeler download page. In conversation at the RPM-Valley Forge meet, Steve noted plans to produce the similar XMr class of cars which had Murphy corrugated metal ends. 2000 XMr were originally built in 1916-1918 by Pullman and AC&F. After launching the XMp cars, he received a 250 car order/request for the XMr cars. I inquired about pre-1930s period lettering and he said that would most likely be produced with the upcoming XMr kit. As a modeler focused on the mid-1920s, these box cars are a welcome addition to the fleet. I hope F&C come through with the XMr cars. Eric Eric Hansmann New Paltz, NY --- In STMFC@..., "lnbill" <fgexbill@...> wrote:
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Bill Welch
Thank you Bruce and Eric
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I am personally pleased to see the 36-foot cars. These shorter cars and the 50-foot cars together made up about 14% of the XM car fleet in the USA in the post-WWII era. I am impressed that F&C has modeled the "booties" that were applied to many cars built with "hat-section" braces. I am still trying to figure how to model this feature on the four ex-PRR R7 FGE reefers I am building. Bill Welch --- In STMFC@..., "Bruce F. Smith" <smithbf@...> wrote:
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