02-25-2012, 04:18 PM
Bernhard: I've always been blown away by your fantastic old time modelling, it's a real pleasure to hear comment from you. Bashing cars and trying to bring to life long gone prototypes is always a thrilling experience.
Russ: I was talking about the old kits. But I agree with you. At least, the dies were saved and models are still available. In my heart, I wish to see, someday, the Harriman line back on track. It would be a tremendous source of kitbashes for many locomotives. I got a lot kits from this guy in Nevada years ago and I they are still selling them. In fact, most car you've seen in my thread came from him. I bought them when I first heard about original Roundhouse closing down. I'm glad I stock piled a few dozen of kits back then, they now are handy for many projects.
JWB & Wayne: Kadee Andrews are a very close match to QRL&PCo trucks. The member cross-section is both made with "T". At this point, I'm kitbashing over a dozen boxcars. Kadee wouldn't be the economical choice, but maybe I'll upgrade a few cars one day. A friend of mine recently gave me a pair of truck from a train set caboose distributed by True Line. It was the "good" old Life-Like die upgraded. The trucks are very nice and finely detailled Andrews prototype with leaf springs.
Matt
Russ: I was talking about the old kits. But I agree with you. At least, the dies were saved and models are still available. In my heart, I wish to see, someday, the Harriman line back on track. It would be a tremendous source of kitbashes for many locomotives. I got a lot kits from this guy in Nevada years ago and I they are still selling them. In fact, most car you've seen in my thread came from him. I bought them when I first heard about original Roundhouse closing down. I'm glad I stock piled a few dozen of kits back then, they now are handy for many projects.
JWB & Wayne: Kadee Andrews are a very close match to QRL&PCo trucks. The member cross-section is both made with "T". At this point, I'm kitbashing over a dozen boxcars. Kadee wouldn't be the economical choice, but maybe I'll upgrade a few cars one day. A friend of mine recently gave me a pair of truck from a train set caboose distributed by True Line. It was the "good" old Life-Like die upgraded. The trucks are very nice and finely detailled Andrews prototype with leaf springs.
Matt
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