Consider making the tractor & trailer being available as two single units [naturally at a slight cost premium over a complete kit]. The reason is that a good...
... said the shim retrofit did not really help that much. Interesting point, i have recently come to the same tentative opinion about the shims but would like...
Does anyone have any hopper kits they would like to sell for the two versions of the 33' USRA hopper, and also the coke car, that FR put out not too long ago?...
Hello Don, Exactly as planned. I am sure that different trailers will be needed and there may be some other makers of trailers out there that should go nicely...
G'Day mates, I don't know if Kiwis greet each other this way but I thought that I'd say hello in honour of the LOTR, The Return of the King and it's 11 Oscars...
Thanks. TTX would be a good choice -- at least for me. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. ...
I forgot to mention that we had chatters from the Netherlands and Germany as well, at least while I was logged on. Don't want anyone to feel left out! :-) ...
Hallo RJ69 I received from "Noch" the answer: no English diagram available. I received the "Gleisplan 85880" (German) but no electric info. Can you tell me...
Hello fellow NMRA members, The next car in the Living Legends series is now available for sale to NMRA members only on the NMRA web site. This issue honours...
Hello Jeffrey, You must have got ahold of a pirated copy of "Lost In Translation". I enjoyed my rental. None-the-less some folks don't go for that sort of...
Hello Don, How many do you need? The tires are made with our new Plasma Laser Deposition and Integrated Atomic Particle Obfuscater, or more simply; cast metal....
Hi Guys, Maybe some of you who saw the Santa Fe F7 at Pomona can chime in with this. From the pictures, it appears that this latest re-issue comes with...
...well less than 50,000 I don't think the old Yellow Transit or Consolidated Freightways had that many units, and the section if the tire company where I...
Hello again, Don, Let's see... the left photo is of the truck... the right photo is of an old time watchman's tower and Model T. Now I get it! I made both...
Jeffrey, What model will be used for the Z scale version? Will they use a PennZee hopper or is this an inadvertant leak of what one of MTL's new releases will...
Hi Randy, I have emailed Bob Chait, the NMRA special run car guru, to find out what the Z car will be. You are correct that they have used MTL cars for Z up...
Hi Gang, Just stumbled across these new bulk containers from Microfigs. It's beyond me why they didn't bother to announce them here. You can see them for...
The tire records are a history of each tire -- 18 tires per tractor & trailer times many changes in a lifetime as tires get puctured; have to be rotated;...
... briefly that the chassis would be TTX. It is going to come with two 20' and one 40' container. I *BELIEVE* they said the containers would be unmarked. ... ...
I have heard that MT has purchased undecorated cars from Pennzee. The printing will be done in house at MTL. I think this sounds like a wonderful start to a...
Wow, you are right. The photo does look like it has glazed windows. This would be great if true! Rob Kluz Ztrack Magazine, Ltd. 6142 Northcliff Blvd. Dublin,...
FYI, here is the answer received regarding the NMRA's car body choice for the Living Legends #4. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get...
Unfortunately, what that hobby shop owner told you is all too true...Union Pacific is indeed trying to collect from manufacturers for the use of not only their...
I think there is some truth to this as Ford was trying to collect revenue from the historic part makers for items for the early Thunderbirds and Mustangs....
Loren, Yes, the UP is requiring licensing. They are approaching manufacturers and will pursue legal action as necessary. I have heard the MT is in the process...
Like I stated a couple of weeks ago, it all goes. I'll miss it but that's the way it is. I have posted an Excel spreadsheet of most of the items in the files...
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