Bob Werre, and all, I think I was misled. The label on the box says S Gauge 36' cattle car but when I finally opened it tonight (after 25 years or so) the plans refer to a 40' cattle car. I measured the center sill and sure enough it is 40' but at least the supplier claimed it was S scale. Sorry, Guys. I thought they were 36' Wally Collins
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Werre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [S-Scale Modeling] 36' cars > > I also have three of the Mainline stock cars that I started on several > years ago--pretty decent kits but they are actually On3 so need to be > narrowed slightly. I hope to finish them some day. Also the old > Wisconsin central SOO line stock car is 36 foot. Many railroads had 36 > foot stock cars, apparently because the loading gates were spaced at an > earlier time and never changed. The same can be said for the 36 foot > meat reefers. > > Bob Werre > > wcollins2 wrote: > >>I see a lot lately asking for 36' cars. I have three MainLine Models kits >>for 36' cattle cars. Of course these are old fashioned kits that require >>some hard work but if anybody is interested, contact me off list. Wally >>Collins Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
