Thanks Bill. Appreciate the info. Stan Furmanak
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Lane Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:08 PM To: S Scale List Subject: S-Scale Modeling Russ Downs & Rusti Models Stan & List, This is a very rough outline of the evolution of what Russ Downs, former owner of Ace and Downs Model Railroad sold and produced. I do not know what the timeline was, but I was a frequent visitor to Russ' house during the last 10 or so years he owned the business. 1. Purchases Ace line of S Scale trucks. There was an O Scale line of some similar parts that was sold before Russ became an owner of the S line. 2. Like Josh Selzter before him, Russ bought the junker A F cars at trains shows, stripped and repainted them for resale. 3. Offered many different paint schemes using new old stock and reproduction AF shells purchased from Hobby Surplus Sales 4. Offered repainted AF cars with conversion floors and Scale wheels. 5. There MAY have been some American Models cars that were assembled and painted for resale. 6. Bought MANY 50' Pacific Rail Shops Undec kits, assembled and painted them for resale in Scale and Hirail versions with his Ace trucks. 7. Bought MANY 40' Pacific Rail Shops Undec kits, assembled and painted them for resale in Scale and Hirail versions with his Ace trucks. 8. Developed his line of modern tank cars with all new components, assembled and painted them for resale in Scale and Hirail versions with his Ace trucks. Russ used HO and S Scale decals and dry transfers from many different sources. He also custom made many decals sets just for his cars. He would occasionally use 50' decals on a 40' car and vice versa because it was not that important to him. Anything that had Tiffany on it, like the wooden barrel flatcar, was named after his cat that he had for much of owning Ace. I have seen Russ dry transfer a boxcar in about 10 minutes flat many times while talking on the phone and watching a baseball game! He sold the train business to the current owner, and then retired from his high school guidance position about a year later. I just saw Russ at my Christmas party here. He is doing fine, working full time as a teen crisis social worker. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy in S Scale in 1957 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Over 100 new photos recently added Importing a Brass S Scale PRR X29 & G26 http://www.pennsysmodels.com ALL of the production X29 have arrived as of 6-30-05 Replacement PRR decals arrived 10-5-05 The G26 is complete. The G26a is approved for production. ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com Yahoo! Groups Links 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/
