FWIW, A photo of my Downs Model Railroading Hudson's Bay Oil & Gas tank car (rtr) maybe seen on my website (http://www.cbatransfer.homestead.com/). Just beware, this site is photo heavy and will take some time to load if you are using a 'dialup' connection.
Michel in Northwest Jersey >From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Downs Models rolling stock >Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:48:21 -0400 > >Hi, >Some years ago, John Foley and I picked up a bunch of stuff at Downs home >on the other side of Philadelphia, not sure , it was probably in New >Jersey. [Oooppps! It was in Gloucester City, N.J.] > >Anyway, Downs had quite a manufacturing operation in his basement. I was >impressed with all of the equipmnet. He had a production line for his tank >cars. If I remember correctly, he hired neighborhood ladies to paint, >assemble and box the models. I would doubt that anything would be molded. > >I thought they looked very professional, considering they [each] were >practically scratch built. > >As someone else has suggested, buy the model, and add the details you >desire. > >We had all hoped that the purchaser of Downs business, Marlin Becker, would >continue the line, but as we all know for all practical purposes the Ace - >Downs - Rusti line of anything is gone. > >Ken's images really show you how nice the completed model looks. > >Hope this helps, >Bill [Fraley] > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > _________________________________________________________________ Try Search Survival Kits: Fix up your home and better handle your cash with Live Search! http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improve&locale=en-US&source=hmtagline Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
