Ed, I'm surprised that I've never seen any of your cars--built up, in
kit form or for sale on the used market. I have a few sets of the
trucks and they are nice models even in today's market. I would like to
hear about them from one of the owners of those 200 cars. Just curious
> Russ made the infamous "basic body"
> for some full scale length streamliners back in the late '70s. This
> consisted of roof, floor and two or three end/middle blocks. Russ
> had a woodworking shop of some kind (never saw it) and some skills
> . I think I sold about 200
> cars back then. At 1-1/2 feet per car, maybe 300 feet of finished
> roof stock. Of course, prices these days are higher for everything.
> Cheers...Ed L.
>
> PS: For the nostalgic among us, the smoothside sides were stamped
> from plastic coated card stock similar to that used for menus in
> greasy spoon diners. The ends started life as AF parts which were
> made into patterns (added rivets and other details) in Barney
> Daehler's hobbyist machine shop. The pattern was then used by Rio
> Grande Model's Eric Bracher to make rubber molds from which the white
> metal parts were cast. Ah-h-h-h.....the good olde daze when things
> were done mostly out of friendship if expenses were covered.
>
>
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