I'm afraid that won't be me: first, I don't have many of the AM cars at all (two, in fact) and I bought them because I wanted them; second, even at the current AM sale price, that is still more than the PRS ACF covered hoppers seem to be bringing (the one I just built I bought from a dealer for $24 and shipping). I'm not sure I should mention names without permission, but when I had one of the cars that had been bashed about in the mail, someone kindly sent me the necessary parts to rebuild it. And one of the kinks I've settled on after putting several of them together is that one should plan on drilling the slots in the end ladders to receive the delicate side ladders, no exceptions.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > About a half million years ago (it seems) Walt Daynlik gave me a test > shot of the ACF hopper for me to photograph. You might remember that > Walt had arranged for the first group of those cars as an exclusive for > his company. > > As sometimes happens you finish an assignment and if the product really > isn't worth the cost and hassle of shipping it back, it gets put in > never-never land for awhile. Well, I ended up building many of those > cars, many that were used in PRS ads (if I build them, I keeps them!). > Over the years I acquired extra parts and I came across that body > casting. I had some spare time so I started adding those various > colored part to that body. After all these years, I've probably > finished about half the model. I'm waiting for more extra parts because > the kits don't contain any extras-especially those delicate ladders. It > reminds me of the Johnny Cash song where he steals a car part every day > from the factory to build his own car! > > If somebody's interested, I think I have a few unbuilt kits that I could > trade for an equal number of the CD hoppers from AM. > > Bob Werre > BobWphoto.com > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 2/28/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected] > > <mailto:jacekahn%40hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > > " > > I ... am looking for some cheap ACF covered hoppers..." > > > > Aren't we all! > > > > Charles Weston > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
