Like Bill, I had started building a few of the J. C. Streamlines/Chester
cars. I had gotten about 40% into the construction phase when the AM
streamliners were introduced. I bought a couple as 'stand-ins' and
eventually made up an entire train all painted UP. As time passes and
age closes in, I finally decided to make them more or less permanent
fixtures. I've added plastic diaphragms, palace seats with lots of
passengers. Next will be the various under-body appliances and I'll
probably be very pleased, with one exception. I like the appearance of
the old Budd Buddy trucks with the reliability of the AM trucks, whose
appearance I don't really like.
I am also a guilty party when it comes to product reviews of two of the
Pacific Rail Shops cars. I wrote and photographed them for the 3/16's
mag of years ago. As I recall, the only shortcoming of the 50ft boxcar
was some coupler height/car height problems, but as Bill indicates, it
was the best we'd seen at the time. The other car was the ACF covered
hopper, which was also a wonderful addition with only a couple of minor
shortcuts. Of course, this was at a time when PRS/Intermountain was
just establishing itself. The criticisms I hear about their more recent
cars indicate that we still have some very good models, now in the SSA
format.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 9/11/11 12:38 PM, Bill Roberts wrote:
> In 1987 I bought an American Models 85-foot streamlined passenger car kit. It
> was a lot easier to assemble than the Chester kits I had in the closet.
>
> In 1989 I bought my first American Models GP9/18 and my first Pacific Rail
> Shops 50-foot boxcar kit. I think the PRS kit represented a great leap for
> “state of the art” in any scale. This was when articles about super-detailing
> HO cars always began with “First, with an X-acto knife remove the cast-on
> grab irons. . ."
>
> Perhaps somebody with magazines from the 1980s can tell us what reviewers had
> to say about these models.
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