I would guess you are reworking the RI car because that is what you had; in an
ideal world you could have as easily found an undecorated one from
which to work, but both in S scale and as prisoners of capricious Chinese
capitalists (is that redundant?), everything we need/want is not readily
available.
I imagine you know that there are GB&W 50' boxcars (complete with Packers
lettering) made by PRS out there; I believe they were a project of the
Badgerland group. Since that was before I got into S scale, I can only infer
that a group of S scalers in Wisconsin ponied up the funds to commission
a number of PRS kits painted for local roads which they then resold.
While Ostertag is not a rare name, it is uncommon; by any chance are you
related to my long-time congressman in New York State (going back over
forty years, long before the current partisan nastiness)?
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
>
> Hey guy's! I am new to the group and also new to S Scale. I am making the
> change from HO to S. I am a prototype modeler and model the late 70's to
> early 80's. I plan on doing the same in S. For now I don't have a great
> deal of room, however I do plan on building a industrial park type of layout
> that is freelanced, but based on Milwaukee Road practices (so no ballast or
> ties, LOL). I enjoy agricultural railroad structures, i.e. grain elevators,
> co-ops, etc. So that along with some warehouses will be the base of my
> revenue.
>
> My first S Scale project is going to be converting an American Models ACF 50'
> boxcar in Rock Island paint, into a FMC/SIECO 50' boxcar in Green Bay and
> Western. I will post pictures of this as I go along. I also plan on
> handlaying my track as well as scratch building most of the structures on the
> layout. I hope to be an active member of this group and look forward to
> helping move S Scale forward.
>
> Michael Ostertag
> Green Bay, WI
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