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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/recent/list Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On May 10, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Robert Frascella wrote: > I have bought them in the past and will continue to them if they're of > interest to me. Why? Because there's nothing like wood to represent a wood > car. And, yes I do build them. I recently completed an REA express reefer > (attached) and pretty much used everything in the kit except I used Grandt > Lines ladders instead of what came with the kit. Trucks are bit hard to > find, but found a bunch on Ebay a while back and replaced the wheel sets. > > Bob Frascella > Wenham, MA > > <2013-05-10_11-55-59_97.jpeg> > On May 10, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Bill Lane wrote: > >> >> I am amazed at the number of old school box o stick kits that still sell on >> eBay. If you have a snow plow it is a guaranteed $75.00+ sale. Almost the >> same for the MOW camp cars. If it is a nicely assembled snow plow it could >> go $200.00+. >> >> >> >> I am not knocking the kits because in the proper hands they build up to a >> reasonably presentable car. Of the cars I bought at the John Bortz auction >> all the cars I kept for me WERE from old school wood kits. Many of the cars >> I sold were are well. Since they are so rarely assembled, visiting S Scalers >> will know it is not a common car to see running which is why I kept them. >> >> >> >> But if a kit is 40+ years old and is still a box of sticks why is the new >> owner “going to be the one” to make it into a car? Is anyone here buying >> them? Why? >> >> >> >> I have heard from HO the “Westerfield shelf” where all of the unassembled >> kits reside. I am down to my PRS reefers needing assembly but they are much >> easier…. >> >> >> >> Thank You, >> Bill Lane >> >> Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 >> >> See my finished models at: >> http://www.lanestrains.com >> Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! >> >> >> >> See my layout progess at: >> >> http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm >> >> Custom Train Parts Design >> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm >> >> PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded >> (Trading is MUCH preferred) >> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls >> >> ***Join the PRR T&HS*** >> The other members are not ALL like me! >> http://www.prrths.com >> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf >> >> Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society >> It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com >> Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL >> >> >> >> >> >
