RE: (erielack) HO scale EL modelers, stuff you might not know...

["Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>]

These references and maybe some guide as to appropriate EL prototypes (if there
are some) could go on the website.

SGL 

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> Subject: Re: (erielack) HO scale EL modelers, stuff you might 
> not know...
> 
> Great idea, Paul!  Perhaps a section in the Extra Board could 
> compile these in addition to the Erie/DL&W/EL models?
> 
> Tony Horn
> ELHS #2
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
> Sent: Dec 6, 2004 8:32 AM
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> Subject: (erielack) HO scale EL modelers, stuff you might not know...
> 
> For those of you who model 1960s and 1970s EL, this is for you....
> 
> DL&W and Erie modelers have had it relatively easy in getting 
> era-specific rolling stock, but it seems as if the 
> 1960s/1970s era has been a big black hole in the modeling 
> continuum. Fortunately, manufacturers such as Atlas, Athearn 
> and Accurail have started to fill this vast void. But many 
> people don't know of other smaller manufacturers that make 
> "niche" kits for this same time frame that help add variety 
> to one's layout. I was talking with Jay Held about these - he 
> hadn't heard of these companies, so I thought as a public 
> service to the list I'd share them here.
> 
> 
> Rail Yard Models
> (http://www.railyardmodels.com <http://www.railyardmodels.com> )
> 
> These guys make resin kits of more modern cars. I personally 
> have their PC 60' "Kellogg's" boxcar, and it is a superb kit. 
> Their announced PC gon would also be correct for the EL 
> timeframe, as is their NYC hot coil steel cars (good for you 
> Youngstown-area modelers). They assemble pretty simply, and 
> aren't nearly as daunting as many other resin kits out there.
> 
> 
> Modeler's Choice
> (http://www.modelerschoice.com <http://www.modelerschoice.com> )
> 
> These guys have taken an entirely different approach. They're 
> making freight cars of all sorts in the 1960s/1970s era 
> (though they only have 6 models out so far, they have photos 
> of many, many more pre-production cars). The "kits," such as 
> they are, consist of laser-cut styrene sides. The modeler 
> adds ends, roof, underframe, trucks, and detail parts (they 
> also offer the ends/roof/underframes as optional packages, 
> recommended). The kits are on a par with a resin kit in terms 
> of assembly difficulty, but the cars you end up with are 
> wonderful and distinctive models. I have a GN double-door 
> plug door rib-side boxcar and the Soo Line rib-side car, and 
> they're both great. I wrote them to see if they'd consider 
> doing any of the myriad of EL gons (something we desperately 
> need) - obviously, they can only do welded cars using this 
> method. Hey Jay, what welded gons did the EL have?
> 
> By the way, these guys also sell laser-cut styrene kits for 
> the cabin on EL T-series transfer cabooses - just build your 
> own underframe, and you're good to go!
> 
> 
> Anyone know of any other model making companies that product 
> 60s/70s-era stuff that can be highlighted here?
> 
> 	- Paul
> 
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