HERESY

[bob turner]

I do have a 3-rail 0-6-0.

Lots of O Scale drop bottoms - the one I lust for is a G-50-9 (or 10.11, 12). At the end, SP had more of these than the more commonly modeled straight-sided gons. Photos next week?

Not aware of a Max Gray G-50-9, but was aware of the plastic kit. I suppose it could be converted to brass for less than the cost of the plastic - which means that Division Point or Pacific Limited would be the only economical (choke) choice?

I will wait for Sunset to do them. Not impossible - even the shelf coupler guy won out in the end!

[Robert]

[quote="Rufus T. Firefly"

The only reason why there is not more here is because few here actually do any model building.[/quote]

I suppose some here are aging out of the hobby, and it has becomes easier to type words than to build models.

However I still prefer glue and paint stains on my ratty workshop shirt. Go build something.

Robert

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The only reason why there is not more here is because few here actually do any model building.

I suppose some here are aging out of the hobby, and it has becomes easier to type words than to build models.

However I still prefer glue and paint stains on my ratty workshop shirt. Go build something.

Robert

I've got 4 freight cars in progress and a brass freight motor on my bench.....and as I finish them, I do post some here.

[J. S. Bach]

[quote="bob turner ...snip... HO versions - the Ulrich variety ...snip... You will be sorry.[/quote]
"BE ONE INCH TALL WITH ULRICH" I remember their ads in the magazines and wished at that time that they did O also.I have two and although they look the same, there are some minor differences between them (one is slightly wider than the other):

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[ScaleCraft]

Got a bunch of those. FINALLY got an Ulrich track cleaning car.
Ulrich:

D&RGW outside braced boxcar OB-108

GN outside-braced boxcar road number 31055 OB-10 (series OB) (3283H?)

Outside-braced cattle car, unlettered (series SC)

Composite Gondola, (series CG) unlettered (kit #106) 1959 catalog

Composite Gondola, (series CG) CNJ(kit #106) 1959 catalog

Composite Gondola, (series CG) Rock Island (kit #106) 1959 catalog

Track cleaning car (undec) (kit 105) 1959 catalog

Drop bottom gondola, (kit 115) SP #91976 , 1959 catalog

[E7]

Oh, and so far nobody other than Division Point has produced my favorite drop-bottom gon in O Scale, so all you will get is HO versions - the Ulrich variety.

PSC did an SP drop bottom gon. Might have been a second road name, but I can't recall.

MG did 2 versions and there were others as well as the recent kit from Glacier Park.

It would be nice to have something like the Brown Book of Locomotives but exclusively O Scale. I'm NOT just talking brass...plastic, the whole 9 yards. A monumental task. Feebay would be a great depository of info. Dan Glasure purchased records from them when he did his brass guide so they have access to some of that stuff, at least.

[bob turner]

That would be ok with me. It would have to be better than Keith’s history book for me to buy it. Happy to allow my photos to be used. I bet Maroon would be interested in helping.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It would be nice to have ........

Indeed. If we had some ham, we could have ham & cheese, if we had some cheese....

[ScaleCraft]

It would be nice to have ........

Indeed. If we had some ham, we could have ham & cheese, if we had some cheese....

and Bourbon. Can't have no ham and cheese without bourbon.

[E7]

It would be nice to have ........

Indeed. If we had some ham, we could have ham & cheese, if we had some cheese....

You're so hot to trot on building stuff, build us a data base.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

It would be nice to have ........

Indeed. If we had some ham, we could have ham & cheese, if we had some cheese....

You're so hot to trot on building stuff, build us a data base.

Building it is easy although that's really not one of my immediate IT skill sets; might have to hire a few non-human primates.

Acquiring the data is something else entirely and that's the hard part - all yours.

My professional rates start at $200/h; 1/2 day in advance; all expenses. I'll send you a contract.

[J. S. Bach]

[quote="E7"] ...snip... Dan Glasure purchased records from them when he did his brass guide ...snip... quote]
If Dan is the person in/near Ocala, FL, I got two copies handed one to me and one to my friend when I stopped by to pay for and pick up an ebay purchase.

[E7]

...snip... Dan Glasure purchased records from them when he did his brass guide ...snip... quote]
If Dan is the person in/near Ocala, FL, I got two copies handed one to me and one to my friend when I stopped by to pay for and pick up an ebay purchase.

Same guy. Dan is a bit HO oriented.

[E7]

I will wait for Sunset to do them. Not impossible - even the shelf coupler guy won out in the end!

As boring as some modern freight trains are I'd hesitate to call it a win. Be interesting to see what his next obsession will be.

[bob turner]

He apparently just got hung up on those two.

Interestingly, I find myself doing the same thing - witness the Erie-built, which jim R. And I are about to finish. I think my first obsession was anything Lobaugh, combined with that MM-2. I sure fixed that. Then it was pining over a lack of Budd cars, even though Ed Alexander had done them. Haynes and K-Line fixed that. Then lusting after the elusive Lobaugh 1941 Cab Forward - I even offered a reward! A guy collected my reward and sent a mess composed of a couple Hines Lines Mikes. He refunded my purchase price, but kept the reward money.

No- I have zero interest in shelf couplers or really anything past about 1960, but I can see how these things take root.

Before I got too far out of it, I would send Scott a couple grand to get started. I am not yet at that stage of desperation. To see the gons of which I speak, watch my HO thread tomorrow.

Spell check changes gons to goons!