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Modelers Notes is published six times a year, and is mailed to members along with the Newsletter. Past issues are available thru the Derry, NH address.
The main feature this month is an extensive update to the troop sleeper conversion information and a review of the new Walthers C&O prototype conversion by Col. Tom Thompson.
A limited run Walthers N Scale Boston and Maine 0-8-0 #624 is due in March. Order #920-90016, MRSP $174.98,. Like its HO counterpart the model has the headlight mounted above the smokebox whereas it should be centered on same. Front handrails are missing, the bell is in the wrong location, etc. See MN73 for further detailing.
Also in N scale expected in March is Walthers B&M RS-2 #1504 in maroon and yellow. Order #920-75122, MRSP $99.98.
Athearn is releasing an MEC RS-3 in the green and yellow scheme. The body has the excellent MDC tooling. Road numbers offered are #556 and #557. Order nrs ATH94067 and ATH94068 respectively. Due in May the MRSP is $89.97
Build it and they will come or in the model railroad vernacular wait long enuf and someone will offer one.
Bethlehem Car Works has come out with a model of the B&M Osgood-Bradley 68’ 5” #600-665 series open end coaches. The kit has laser cut peel-n-stick sides, a wooden underbody, a resin roof, photo-etched roof vents and cast pewter and resin goodies for the underbody. Altho decals for the B&M/MEC are included trucks and couplers are not. Kit #SP-38 has an MRSP of $75.
Intermountain has announced reruns of their 40’ milk car. If you missed the first run here’s a second chance June, $32.95
Bowser has released their 70 ton 2 bay open side covered hopper decorated for MEC nrs. 2419, 2433 and 2440. MRSP $13.95 each.
In a recent discussion the subject of the Hoosac Tunnel West Portal #473-104 came up. This rigid plastic model can be made more realistic by sawing off the right and left vertical columns and attaching them to the sides of a second model. If you compare a photo of the model to that of the prototype it will be pretty obvious what needs to be done.
As always I would remind everyone we speak HO unless mentioned otherwise. We’ve got some great structure articles coming up but are always on the lookout for new material, different models, new ways of doing things, etc. If you would like to get involved by telling your story we’re here to help make it happen. When you write if you are not already on our “Friends Lists” please type Modelers Notes in caps in your subject line. If you don’t have email that’s ok too. We still want to hear from you and I would remind everybody that our addresses are in the masthead on page 1.
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