So do I! We'll have to see about this Christmas...have you received any orders from my little ole town of Lincoln, IL.? Come on, you can tell me! ------------------ Brent Tidaback, Member #234 BNSF Railfan-to-the Max and a N-Scaler to boot! Ship it on the Route of The Roadrunners! The Aransas Odessa & Western, a division of the BNSF
Alan & all, My 89' and 60' flatcars arrived! They look great(and I haven't even put them together yet). OK, all you procrastinators out there, let's help Alan stay in and expand his business. He is filling a niche in the market that is sorely needed, and he even takes suggestions and puts them to use. Just my humble opinion of course. Thanks!!! ------------------ Rod v. B. Rio Grande iNdustries
Thanks for the comments, Rod (Why do I have you down as George?) I have not had time to finish my own 89 footers yet! ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
HAVE I BEEN ASLEEP HERE? 89' flat cars? how come nobody told me???? Well, tell me, these gonna come just undec, or painted too? Also give me some prices!!!! UPS trailers sound good too. Alan, if you could, go ahead and email me, I may be interested..... Cya down the line! Dash www.dashtrak.com
Dash, just click on the alancurtismodels link below. All details are on the website. The flatcars are in kits only. If you have any other questions, please ask ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by StickyMonk: <font color>I dont think there will be any problems with the 28 footers as there is at least one other company who has the same type of 28' pups as UPS called RPS so they are just Parcel trailers</font> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Alan, Let me know if you need some photos of the RPS pups....they have a warehouse facility right beside ours! ( I guess I could accidentally take the wrong driveway one morning while I have my camera in hand ) FYI, RPS has been bought/absorbed by FedEx; they are now known as "FedEx Ground" The FedEx lettering is green instead of red, although I think they have mostly only relettered their delivery trucks and few if any trailers. Chessie ------------------ Harold Hodnett Fan of NS, CSX, and their predecessors! Coming soon: The North Carolina Railfan Web Site http://www.trainweb.org/ncrail/
Yes, Harold I would love some pics, if you could take the 'diversion' The RPS trailers look better than UPS, anyway ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
I have finished mine now and they're on the track. They are painted-up and lettered as a drawbar-connected TTEX "Long Runner". Looks great! The center, over-the-drawbar trailer rides great on my 22" curves, but the trailer's wheels had to be adjusted out slightly so they clear the rubrails on the curves. I used Microscale #60-747 mostly, but made my own black & white landing gear safety stripes by copying the red & white stripes from #60-579 onto blank decal paper (I painted the white first). I did this because B&W is more correct for a "Triple 53". Russ
Pleased to hear of the cars running Russ It is a bit of a disappointment that the 'Long Runner' decal sheet does not include the Black and white stripes, only the red and white ones for the 'triple 57'. Also that the 89ft sheet is Trailer Train only. I see from my decal sheets and instructions what you mean about lack of information as to lettering positions for both sides of the cars. I made semi-educated guesses ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Alan, I'm looking forward to getting some of the flatcars & UPS pups and trailers. I am curious are the trailers going to be metal as well? There was a mfgr in Arizona called Arrowhead Scale Models who did 28' parcel trailers in N scale, but I don't know if they are still in business. They were cast in resin and came 3 to a pack, they used track nails for the landing gear! They didn't have decals. They also had a parcel transfer building that came with a delivery van as well as a 28' pup trailer. I want to model Rio Grande's Rail Blazer which carried lots of parcel trailers over Soldier Summit, Utah. Cheers 2slim
Hello 2slim, welcome to trainboard The trailers will be in resin, with the wheels, landing gear, etc. in metal. (The landing gear will NOT be nails) They will be supplied in packs of probably three, but no decals will be included, as several are readily available. (I have already acquired a stock of "Yellow" decals in readiness) !! Stay tuned to my website, for details of production. ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Hi Alan, Great news about the trailers. I can hardly wait!! ------------------ Rod v. B. Rio Grande iNdustries
ere is a picture of Catts 89 feet flatcar that he purchased from Alan and painted ------------------ Regards Paul Cassar-Moderator & Member number 50 SPAD Investigator #1 ICQ 61198217 http://users.bigpond.net.au/railroad2000
Here's some more finished "Long Runner" pics! The 48' trailers are MT that I painted into JB Hunt. The 53' Great Dane platewall I scratchbuilt. Russ
Alan, WOW, your cars look GREAT! I need to get a couple of sets of those 89 footers for my self!! ------------------ Craig Martyn Best Looking Models Around Custom detailing AND N scale detail parts. BLMA N Scale Detail Parts BLMAinfo@aol.com
No problem, Craig I can take orders for delivery after the holidays Great modelling, Russ, I have put your pictures on my website, as an example of what can be done with my kits ------------------ Alan Curtis. Moderator. Member #12 The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Thanks Alan...saw them on your site, glad you could use them I did notice, however, that the link is gone off that page again tonight. I figure you're either updating it or there's some kind of intermittent glitch going on. (shortly after this post, it reappeared again) Russ [This message has been edited by tehachapifan (edited 21 December 2000).]
Oh Man, I'm slobbering all over my keyboard guys!! These cars are awesome! I've gotta have more than just 2 pairs of these, I can see that now! I may not be able to wait for the 28' trailers to get mine! Outstanding modelling guys!!! 2slim
