All -- I have two of these, and I echo Ed's enthusiasm. These easy-to-build kits make up into truly beautiful cars. There were two V&T flatcar kits -- 40-foot and 53-foot. Mine are the 53-footers.
V&T also made standard-gauge completed roof and underbody (less brake gear) moldings for wood-sheathed cars, making it really easy to build 1920s-'30s house cars. Dick Karnes ============================ ----- Original Message ---- From: Edward Loizeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "List, S scale" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:39:14 PM Subject: Re-issue of V&T SP flat car kits Gents... Remember those V&T Shop's cast resin (plastic?) SP flat car craftsman kits full of details, etc.? Long gone and out of production much to the consternation of rivet counting flat car enthusiasts everywhere. Then Keith Wiseman (Wiseman Model Services) took over the V&T tooling and inventory and has been re-issuing things on a fairly steady basis. Out of curiosity, I inquired about the flat cars. His reply is below: Hello Ed, Will get to it soon hopefully. An idea of how many may have interest may motivate us some more. Keith So if'n ya wanna influence the course of S events (I told ya it was easy about six emails back), here is your chance. Give Keith an email and tell him how many dozen you would like. I'm sure John Gibson will be first in line followed quickly by several others. Here is the email address for Keith: Kwiseman "at" pqisp.com A short mention of the advantages of a lightweight plastic flat car would include the ability to carry a HEAVY load and have the total weight of the car with load be not much different than a metal flat car all by it's lonesome. A heavy load on a metal flat car is like REALLY heavy. G-r-o-a-n......just thinking about it hurts. Then again, I am a "long train" enthusiast and weight is important -- to me, at least. And that is on the famous water level route. On mountains it becomes even worse. Cheerfully for S.....Ed L. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
