Hi Rich -- Yes, I was disappointed with the V&O reefer, too. First off, Allen (sp?) tried hard to capture the “normal” of railroading, and black reefers were not; second, black reefers are self defeating, turning sunlight into heat, and this is supposed to be an ice storage reefer. I did paint the roof a gun metal grey and changed out the trucks to a more usual color. Anyhow, I would have much prefe rred the typical BCR boxcar from the V&O... I also agree with your assessment of the two Gordon Varney cars (why two?). I did pass on the Armstrong Canandaigua Southern hoppers – too new for my layout, and would have gotten several had they been done on AM 2 bay hoppers (SHS hadn’t come out with theirs, yet). No understanding why they made some of the choices that they did... Have fun! Bill Winans ---------------------------------- The NMRA did have a "Living Legends" series and another series honoring the great model railroaders of the past. I bought most of them, G&D, AL&P, PURR, Delta Lines, etc. Two had rather silly (Bikini & Hollywood and Firewater & Kicking Horse) freelance roadnames and graphics, so I passed on those two.
Otherwise, the only one I was disappointed with was the V&O reefer. Whoever heard of a black reefer with light gray trucks? Rich G(ajnak) --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "Bill Lane" wrote: > Only once did I offer my advice for the S NMRA car. It was not even > solicited on their part. They wanted to make a common car, as close as > possible for all 4 scales. They chose the PRS covered hopper. I heard they > wanted 300 of them and was the usual NMRA fictional "souvenir" lettering > "Valley Forge Express" scheme. I said they would never sell 300 of them and > S Scalers do not buy bogus "T shirt" scheme cars. A real looking scheme car > - with a bogus car number - maybe. Of course they did not listen - why > should they? I was only going to monthly meetings for almost 3 years > previous to the convention. You are the all knowing NMRA - have at it. > > > > The NMRA had 1993 S cars for YEARS+ later. I have 2 cars and they are still > not put together! > > > > Thank You, > Bill Lane >
