Bill, Those are some unique and very special cars! I remember an article that Frank had in the “Dispatch” years ago about changes to make to AF hoppers that was so creative. There were several more examples in addition to the 2 that you show. I saved the article and some AF hoppers to work on “one of these days”.
You are fortunate to have these. Roger Nulton From: Bill Lane Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Frank's cars I bought [4 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Bill Lane included below] Attached are the Frank Titman cars I bought at the convention. There may be some more in my future. I was trying to go for unique hand built cars that would stand out on an S layout for S visitors. Ironically I had to talk Dan into buying some and ½ of what he bought were SHS cars because they were weathered! Franks “don’t get buried in the minutia” philosophy is how he got so many cars built. The hoppers have an AF car buried in there someplace. I am likely to fluff them a bit. Frank loved Floquil paint which does not decal well. I am going to settle in the decals better and probably Dullcoat them. They are going to have coal loads to give more weight and hide the A F interior. But for me the buy of the day is the bobber caboose – especially for the price! I had a conversation with Jamie the other day. We were both sad that 40+ years of some of the best S modeling in history is getting scattered to the 4 winds. We both have great respect and reverence for what Frank is/was in terms of a modeler and S icon. I have called Frank “the number one god of S Scale” for many years. “Built my Frank Titman has meaning – to the point I wrote it on the boxes I made to store these cars in. So do you keep everything just as it was – just as Frank made it? It is probably not going to happen but I would not mind painting the hoppers again. I have 2 of the pickle cars, both of which have Von Allmen on them. But if I make it, my pickle factory is going to be “Doxie Pickles”. So it could have a name change for the Frank built pickle car. What would YOU do? (:->) Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! See my layout progress at: http://www.lanestrains.com/My_Layout.htm Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
