Try Sunshine models in Springfield, Mo
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From: "Bob Webber" <no17@comcast.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] We Need A CB&Q Stock Car NOW!
> Well.... do something about it. Get the plans, photos and such, and
> present them to a suitable manufacturer. One problem I see is that
> it seems you are looking for a mass-production company - I don't see
> that happening. BUT, if you were to take the information to a resin
> kit manufacturer and if you did a little homework ahead of time to
> see if you could find one version that also used parts from another
> car (such as an underframe from a box car or something else shared)
> it would be that much more likely to happen.
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> Stock cars are notoriously a b*ith to do because of the openings -
> butt, not impossible, and some fine ones have come out - I happen to
> know someone who is looking for a mid-western project of a car sort
> of like this. Again, it helps if *you* do the homework. But, I
> would not expect a $10 shake-the-box kit.
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> At 01:28 PM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>>When is someone going to give us an (fairly at least) accurate
>>Burlington, single deck stock car model?
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>>The Athearns and, apparently the Accurail's aren't. It has been
>>well over a year since someone posted that Intermountain was
>>*possibly* coming out with one as well as an ATSF. So far have only
>>seen the SF. And it has been at least a dozen year, probably more,
>>since Walthers did theirs (it wasn't included in their latest run of
>>a couple years back, btw) though I don't know the accuracy of that model.
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>>Point is, this has been bugging the s%&# out of me for several years
>>now without resolution, so if nothing else, I basically needed to vent.
>>
>>Carry on . . . :-)
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> Bob Webber
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