Carl Miller

[NW Modeling List]

Jim, old friend, I'm not arguing.  And your disbelief is understandable.  A
very reliable source talked to Westerfield himself and was told that he did
make a Gkd, and that after about a dozen the mold broke.  I take legends
like that with a grain of salt.  But just as a check on my senility I ran
down to the basement and found the one that I have.  I don't know if the
new owner has redone them or plans to.

And if you browse the 'net you'll see an outfit called-IIRC--Concept models
that catalogued VGN and N&W battleship gons.  We got some.  They are
absolutely awful.  I got Summers and Munson to review them with me and they
turned purple.  After looking at them carefully--okay, even from two feet
away--they are a redo of the old Red Ball N&W battleship gon.  I doubt
anyone would find them useful, unless majorly bashed, nowadays.  [Now that
I've said that, I'd bet a cup of coffee that Jim Nichols has done that, but
for most of us......]

Frank Bongiovanni

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 1:05 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Mr. Miller,
>
> I don't believe Westerfield ever produced an N&W battleship gondola.  As
> Mike Shockley has pointed out, Westerfield has produced several variations
> of N&W hoppers.
>
> Funaro & Camerlengo did produce a Virginian battleship gondola; is this
> what you are looking for?
>
> Jim Brewer
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 10:35 AM NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Westerfield still makes N&W hoppers. As far as I can tell, they can be
>> ordered on their website.
>> Westerfieldmodels.com. There is a link to the secure store.
>>
>> Mike Shockley
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