Carl Miller

[NW Modeling List]

If that Westerfield mold actually does get a do-over, I wouldn't count a
GKd out.  I think the GKd was included in the original series, which
accounts for its appearance in the product description (
https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=102_319
).

As for it being too modern, the Westerfield HP hopper series still includes
the final revision of that line, the H-1, some of which lasted into the
1950s.

Jim Laney

On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 5:30 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Jim Nichols, I thought you might come through.  For those of you who don't
> know Jim, he has a level of diligence and craftsmanship that most of us can
> only try to emulate.
>
> Jim Kehn; next time we get together (we're both in Ohio)I'll show you
> precisely what's wrong with the Red Ball kit.  It was kind of ok when it
> came out, but for Concept to use the same molds currently is......tacky.
>
> Frank Bongiovanni
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> The answer is, yes, Jim Nichols has bashed a GKd by cutting down an old
>> Athearn 50' box car. I think I even wrote it up in a long gone issue of the
>> Arrow. It makes sense that Westerfield would have done a GKa, as the GKd
>> would be too modern for him. But the GKd is all most of old timers ever
>> saw, and they lasted right up to the early '50's. Trucks are a problem, but
>> a few of them actually got Buckeyes. So you could get away with that.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>>
>> On Sunday, February 20, 2022, 01:18:37 PM CST, NW Modeling List <
>> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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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