"REAL COAL" LOADS

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Neil (and all):

There is a company based in Annville, PA, Blue Mountain Hobbies, which makes 
coal loads using Black Beauty blasting slag. Mike's response is using the 
material as a "live" load, so if you tip the car over, you've got an actual 
spill. The loads from Blue Mountain Hobbies are attached to a foam insert 
and are overcoated with a gloss black finish.

Blue Mountain Hobbies, though they do not have a website, can be contacted 
direct via e-mail: vnbord at juno.com or via phone 717-867-2528 (Nevin 
Borlemay). They do very nice coal, ore and ballast loads for a wide variety 
of HO, S, O and G scale cars. They are willing to produce loads to match 
cars that they currently do not have in their catalog, as I am having new 
loads made for Walther's Trinity RD-IV rapid discharge cars and the revised 
version of the Walther's Bethgon, which does have interior bracing.

They can send you a catalog for your review.

Regards,
Russ Goodwin


>nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

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>   Maybe someone can answer my concerns about "real coal" loads in

>models.

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>   I seem to recall (my 74 year old mind is NOT as sharp as it once

>was !) something about the sulfer in "real" coal eating away the

>portions of a model that it contacts.  But when sellers list items on

>ebay if the item has a "real coal" load it is touted as one of the

>outstanding features to lure potential buyers.

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>   Any comments from the on line "Myth Busters" ?

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>   Second question.

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>   I need source for table settings (dishes, silver ware, glass

>ware) for my MTH 0-gauge diner.

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>   Suggestions ?

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>   Thanks in advance for your kind responses.

>    

>   Neil K. Yerger (Mr. Kit Basher)

>   7 Farm Roas

>   Wayne, PA 19087-3303

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>   audreyly at aol.com

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