Carl Miller

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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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