The Resin Car Works website has been updated with currently available freight car kits!
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Next stop, St. Louis RPM!
Resin Car Works honcho Frank Hodina is ready for a road trip to the St. Louis RPM! The lead image shows how the packed-and-ready kits have dominated a level of Frank’s HO scale layout.
Continue reading Next stop, St. Louis RPM!Building a Western Pacific PFE R-30-9 reefer
George Toman shares his work updating a couple HO scale reefer kits. George has some cool techniques in this post.
In 1923, the Western Pacific joined Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) and added a number of cars to the PFE fleet. The cars were built to current PFE standards and designs. They featured a WP herald on the right side. Although owned by the WP, were part of the general PFE fleet.
Continue reading Building a Western Pacific PFE R-30-9 reeferPFE plywood-sheathed reefer
Resin Car Works honcho Frank Hodina steps in with a model build from the past.
I recently read Ted Cullota’s blog post on his PFE R-30-9 plywood-sheathed reefer. His model work stirred a memory back from the depths.
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