straightforward and the parts fit well. At one time, a British magazine, pos-
sibly Railway Modeler, included a pam- phlet of about 16 pages with instruc- tions for motorizing these locomotives. DAVID KARPER
Sanford, Florida PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER In COLLECTOR CONSIST in the July,
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Ice house plans Referring back to David Lambert’s
fine articles on ice houses in the May and June, 2011, RMC’s, readers may be interested in the set of ice house plans from the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society. They cost $14.00 and can be ordered at the web site
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DAVID LEIDER via e-mail
Rosebud, but not the sled Keith Wills discussed Rosebud Kit-
master in his column in the July issue. I remember Rosebud. At the time a hobby shop in Baltimore, Maryland, carried a fairly large selection of its kits. I obtained many of them, includ- ing Biggin Hill and City of Truro. Most of the other names elude me
now, although there was an 0-4-0T in the line. Alas, in careless storage and moving, I have lost them all. As I re- member, the molding was excellent and all of the parts fit accurately. The assem- bly diagram included in the article may look complicated, but construction was
2012, RMC, Mr. Wills mentions a Rose- bud Kitmaster model of a Beyer Garratt locomotive and invited comments. I saw such a model in the early 1970’s at the home of a friend, Harry Thompson, with whom I unfortunately lost contact years ago. At the time he lived in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Great Britain. It was a model of a British Railways ex-London, Midland & Scottish Rail- way 2-6-6-2, No. 47967-47999, built be- tween 1927 and 1930 for heavy freight service by Beyer, Peacock & Co. All en- gines except two were rebuilt with ro- tating coal bunkers that looked like the drums on ready-mix concrete trucks and that feature was reproduced on the model. All were scrapped between 1955 and 1958. Harry told me that as- sembling the kit had been a pain in the posterior experience, and the wheels did not turn, not because he had mis- applied glue on the bearings but sim- ply because the moving parts fit badly. I tried to talk him into selling me the model but he wouldn’t and at that time it was no longer available from the manufacturer. I did buy an Airfix model of a British
0-4-0 saddle tank which was easily as- sembled and rolled well but motorizing it would have been a job beyond my abilities.
HANS REINKER Koblenz, Germany
Bulk glycerin For those who wondered where to
get bulk glycerin, just use Google® and you will find several suppliers with reasonbable prices per gallon, as does Scenic Express. (This is in reference to Keith Albright’s May, 2012, article.) BILL SCHAUMBURG
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