RPM-East meet report
An HO scale Bowser GLa coal hopper was the starting point for one of Ben Keltz’s display models (above left). He replaced cast-on hand holds and grabs with free standing wire. Ben also added brake piping and interior cross bracing to the model before paint- ing and lettering it for a Cumberland & Pennsylvania prototype. Nearly a dozen HO scale resin kit freight cars were displayed by Eric Thur. The Pennsy container flat (above right) represents a FM class flat car modified for l.c.l. container service in the late 1930’s. It is a Funaro & Camerlengo product. The Rohm & Haas tank car in
the background follows a GATX Type 30 prototype and was pro- duced by Sunshine Models. Stan Rydarowicz modified this Rib Side Car Company HO scale Milwaukee Road boxcar with round roof hatches and orange doors for specialized service hauling spent grain and cullet for the Miller Brewing Company (below left). Stan offers this kit in his line of products. Mike Zollitsch used proto- type images to recreate this Buffalo & Pittsburgh icicle breaker car in HO scale (below right). Mike shared a number of models based upon mid-1990’s northern Pennsylvania shortline prototypes.
As I flew back to my new home in far
west Texas, I glanced down at a U.S. map on my beverage napkin. I plotted points on this map for the RPM meets that occur each year around the coun- try:
Naperville, Savannah, Cocoa
Beach, San Bernadino, Collinsville, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Valley Forge, Bridge- water, the Bay Area, Marion, Seattle,
Toronto, and Vancouver. These meets are sprouting up in many places. When you weigh the registration, travel, and hotel costs against the information and inspiration you bring home, the return on your investment is strong. If you haven’t attended one of these events yet, I highly recommend you search out an RPM meet close to home, or close to
your prototype interest, and plan to go. Here’s a page of event links to assist:
www.railroadprototypemodelers.org/ other.htm
Mike Niedzalkoski used paint and colored pencils to bring out the details on this N scale Micro Trains tank car (above). He also added an ACI label, Z scale couplers, and low profile wheelsets. A wide assortment of HO scale models was displayed by Chip Syme. This eye-catching model of an early Conrail GP35 (left) has a great combination of additional detail parts (including a cab signal box on the walkway) and lettering to capture the look of a former Reading unit.
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