[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways 1200 Model

[Edward G. Skuchas]

Fred,

Artistta make some of the nicest figures, painted or unpainted.  I had
someone paint some of the figures painted in alternate schemes including
people of color.

Ed


> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:34:34 -0500
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Pittsburgh Railways 1200 Model
> 
> Well, Mr. Holland, I finally got out the cyano-acrolyte glue and
> mounted the small parts on my 1200.   How do you spell Super Glue?
> 
> One thing wrong with that model.   No one makes people in O-gauge as
> perfectly detailed as Leonid makes the streetcar models.
> 
> And since my 1200 model is signed for 85 BEDFORD (and I didn't plan
> on this for the eve of Martin Luther King Day), it would only be
> fitting that it has a car load of people of color.    Yes, guys, they
> did run them on that line initially.   Who builds perfect seated
> unpainted people in O-gauge with 1940 clothing?
> 
> 
>