[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh Railways 1200 Model

[Jim Holland]

Fred Schneider wrote:
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> 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?
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> One thing wrong with that model.        No one makes people in O-gauge 
> as perfectly detailed as Leonid makes the streetcar models.
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> 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?

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This makes a  Very  Good  Chuckle  for  Today!       What you say  Is  
Very  True!       One customer wrote that the  SPTC  models  should be 
delivered with a Motorman but the models are  'As__Delivered'  from the 
mfgr. to the operating company and To My Knowledge, none of these 
prototypes came with an Operator!!!       Yes  --  some are company 
repaints // rebuilds but even then, the Operator was not involved!!!
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With  SPTC  being Highly Specific about including Every Detail on its 
models for that particular operating company, the same would be true of 
any Operator that  SPTC  would want to include with its models  --  
Uniform, Cap, colors, stripes, etc. would have to be specific For That 
Property  --  a  'Generic'  Motorman would not do!!
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'Maybe'  it would be an interesting sideline for  SPTC  to make  
Operators // Passengers for its "O"-Scale models  --  Sittees,  
Standees,  StrapHangers  --  All Races!!!!
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Jim___Holland