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Thanks to Pete Silcox sending me these vintage kits, I was able to build a pair of Don Thompson's early TrainStuff resin kits last week.? The Burlington Northern 50' 6" Flush Plug Door Box Car was one of three versions of these cars.? The 40' 6" New York Central box car kit was a model of the LCL Pacemaker series cars, however I modeled it as it was post Pacemaker service.? I've modeled several of these TrainStuff kits before.? All use resin cast flat sides/end/roof with a wood floor.? I enhanced these two models with various Pacific Rail Shops styrene castings.? I've found that most of these vintage TrainStuff kits tend to have the original green tissue paper protective wrapping stuck to the resin castings and the side castings are always warped top to bottom.? A little soap and water and some time with a hair dryer easily corrects these problems.? After all of these years, these kits still build up into very nice models.? Thank you, Don!

? Wow, long time ago! It started out as a AF replacement parts business, but as I slowly became S Scale vs. AF, we started to produce kits! From that beginning, I ended up making lifetime friends, learning about all kinds of skills and becoming so frustrated with the process of polyester casting that I sold the business! A decade later, Mike Ferraro convinced me to start again and SHS was born…in a way, my penance for Train Stuff!?

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and now a deserved retirement, in both Florida? and up north some where !? Old Pete in georgia

While I had no knowledge of TrainStuff (before this chain), I feel compelled to take this opportunity to thank Don Thompson and S-Helper Service for getting me into S Scale. A co-worker back in the early 2000's told me about S and gave me his copy of a SHS catalog. Having been primarily in N Scale since 1968 (as well as other scale excursions during that time), contemplating a change to S was a big deal for me (pun intended). Looking through Don's catalog and website convinced me S Scale was the right choice, and more specifically, SHS was the right choice. It would take a few years (2008) until I finally took the plunge and ordered a SHS trainset for myself. Over the years, SHS equipment has been my "equipment of choice" and makes up nearly 75% of my current roster.

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While my SHS purchases are limited to the secondary market now, they still never fail to deliver joy and satisfaction. Thank you Don for all you've done for S Scale. If I could give you an award, I would.

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Phil Scandura

Flagstaff, AZ

I’m building my layout with SHS flex track. ?It is a real pleasure to use. ?The curves are so smooth!

Ben Trousdale?