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Re: C&WI H&B Gondola
tedander2000
Please contact us for possible H&B drawings in the Pullman Library collection, and we can check to see if those details that you requested are on any of the drawings. It cost us a lot to make the collection available, but you would be charged the usual nominal drawing fee if you wish a copy of the needed info. It would help to have the date of manufacture and any order information that you might have to make sure that we are looking for the correct car.
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Sincerely, IRM Pullman Library curator
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Chad Boas
I used it on the sides of my Wabash buisness car #400. I used evergreen metal siding as the base and used a blunt burnishing tool to push it into the cracks. Gives it a good fluted siding look. I have brought this car to Naperville a few times.
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Chad Boas
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Re: Santa Fe rebuild?
brianleppert@att.net
How about D&RGW? The ends, fishbelly underframe and Vulcan trucks would be a match.
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Brian Leppert Carson City, NV
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Re: Santa Fe rebuild?
Richard Hendrickson
On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote:
Definitely not a Santa Fe car, Tim. Several midwestern RRs had cars with extended height roofs, originally for auto body service, CB&Q, MILW, and RI among them. FB underframe, '20s style Dreadnaught ends, and inset at the corner where the ends meet the sides suggest that this car was rebuilt with steel sheathed sides from what was originally a single sheathed car. Someone on the list whose focus is later in the '50s will doubtless be able to identify it. Richard Hendrickson
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Santa Fe rebuild?
I'm guessing this car may have originally belonged to the Santa Fe?
Is that correct? Thanks! http://www.ebay.com/itm/140664240482 Tim O'Connor
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Bill Welch
Todd:
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While I think it could be burnished successfully to show the rivets on the surface, I would think whatever adhiseve is used would spoil the look. I would think multiple layers of clear decal film might work better. I am thinking of trying multiple layers of decal film to model the repairs made to FGE's ex-R7 reefer's diagonal and vertical bracing albeit, before I paint them. Bill Welch
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Todd Horton
Has anyone tred to use this for patch panels on X29's? Sound like if this is available in clear then you might be able to "fix" an early decorated Red Caboose model without repainting. Todd Horton
From: Andy Carlson <midcentury@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [STMFC] In praise of 0.005 styrene Jack Spencer gets great results with varying thicknesses of Mylar. .003" -.006" sheets are commonly used by him. Myself, I like using the RC item self-adhesive "Monocote Trim", not to be confused with heat-shrinking Monokote. The trim is .003" plastic film with a peel-off paper backing, and is very good at taking rivet impressions. Comes in almost any color imagined, except light gray was not available when I made my last purchase-I settled for white. I have had excellent results bonding .005" styrene to styrene by applying small amounts of Testors solvent glue to the area of the field with which you intend to place the .005" overlay. Wait for the solvent to flash off, then place your thin .005" plastic piece in place. The amount of residual solvent makes an excellent bond. Doesn't fall off, even when used for patterns and removed from the mold. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA ________________________________ From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Thu, December 22, 2011 10:52:44 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] In praise of 0.005 styrene I only wish we could get .003 sheet, in BLACK styrene. :-) But I am a huge fan of Evergreen including the .005 sheet. Ever use aluminum foil for parts? I made some door stops for a stock car from HVAC 'sticky' aluminum foil. I didn't have to glue the base to the car, just used the stick-um that came with it. They've never failed, and the car is over 10 yrs old. One nice thing about the foil is it that it can be cut very precisely with scissors, or a paper cutter. Tim O'Connor [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: Butterdish cars
Don Burn
Kevin,
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I believe the March 1986 issue of RMC has plans for the car. Don Burn
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From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Kevin Sprayberry Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 6:52 PM To: STMFC list Subject: [STMFC] Butterdish cars Does anyone have a butter dish milk car that they could measure for me? I want to do it 1/8th. I saw an OMI O scale on ebay but missed it. -Kevin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
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Butterdish cars
csxt5555
Does anyone have a butter dish milk car that they could measure for me? I want to do it 1/8th. I saw an OMI O scale on ebay but missed it.
-Kevin
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Re: NYC freight car colors for 1951
anthony wagner
NYC open top cars were painted black prior to the end of 1943. Thereafter they
were painted red, without a black background for the oval logo. However black paint could still be used after that date until the supplies on hand were exhausted at shops that were doing the repaints. As time elapsed more older cars were repainted red after undergoing repairs and, in conjunction with the purchase of new cars after the war, the gondola and hopper fleet gradually shifted from all black to mostly red though there were probably at least a few older cars that had been repainted black just before the change to red that went to scrap in the mid-fifties without being repainted. I'd guess that by 1951 the 41'6'' gons were mostly red with maybe as many as a quarter of them still black. Tony Wagner ________________________________ From: Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Thu, December 22, 2011 11:18:51 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] NYC freight car colors for 1951 Fenton Wells asked: "I am getting ready to assemble a few of the F&C kits for the NYC 40 gon. F&C box shows them as boxcar red, but I've seen pictures of them in balck. Which color is correct for a 1951 era paint scheme? Any NYC experts out there that can offer some good advice?" Courtesy of Terry Link: http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT.htm Scroll 1/3 of the way down the page. Ben Hom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Andy Carlson
Jack Spencer gets great results with varying thicknesses of Mylar. .003" -.006"
sheets are commonly used by him. Myself, I like using the RC item self-adhesive "Monocote Trim", not to be confused with heat-shrinking Monokote. The trim is .003" plastic film with a peel-off paper backing, and is very good at taking rivet impressions. Comes in almost any color imagined, except light gray was not available when I made my last purchase-I settled for white. I have had excellent results bonding .005" styrene to styrene by applying small amounts of Testors solvent glue to the area of the field with which you intend to place the .005" overlay. Wait for the solvent to flash off, then place your thin .005" plastic piece in place. The amount of residual solvent makes an excellent bond. Doesn't fall off, even when used for patterns and removed from the mold. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA ________________________________ From: Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> To: STMFC@... Sent: Thu, December 22, 2011 10:52:44 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] In praise of 0.005 styrene I only wish we could get .003 sheet, in BLACK styrene. :-) But I am a huge fan of Evergreen including the .005 sheet. Ever use aluminum foil for parts? I made some door stops for a stock car from HVAC 'sticky' aluminum foil. I didn't have to glue the base to the car, just used the stick-um that came with it. They've never failed, and the car is over 10 yrs old. One nice thing about the foil is it that it can be cut very precisely with scissors, or a paper cutter. Tim O'Connor
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Jeff
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It's definitely thicker than "heavy duty" kitchen foil, but I've never tried to measure the thickness. I'm sure it is much less than .005. I have some soft formable foil (like the kind that came with the Sunshine Greenville gondola kit to form the ends) and that also seems thicker than the HVAC foil. Tim
I haven't tried it on models, but I have a friend who uses HVAC foil tape to seal up gaps in the benchwork (e.g. between pieces of plywood) before adding ground cover.
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Aley, Jeff A
I haven't tried it on models, but I have a friend who uses HVAC foil tape to seal up gaps in the benchwork (e.g. between pieces of plywood) before adding ground cover.
How thick is the foil? I don't have any on-hand to measure. Regards, -Jeff From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Tim O'Connor Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 10:53 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] In praise of 0.005 styrene I only wish we could get .003 sheet, in BLACK styrene. :-) But I am a huge fan of Evergreen including the .005 sheet. Ever use aluminum foil for parts? I made some door stops for a stock car from HVAC 'sticky' aluminum foil. I didn't have to glue the base to the car, just used the stick-um that came with it. They've never failed, and the car is over 10 yrs old. One nice thing about the foil is it that it can be cut very precisely with scissors, or a paper cutter. Tim O'Connor
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
I only wish we could get .003 sheet, in BLACK styrene. :-)
But I am a huge fan of Evergreen including the .005 sheet. Ever use aluminum foil for parts? I made some door stops for a stock car from HVAC 'sticky' aluminum foil. I didn't have to glue the base to the car, just used the stick-um that came with it. They've never failed, and the car is over 10 yrs old. One nice thing about the foil is it that it can be cut very precisely with scissors, or a paper cutter. Tim O'Connor
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
jerryglow2
The clear .005 product doesn't seem to disolve as readily with solvent application.
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Re: NYC freight car colors for 1951
Thanks so much Ben. Your attachment answered my question. So in 1951 I
probably should do both in red or one each and the black on weathered up a bit. Thanks and Merry Christmas. Fenton Wells On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...> wrote: ** -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Bill Welch
Jack, I totally get it. That is why I prefer Testers, which has some sort of retarder in it, making it more tame.
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Bill
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Gary Roe
On Behalf Of Bill Welch
This just reminds me one more time how valuable this Evergreen product is. Bill Welch Bill, I am grateful for ALL of the Evergreen products, and would be totally lost without them. I hope they never go away. gary roe quincy, illinois
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Re: KRLX 6777
Richard Hendrickson
On Dec 22, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Larry Sexton wrote:
At some point after January 1942 and prior to June 1947, theLarry, the KRLX reporting marks aren't listed under National Car Co. (or elsewhere) in the 7/43 or 1/45 ORERs. See you soon at CB. Richard Hendrickson
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Re: In praise of 0.005 styrene
Jack Burgess <jack@...>
Thanks Bill...
I don't use .005" styrene that often but when I do, I use CA to bond it...the MEK I use for styrene is just too "hot". Jack
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