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Re: End stiles
Robert kirkham
Well, the tricky bit is that the right stile was normally a steel strap, not an angle iron. So it projects off the corrugations less far (similar to the left style with its normal thickness). A regular right ladder style projects off more - and gives the ladder an angled look that’s kind of eh. I used pie plate to model this recently - marked and drilled the holes before trimming it into a strip. That option with separate grabs works well.
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On Feb 7, 2021, at 10:38 AM, Clark Propst <cepropst@q.com> wrote: I just started on a F&C USRA DS box car kit. They only molded the outside stile on the ends. Meaning I'm to add the inside one. Their stile is so narrow I would not be able to keep my drill from sliding off one side or the other. So, I scrapped it off. Now I thinking of gluing on a ladder with the same width as Tichy drop grabs, drilling holes for them and lastly cutting off the ladder rungs. I haven't checked my ladder supply yet. Does this sound like a reason way tp proceed? Thanks, Clark Propst
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Re: End stiles
ed_mines
wasn't the original Tichy box car end (#3001?) for a USRA double sheathed car? |
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Re: End stiles
I bet it will look good Fenton
On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 1:38 PM Clark Propst <cepropst@q.com> wrote: I just started on a F&C USRA DS box car kit. They only molded the outside stile on the ends. Meaning I'm to add the inside one. Their stile is so narrow I would not be able to keep my drill from sliding off one side or the other. So, I scrapped it off. Now I thinking of gluing on a ladder with the same width as Tichy drop grabs, drilling holes for them and lastly cutting off the ladder rungs. I haven't checked my ladder supply yet. --
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End stiles
Clark Propst
I just started on a F&C USRA DS box car kit. They only molded the outside stile on the ends. Meaning I'm to add the inside one. Their stile is so narrow I would not be able to keep my drill from sliding off one side or the other. So, I scrapped it off. Now I thinking of gluing on a ladder with the same width as Tichy drop grabs, drilling holes for them and lastly cutting off the ladder rungs. I haven't checked my ladder supply yet.
Does this sound like a reason way tp proceed? Thanks, Clark Propst
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Re: Des Plaines SOO caboose
Bill J.
Have them check with Bill at Becker's Model RR Supply, 6510 635-9480
Bill Jolitz
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Photo: N&W Livestock Car 33000
Photo: N&W Livestock Car 33000 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=NS2780 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Cars were forty-two feet long. Part of series 33000-33249 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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Re: AP article on model railroading today...
A positive message from a Southern California railroad hobby shop owner: And a story about Walthers: Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA
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AP article on model railroading today...
Jack Burgess <jack@...>
I read AP news article on model railroading this morning. Maybe our hobby isn’t dying after all!
Jack Burgess
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Re: How would the carbon black product have been shipped prior...
ed_mines
Around 1981 I worked in a factory where we got it in bags and large cardboard boxes lined with plastic film. It had very light density.
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Des Plaines SOO caboose
Clark Propst
I have a friend in need of a Centralia Hobbies SOO Line wood caboose model. Does anyone have a model they are willing to part with?
Thanks, Clark Propst
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HO Models for sale
Continuing to consolidate, rationalize, and I decided to backdate slightly (Not as far as Ray Breyer wants me too) so I have some freight cars for sale. List is mostly plastic with some resin. contact me off-list at prrk41361 AT yahoo DOT com if you'd like the list.
Brian J Carlson Cheektowaga NY
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RCW update
Eric Hansmann
An update on Resin Car Works order processing has been posted on our blog. Don’t miss the upcoming kit teasers.
http://blog.resincarworks.com/rcw-vacation/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy
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Re: carbon black product
Ray Hutchison
Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black andthermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, or ethylene cracking tar. Carbon black is a form of paracrystalline carbonthat has a high surface-area-to-volume ratio, albeit lower than that of activated carbon. It is dissimilar to soot in its much higher surface-area-to-volume ratio and significantly lower (negligible and non-bioavailable) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content. However, carbon black is widely used as a model compound for diesel soot for diesel oxidation experiments.[2][better source needed] Carbon black is mainly used as a reinforcing filler in tires and other rubber products. In plastics, paints, and inks, carbon black is used as a color pigment.[3] The current International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluation is that, "Carbon black is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)".[4] Short-term exposure to high concentrations of carbon black dust may produce discomfort to the upper respiratory tract, through mechanical irritation.
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Re: Congratulations to Clark
Jared Harper
. . .and a Santa Fe box car at that.8>)
Jared Harper
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Re: DuPont tank car DUPX 254 - October 1944
The two tank cars are very close in size - 11053 gallons vs 11313 gallons. I don't know why one has 6 segments and the other 7, but the difference in gallons may not be related to the length of the tanks. A very small difference in diameter could do that.
On 2/5/2021 11:10 PM, nyc3001 . wrote:
I think the Atlas car is different because it has a six-course tank instead of a seven-course tank as in the photo of DUPX 3257. Also, the tank looks longer than the Atlas tank. The Atlas car also has a welded underframe as opposed to a riveted underframe. --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Re: DuPont tank car DUPX 254 - October 1944
nyc3001 .
I think the Atlas car is different because it has a six-course tank instead of a seven-course tank as in the photo of DUPX 3257. Also, the tank looks longer than the Atlas tank. The Atlas car also has a welded underframe as opposed to a riveted underframe.
3257 reminds me a little bit of the OMI 3028 ACF tank though the Overland model's prototype is about 10 years older and has no dome platform. -Phil
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Re: How would the carbon black product have been shipped prior...
Carbon black was produced in large quantities in TX-OK-NM area served by the ATSF from natural gas feedstock. Distances for commodities is almost meaningless - it's just about the delivered cost. :-)
On 2/5/2021 6:58 PM, Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Re: DuPont tank car DUPX 254 - October 1944
Nearly the same size and type of cars (#254 and #3257) - SHPX had a huge number (many hundreds) of these cars Note the built date on the prototype (#3257) is 1948. The Atlas car seems like a reasonable facsimile of the real one, and the model number is valid and evidently so is the paint & lettering.
On 2/5/2021 6:05 PM, Dave Parker via groups.io wrote:
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 02:40 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: --
Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
 ICC105A300W ACF-1948 DupontDeNemours.jpg)
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Re: Pullman Standard Door comparisons
Makes you wonder huh? I mean Kadee is usually -so- meticulous in their tooling but they have made their exaggerated PS-1 doors over and over again. Sad. :-\
On 2/5/2021 2:52 PM, Andy Carlson wrote:
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Re: Box Car Pbotos
Scott
Bill, it was in the resin building group.
Scott McDonald
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