Tony Thompson replied Interestingly, my W&R 8K single dome type 7 tank car model does have a double row of rivets at the tank end, although nowhere else. My W&R 6K single dome tank has a single row

As a surprised and very pleased recipient of the S&T 2012 project, I have an offer to make. To the 1st 10 respondents who have one of these projects picked up at cocoa Beach, I am offering a free

Arved Grass wrote: "Prototype: http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/pic/2005/fruit/car.asp Model: http://tinyurl.com/7qyhnpy I'm certainly not a FGE expert, but it's not all that bad, is it?" Model

Claus, I'm not certain the reason for the my error, but Reading 30045, a 70 ton 65' gondola built by Bethlehem Steel in what appears to be 11/29 is on page 241 of Train Shed Cyclopedia #46, as

Prototype: http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/pic/2005/fruit/car.asp Model: http://tinyurl.com/7qyhnpy I'm certainly not a FGE expert, but it's not all that bad, is it? Arved G. Grass Fleming Island,

http://www.finelineprototyping.com/ The ant climbing over the chess set is pretty darn amazing to me. By biggest concern has been the layering effect of most printed materials, such as those from

Hi Ben, Good point! - Claus Schlund

Claus Schlund wrote: "A possible use for those pesky 8-panel 40 foot gons we all have trouble finding prototypes for?" http://archive.nmra.org/Portals/NMRA//images/l_freight_0108.jpg Not really -

Hi List Members, A possible use for those pesky 8-panel 40 foot gons we all have trouble finding prototypes for? http://archive.nmra.org/Portals/NMRA//images/l_freight_0108.jpg - Claus Schlund

Gents, Would anyone know if the Kadee HO hopper is okay for the late-40s Reading cars? Kadee offers them in early-50s paint, but I'm interested in doing some in the late 40s scheme with Roman

Hi Larry and List Members, Larry wrote: I'm a few days behind in this discussion, but I looked in the above TSC and page 241 does not have a Reading gon on it. Typo? Your thoughts, Larry? -

Anyone have opinions on the accuracy of the paint jobs on these? I'm pretty sure the Fruit Growers is wrong, but how about the others? Ed Edward Sutorik

Tim, I don't know about taking over the business, but Stevie is making masters for F&C to produce. Regards, -Jeff Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 11:41 AM To:

The paucity of military house cars in the ORER is most likely because they were not in interchange service. As noted earlier, munitions were delivered to military bases on common carrier cars

Sunshine Models will be at Timonium, Feb. 4&5. For a flyer about it see http://www.sunshinekits.com/meets.html There will be new decals for Assignment, Restriction, Routing stencils. See my Recent

Given the consistent fidelity to prototype of numerous W&R products, one can feel immediately skeptical about Stevie's remark. Moreover, double riveting of tank seams came in with the 1910

Brian, here's an old note of mine: Railway Age 1/1947 V.122 #1 p.111 American Steel Foundries ad with photo of ASF A-3; claims that 26,000 pairs were ordered in 1946 Tim O'Connor

Bruce Smith wrote Bruce, I don't know what Stevie meant, but I have a 1-dome and a 4-dome W&R tank and neither one has dual rows of rivets anywhere, and certainly not where the ends are attached. Is

Jeff, my apologies for missing your post as it seems I've mirrored to some extent your sentiments - you've simply been more concise. I can't say this enough; the best you can do for the hobby is to

I suspect it's intended purpose is exactly what is implied in the name; removing ink lines from Mylar drawings, leaving a toothed surface similar to the original frosted surface on the Mylar, ready