Dennis, Oh,oh, the freight car police are going to get you. They will probably kick you off the list. 8>) Jared Harper Athens, GA

Even a few different size "hat sections" with overscale.010 flanges would save a lot of work.  Most of us use 0.10 anyhow.   Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. sunbury,

Yes. Dennis

I just read Tim's message again, this time for content :-) What he's asking for is a forming tool, kind of like a jeweler's draw plate, although it will have to form the styrene by scraping rather

Ed For those hidden weights I've always used DAP silicone caulk. You have to let it dry overnight but it is NEVER coming loose. :-) I've never been able to find Barge cement for sale so I use

I have one of the built-up Taurus kits for the Rock Island reefer. Although the kit is still available, I wish I didn't have to buy the kit just to get the decals (Walthers does not show them

Jeff you may never have built the Tichy rebuilt USRA box car then. :-) This kit is completely injected molded, and includes door guides with a .010 slit which takes an even thinner molded shim that

My NP reefer is a RC kit with Central Valley radial roof. I was advised by Jack Parker of CV and a NP modeler that this was very close. The Rock Island is also a RC kit using decals Microscale made

Does "Z" channel have 90 degree corners (basically, two L's) or does it have acute (less than 90 degree) corners like the letter "Z"? Either way, I agree Z channel is needed. Tim O'Connor

I can tell you for one that it doesn't thin with MEK like the old stuff. I don't use the new formula as it's too darn thick and stringy. Jerry Glow

Darned... forgot to sign the last message. Dennis

Let me star with this premise... I don't think Evergreen strips and shapes are extruded, I think they are milled, the same basic technique as Northeastern milled shapes, although not on the same

Mike Try Aleene's Tacky Glue. Comes in a Gold Bottle. It is a Water Base glue. I have used it on Wood to Wood, Wood to Styrene, Metal to Metal you name it, it will hold it together. I Custom Built

From the June edition of Model Railroad Hobbyist... Evergreen Models Inc., a major supplier of styrene sheets and shapes for the hobby industry, has been purchased by Chicago businessman Herb

Z-channel! CB&Q used Z-channel instead of hat channel for framing single-sheathed boxcars. Still a sticking point after 50 years!!! I got into N Scale when I realized that even Northeastern

I made something like this to shape aluminum. In my case, I made it of steel and in two pieces. I chose the two-piece method because I didn't think there'd be a chance in hell in doing the "draw" in

And leave an acceptably thin flange? That's the part that I can't imagine. I can't even imagine extruding a shape (from liquid styrene) that has flanges that are 0.010" or thinner. I hope Dennis

Dennis, you know a lot about tooling and such. Would it be possible to make a "die" (or whatever it's called) that you could pull a styrene strip (like a 2x4 or whatever) and it would "shave" the

Evergreen doesn't make sheet in black... they BUY black sheet, cut it to smaller sizes, package it, and re-sell it. They could do the same with gray, if gray extruded sheets were available, but I

Brian Everett asked about PRR 5' wheel base trucks, type 2F-F3, for an HO PRR F34 flat. Brian, Precision Scale has a 5' wb truck which they call "Truck kit, PRR series caboose, single coil spring