There are also "proportional dividers" which can be set to automatically convert a photo or drawing divider setting to a larger or smaller proportion corresponding setting. Finding such old school

The May, 1996 Railroad Model Craftsman has the article "Plans from pictures" by James Tangney, It's an essential read to understand the process, regardless of whether you are using a computer

Rutland 7999 was a Canadian Government Railways/CN car that the Rutland recovered from Lake Champlain after paying for the "destroyed" car. It had a wood roof, not the Hutchins roof of the Accurail

Scott, 1) Get a pair of "drafting dividers" ... they are a high quality "compass" but both ends are metal points. Very good for transfering measurements - and you will find new ways to

Rob's photo/line method is especially useful using Google SketchUp, which calculates length of lines in prospective drawings from a single known dimension. I used it to determine the dimensions of

Don, If you want to buy resin coated paper locally I agree it is getting darn hard to find. I have a store 20 miles away that still carries paper and supplies. I usually have no problem

The only tank cars I will now consider buying are those that could have hauled Packing House Products PHP. Lard, tallow, etc. Mainly GATC cars. This SC&F kits I'm ready to decal is a plain 8K GATX 6

The late Jim Tangney - MMR#65, had a handout describing the manual method... using drafting techniques. I'm not sure where my paper copy is... (box #n of many) The newer way is to use a software

I can't recall a particular article outlining the process of obtaining dimensions from a photo, but here is what I do: - start with photos that are as square to the object to be measured as possible

Damn...Algebra. Don't tell my wife...   Bill Daniels San Francisco, CA ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..." <STMFC@...> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 9:14

Scott, I'm not sure what you're looking for, but the math is simple rations You need to divide the measure something on the photo by the known dimension of that item. That is then set equal to

Hello everybody hope your new year is going well. I saw in one of the historical society magazineshad an article on determining car dimensions from photographs. It included the various math needed

(i should like to retract this as i believe from an article i have dug up that the accurail kit has Z and NOT L bracing. just to make that clear. especially to dennis s who i believe did the kit!

i now have the 'RailTT' boxcar which is apparently based on a canadian version of a USRA SS design car. i have tried to upload a photo but it needs moderator approval and hasn't appeared,; if it

Everyone, Clover House has produced new Dry Transfer Lettering for Decker reefers. (Decker & Sons meat packing plant of Mason City IA). This is for the 4th and final lettering scheme, used on 36' wood

I have built two of Sunshine's 8K insulated AC&F Type 27 tank cars, Warren and Cities Service. I did find myself re-engineering as I went. A BIG frustration was no guidance about how to figure out the

Bruce, Thanks for sharing this information about weathering on-line for those who are unable to attend the meet in Cocoa Beach. Dave S. Tucson, AZ

lol Elden! That Sunshine kit suffered (as I did) from a warped underframe casting. All of the SC&F castings I've seen are excellent quality, near perfect. Tim O'

www.mcmaster.com -- metric flat head machine screws in 1.4 1.6 and 2 mm (and other) sizes in varying lengths.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Clark; Right in the middle of my attempt at construction of the first Sunshine insulated tank car, I threw myself off of a rooftop and killed