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

Hello survivors of the Mayan collapse. I have good numbers of Intermountain Railway Co. #40052 12 packs of 33" code 88 semi-scale wheel sets I am offering to readers of this post. Each package has

At the IRM's Pullman Library we do have many original pencil and ink drawings of SSC freight and passenger cars, plus interurbans and early trolley cars. According to Eric Neubauer's CD of P-S freight

Save money and search web for Micro Fasteners.  I believe from New Jersey. Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa. ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Friday, January 11,

I simply us 0-80s and paint the heads. ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX 77477, 281-568-9918 Office:

Try Ace hardware,the ones by me have tons of metric screws,blackened,stainless down to 1mm.    Alan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Clark.   They have their ups and downs compared to F&C and Sunshine.  Some have resin handrail stantions, lots of problems!! I use Presision Scale stantions.  Some are easier than others, depends