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Re: Curious about veracity

Thanks, Fritz. Can you tell us how long that scheme was around in some quantity? Schuyler <fgexbill@...> wrote: Actually, the Accurail PM car's paint job matches the second lettering scheme they

By Schuyler Larrabee · #115072 ·

Need Sunshine Steel Reefer Instruction Sheet

I just got in my last order from Sunshine. Unfortunately, the FGEX steel reefer (#34.25) I ordered shipped with instructions for the wood anniversary kit (#34.16). Does someone have the instruction

By Paul Bizier · #115071 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Actually, the Accurail PM car's paint job matches the second lettering scheme they wore. As built, they were delivered in one of the PM's pre-1930 schemes for house cars, as shown at

By Fritz Milhaupt · #115070 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

According to the data in Westerfield kit #2752, the PRR number belongs to an RF, a double-sheathed reefer alright, but only 36' long. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

By al_brown03 · #115069 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Bill Welch wrote: "Ben's comments about the PRR model are accurate. However, one of the most obscure groups of cars owned by FGE were one hundred steel rebuilds w/R7 u/f's. With their flat plate steel

By Benjamin Hom · #115068 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Thanks,, Bill, for a pretty comprehensive answer. Ultimately, the fishbelly underframe could be minimized by the same technique we're using on the current Shake'n'Take car, whether the overall

By Schuyler Larrabee · #115067 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Where to begin?! The paint and stenciling are correct for the PM car as build. 125 of these cars went to FGE in 1940 and were placed in their 16100-299 series. As built they had straight u/f's and

By Bill Welch · #115066 ·

Re: Moldy smell in Old Railway Equipment Registers

No, they’re not cheap, but virtually all quality illustration board is now acid free, or buy “museum board” if you want to be sure, and make your own acid free box. You can glue it together,

By Schuyler Larrabee · #115065 ·

Re: Gon and hopper interiors

Here's your gondola shot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178401853/in/photostream/ ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027

By Steve SANDIFER · #115064 ·

Re: Lehigh Valley 60000-60499 Box Cars

Hi Chuck, The only pictures I have seen of LV box cars prior to the green ones has the LEHIGH VALLEY on the left side of the car. The LV was on unique in that there were a number of other railroads

By Joel Holmes <lehighvalley@...> · #115063 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Thanks, Ben, that's what I thought. Now, anybody for Pere Marquette? Schuyler From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hom Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013

By Schuyler Larrabee · #115062 ·

Re: Curious about veracity

Schuyler Larrabee asked: "New Accurail kits for June. Are these legitimate models of actual prototypes? #48351 Pere Marquette #4846 Pennsylvania Close to each other at the lower right of this

By Benjamin Hom · #115061 ·

Curious about veracity

New Accurail kits for June. Are these legitimate models of actual prototypes? #48351 Pere Marquette #4846 Pennsylvania Close to each other at the lower right of this

By Schuyler Larrabee · #115060 ·

Lehigh Valley 60000-60499 Box Cars

I'm finishing up a Sunshine model of a LV 60000-60499 series wood sided boxcar. Besides the ACF builder's photo which was in the kit, there is a photo in Bob Archer's book Lehigh Valley Railroad of

By Layout Tour · #115059 ·

correction about models at Cocoa Beach

I just learned at RPM-East last weekend that I had messed up my blog post about models at Cocoa Beach, and credited Eric Thur with some of John Johnson's models (Eric pointed it out to meK). My

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #115058 ·

Re: Pencil

Tony, Richard, There's no need to argue about anything. I like Prismacolor pencils too. I have a few in different colors and use them often. Andy

By Andy Sperandeo · #115057 ·

Re: BLI NYC USRA design steel box car; was Sun Models NYC boxcar

Thanks, Bruce. I wondered if there might have been a connection. They have also not been smart enough to offer the B&A version in more than one road number and, at least from what the Grubba's told

By Don <riverman_vt@...> · #115056 ·

Re: Moldy smell in Old Railway Equipment Registers

That mold is feeding on the paper, and you may get rid of the smell however not kill the mold. The next time the humidity rises the mold could come back to life. And if you place these by other books,

By np328 · #115055 ·

Re: Moldy smell in Old Railway Equipment Registers

Larry I've had success with these methods 1) get a bag of kitty litter and put 2"-3" in the bottom of a plastic bucket that you can seal. 2) Put the book standing up with as many of the pages fanned

By Charlie Duckworth · #115054 ·

Re: MEK...

I went by Lowes in Reno this morning and they HAVE 2 GALLONS on shelf and normally carry MEK (NOT SUBSTITUTE) Alan

By albyrno · #115053 ·

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