|
Sinclair billboard tank cars
I recently acquired a single dome tank car kit by Thomas that is lettered for Sinclair with the large billboard lettering. It is a silver car with the lettering in black. But all the billboard
I recently acquired a single dome tank car kit by Thomas that is lettered for Sinclair with the large billboard lettering. It is a silver car with the lettering in black. But all the billboard
|
By
Richard Townsend
·
#117060
·
|
|
Re: Blue "Tank Car Connected" Sign
John Sykes wrote:
John, I will send you the photo.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com
(510)
John Sykes wrote:
John, I will send you the photo.
Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA
2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com
(510)
|
By
Tony Thompson
·
#117059
·
|
|
Re: Buy or Improve?
Chuck Hladik wrote:
"Can't justify the cost of resin", but has a lot of Kadee PS-1s,
hmmmmmmm.
Is this, I don't want to take the time or something else.
You must be pretty lucky to get your
Chuck Hladik wrote:
"Can't justify the cost of resin", but has a lot of Kadee PS-1s,
hmmmmmmm.
Is this, I don't want to take the time or something else.
You must be pretty lucky to get your
|
By
Scott H. Haycock
·
#117058
·
|
|
Re: Blue "Tank Car Connected" Sign
Richard & Tony:
What was the vintage of that photo? Reason I ask is I thought the specific messages were a later addition (e.g., post-OSHA as previously pointed out). Would you have seen this text
Richard & Tony:
What was the vintage of that photo? Reason I ask is I thought the specific messages were a later addition (e.g., post-OSHA as previously pointed out). Would you have seen this text
|
By
John
·
#117057
·
|
|
Re: modeling open ice hatches
Tony:
When I do that, I use a brush on purpose to leave faint brush strokes on the plugs (using Floquil Concrete color paint). Reason being, the plugs were covered in canvas, and the brush strokes
Tony:
When I do that, I use a brush on purpose to leave faint brush strokes on the plugs (using Floquil Concrete color paint). Reason being, the plugs were covered in canvas, and the brush strokes
|
By
John
·
#117056
·
|
|
Re: Sunshine Gifts or Mini-Kits
Hi Greg;
I'd be interested in the CB&Q F-11 if it is still available. Please let
me know what you'd like to have for it.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Rob Adams
Wellman, IA
Hi Greg;
I'd be interested in the CB&Q F-11 if it is still available. Please let
me know what you'd like to have for it.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Rob Adams
Wellman, IA
|
By
Rob Adams
·
#117055
·
|
|
Re: Buy or Improve?
Scott,
"Can't justify the cost of resin", but has a lot of Kadee PS-1s,
hmmmmmmm.
Is this, I don't want to take the time or something else.
You must be pretty lucky to get your cabooses as
Scott,
"Can't justify the cost of resin", but has a lot of Kadee PS-1s,
hmmmmmmm.
Is this, I don't want to take the time or something else.
You must be pretty lucky to get your cabooses as
|
By
Charles Hladik
·
#117054
·
|
|
Sunshine - Unavailable
I've flagged another dozen kits as "UNAVAILABLE 2013". My thanks to David
Sieber and Ron Merrick for the updates.
I have fallen behind on flagging kits as UNAVAILABLE on the Flyers by RR
page so
I've flagged another dozen kits as "UNAVAILABLE 2013". My thanks to David
Sieber and Ron Merrick for the updates.
I have fallen behind on flagging kits as UNAVAILABLE on the Flyers by RR
page so
|
By
Jim Hayes
·
#117052
·
|
|
Re: Model kit hierarchy and heritage
Gene Green wrote:
Gene, I know you asked this in jest, and I'm not Al, but it's worth discussing. No, they are certainly not exclusive, but they are different. An expert is a resource; a [good]
Gene Green wrote:
Gene, I know you asked this in jest, and I'm not Al, but it's worth discussing. No, they are certainly not exclusive, but they are different. An expert is a resource; a [good]
|
By
Tom Madden
·
#117051
·
|
|
Re: Sunshine Gifts or Mini-Kits
Thanks for the replies to my question on these items.
Gene Semon
Thanks for the replies to my question on these items.
Gene Semon
|
By
Gene Semon <mopac1@...>
·
#117050
·
|
|
Re: Industry Magazines of the 1950s?
Railway Gazette seems to have been folio-sized.
--
"Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong!"
From Wolfgang Pauli, perpetrator of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
Railway Gazette seems to have been folio-sized.
--
"Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong!"
From Wolfgang Pauli, perpetrator of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
|
By
Nolan Hinshaw
·
#117049
·
|
|
modeling open ice hatches
I have posted a discussion of ways to model open ice hatches on refrigerator cars, for example for ventilation service, to my blog, and showed photos of several models prepared in different ways. If
I have posted a discussion of ways to model open ice hatches on refrigerator cars, for example for ventilation service, to my blog, and showed photos of several models prepared in different ways. If
|
By
Tony Thompson
·
#117048
·
|
|
Re: Buy or Improve?
Kieth,
For me it depends...
I really want the signature components of my trains- engines and cabooses- to be as prototypically correct as I can make them. Freight cars I don't worry about as much.
Kieth,
For me it depends...
I really want the signature components of my trains- engines and cabooses- to be as prototypically correct as I can make them. Freight cars I don't worry about as much.
|
By
Scott H. Haycock
·
#117047
·
|
|
Re: Sunshine Gifts or Mini-Kits
Guys,
I have a couple of the Mini Kits I will never finish as they are just not a
good fit for me.
1. CB&Q FM-11, 11A Flatcar
2. MP Raised Roof Three Bay Limestone Hopper
I would
Guys,
I have a couple of the Mini Kits I will never finish as they are just not a
good fit for me.
1. CB&Q FM-11, 11A Flatcar
2. MP Raised Roof Three Bay Limestone Hopper
I would
|
By
Greg Martin
·
#117046
·
|
|
Ancient Kadee coupler centering springs wanted
Any of you been in HO long enough to remember or even have used the earliest Kadee couplers with the straight uncoupling pin? Theses couplers used a small, tightly coiled centering spring at the
Any of you been in HO long enough to remember or even have used the earliest Kadee couplers with the straight uncoupling pin? Theses couplers used a small, tightly coiled centering spring at the
|
By
Bud Rindfleisch
·
#117053
·
|
|
Re: Sunshine Gifts or Mini-Kits
I remember the C of G half door and some other things to make the C of G
door and a half 40 ft box, when I went to Naperville one year.
fenton wells
--
Fenton Wells
5 Newberry Lane
Pinehurst NC
I remember the C of G half door and some other things to make the C of G
door and a half 40 ft box, when I went to Naperville one year.
fenton wells
--
Fenton Wells
5 Newberry Lane
Pinehurst NC
|
By
O Fenton Wells
·
#117045
·
|
|
Re: Disposition of the Collection of H.K. Vollrath
??? Gene, jdbandman@... is an email address, not a URL.
Tim
??? Gene, jdbandman@... is an email address, not a URL.
Tim
|
By
Tim O'Connor
·
#117044
·
|
|
Re: Buy or Improve?
Hi Keith,
I'm a 70 something modeler who's early interest in railroads got
rekindled back in the 90's with the formation of the CNLines, now the Canadian
National Historical Association. I read and
Hi Keith,
I'm a 70 something modeler who's early interest in railroads got
rekindled back in the 90's with the formation of the CNLines, now the Canadian
National Historical Association. I read and
|
By
Walter Cox
·
#117043
·
|
|
Re: Buy or Improve?
It depends.
- I've used ready to run cars and torn them apart, replacing parts with commercial parts or my own parts to improve accuracy;
- I've started with nothing (using 3d drawing) or with bits
It depends.
- I've used ready to run cars and torn them apart, replacing parts with commercial parts or my own parts to improve accuracy;
- I've started with nothing (using 3d drawing) or with bits
|
By
Robert kirkham
·
#117042
·
|
|
Re: Disposition of the Collection of H.K. Vollrath
Tim,
The "jdbandman@..." in the notice you forwarded is not a "clickable" link. Can you provide his email address?
Gene Green
Tim,
The "jdbandman@..." in the notice you forwarded is not a "clickable" link. Can you provide his email address?
Gene Green
|
By
Gene <bierglaeser@...>
·
#117041
·
|