So part of the issue with etched running boards is a limitation of the process. Current etched running boards are indeed too thin, compared to the prototype. When designing an etched running board,

In the Walter Frost Collection at the Vancouver Library there are three 1937 type New Haven boxcar photos apparently painted in May 1955. Two of the photos are slightly different views of NH 36141 in

Greg I've posted before -- an APEX running board is 1" thick, and theclosest in scale to this is an etched stainless steel running board. The Kadee runningboard is 100% oversize in thickness.

I'll take a stab at this one. Back when perdiem for freight cars was starting there was an increasing penalty for hanging on to empty cars. Before perdiem the cars were on a mileage basis and roads

Thanks Eric. Very helpful. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Michael Watnoski wrote: Similar, yes, but not the same. For one thing, it's not as strong when fully dry. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Yes I have. And my preference remains with etched. I concede that the Plano etched running boards can present challenges for mounting, but the variety of flexible adhesives available can solve most

Lumpy? Oversized? vs. smooth and undersized? And in some cases the wrongvisual profile. Pierre have you actually tried them? Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs

I have used the Tichy running boards see my article in the Zephyr of theSioux City Dressed beef NX reefer. I know Stand Rydarowicz swears by them. They can be trimmed easily to shorter lengths with no

Denny, You mention the Squadron products. There are two that I know of: Squadron Green and Squadron White. I have tried both but have found Squadron Green more useful. What is your view? I have

Jack, Thank you. I overlooked the dropdown menu at the top of the page. Ken Montero

Bowser offers the open grid running board that comes with their covered hopper as a separate item, two to a tube. For a forty-foot boxcar they need to be spliced together which is very easy. It is a

I once had a Pasche air eraser which didn't work well at all...clogged easily and, when it worked, it depleted the small container of grit quickly. I'm now using a “Pencil” sand blaster from these

I use a sand blast cabinet from Harbor Freight. Close to 20 years. The problem with the small ones is that you would loose the medium and it will take a long time to do a model. If you have a lot of

My only gripe with the Tichy RBs is that they didn't cast a cross piece at the end. You have to cut the 'fingers' off each end. This makes them a bit short. Clark Propst

Greetings, Another product similar to canopy cement is Alene's Tacky glue. It may be more readily available. Wal-Mart also has pack of 5 different versions of this in sample size

I am posting this fearing the "wall of text" and using the "Rich Text Editor" Your tentative ID of the upside down, single-sheathed car as belonging to the IC has a reasonable probability being

Ken, Choose the Online Catalog, then select Paints/Cements from the dropdown menu of categories. If there's a color chart anywhere, I haven't found it. And this is Yahoo weird, now the Reply function

Jack, Where is it on their website? I could not find it. Ken Montero

Dear Colleagues, Much has been said in this group about the virtues of canopy glue. I have used (once) a product call G-S Hypo Cement (used for attaching watch crystals to watches, among other