I don't want to sound too ignorant, but exactly which Walthers tank car are you referring to? I'd like to look and see how hideous it really is. Tod Dwyer (Ohio)

Welcome back Garth!! And in the immortal words of Richard Hendrickson: "The Walthers underframe sucks, like the rest of the model." :-) Tim O'Connor

I think that these are similar cutting tweezers to the PBL ones. At $31.80, they are *MUCH* less expensive than others I've found. http://www.techni-tool.com/272TW150 Peter Burr Nashville,

Does anyone have the contact info for a Railroad hat (cap) maker from Maine. Do not know name. Thanks, Dennis Williams

The PBL style sprue cutter is a cutting tweezer. Several Swiss companies still make cutting tweezers. Most all are made to trim soft wire - gold, silver, copper and brass of very small diameter. They

Garth Groff wrote: Glad to have you back with us, Garth. Many happy returns, as the saying goes. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Saw this this morning on the Santa Fe list. Sounds like not only a noble project, but photos would assist my own modeling efforts as I should have one or two of these 40 ft 10 6 IH cars John

Saw this this morning on the Santa Fe list. Sounds like not only a noble project, but photos would assist my own modeling efforts as I should have one or two of these 40 ft 10 6 IH cars John

First of all, Garth, welcome back. I don’t have an example of that Walthers tank car in front of me, but my recollection (reinforced by the illustrations in the Walthers on-line catalog) is that the

Hey all, I now have the pre-war decals for the NP 390000 series boxcar. If you want a set for your kit, contact me off list, and I'll get a set to you. Thanks -- Pierre

Friends, After a long break for other interests, I have returned to trains and rejoined this group. It will be great to become reacquainted with old friends, and make some new ones. So I'm sitting

Doug Harding wrote: The fine sprue cutters that PBL offered remain available in Europe, and at one point I made an effort through a European contact to see about getting them imported. The

There is a Northern Pacific Equipment Diagram book, ca. 1936, currently listed on

Hello everyone- I have 8 remaining Intermountain Alternate Standard ARA 2-bay coal hopper kits. I am offering them for $5 less than list price. #42199 Intermountain AAR 2-bay Alt Std hopper undec kit

I looked at the mesh teabag photo, found the Haney cachet bags and Googled white mesh bag that led to organza party bags. They're all over the internet but I landed at

A search for the Utica Swiss cutters took me to this site: http://www.apexhandtools.com/brands/erem/index.cfm?model_list=1&att_id=ERE001&att1=High%20Precision%20Tweezers&att2=Cutting Which appear to

I have the PBL "fine" and "extra fine" sprue cutters and I use them both on sprues and only sprues depending in the thickness. They are getting older and I probably need to start thinking about

PBL offered four different versions of their spru cutting tweezers. They were made by Utica in Switzarland. I purchased mine direct from PBL at their booth at a NG Convention after reading about them

Well, to be precise, the article describes doing this with the Accurail Reefer to model FGE family cars, and is based on Greg Martin and Company's Shake and Take for the Kahn's reefers at

I think I saw an ad for them in the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette. PBL offered three versions...one with a very fine edge for close cutting, a medium, and a heavier duty one. Of course, I bought