Personally I was very happy to see this topic come up because this technology has so much potential in our hobby that both Speedwitch and Yarmouth have been taking advantage. I can be frustrating and

Gary, This gondola “kit” was made by National Car Cast, 34 Allen Street E.,Waterloo, Ontario in the 1980s. It represents a Penn Central gon of series 557000-557298. IL 52-6, IH3-10, capacity

Thanks to all who responded. I will be tracking down all of the suggestions. Andy's description of the cars sides (below) is spot on, right down to the tie down clips. The sides exhibit the

Staffan Ehnbom wrote: "Yes, it sounds like the National Car Cast 52' gon. Todd Sullivan had an article on it in the Feb 1979 Prototype Modeler. It was presented as a former NYC gon built by the

I'm pretty sure the reweigh date on 42036 is 11-35. I'm less sure of the year on the middle car, but it looks like 7-36 tho the last digit could be a 5. Say the photo date is circa 1936-37? Rob, the

Yes, it sounds like the National Car Cast 52' gon. Todd Sullivan had an article on it in the Feb 1979 Prototype Modeler. It was presented as a former NYC gon built by the railroad. Starting in 1968

I also have one of these kits. Somewhere down the road I lost the instructions and packaging. The car is very similar to the Greenville Steel Car CO. 52'6" drop end 70 ton mill gon. See RPC #3 page52.

Nice photo – thanks for posting the link. I’m curious about the appearance they are different heights. I countboth cars as having 21.5 (approx.) side sheathing boards; sills look

Sounds to me that you are describing the National Car Casting NYC 52' fishbelly gondola. If so, it would have tie down clips engraved into the sides. These cars were very similar to the Bethlehem

I have photos of two T&P 14 panel fixed-end 52'6" gondolas, but no 15 panel cars. Tim O'Connor

Let me help keep a bit of steam in this thread. When I was hauling ore in the mid-sixtys, the LS&I still had a couple of 2-8-0s in the roundhouse near the Marquette ore docks to thaw frozen ore. I

The 2015 Toronto Railway PrototypeModellers Meet will be held on Saturday, March 14th from8:30am to 3:00pm. As in past years the day consists ofclinics by prototype modellers. There will also be

I have a couple gondola "kits" that were acquired from the estate of a friend of mine who was a prototype modeler and Texas & Pacific fan. The kits consist of nothing more than the two sides and ends

One other comment on the content of the iron ore that was received from boats on the Great Lakes. Often the iron ore from different mines was combined in the boat to obtain the composition that the

I have gone to a Single Edge razor blade for practically all of my cutting work and only using a #11 Blade for cutting Photo Etch and individual Dimensional Data and reweigh Decal numbers & letters. I

Do you know what mills were served in this area, by thesetrains? That will make a difference inwhether it is natural ore or taconite pellets being transported. US Steel didn’t have a sizable

Nice variety there. Closest car is class BLa, single-door conversions of the 1-1/2 door USRA s/s derivatives, renumbered into the 42000 series. Next car is a USRA original, class BK. Farthest car is

Hi Clark, I use Xuron #440 Photo Etch Scissors. I try to orient the scissors so the part I want to keep is to the left of the blades. This gives me a clear view of the cut I’m making as the upper

Nate, There is an article in Remember the Rock, Volume 6 Number 1. The author modified a Funaro & Camerlengo 1321 kit by removing the square hatches and replacing them with round PS2 hatches. Well

lol I agree with Charlie, this is the method least likely to twist or malform the part. I use a piece of hard masonite as a cutting board. But I often use Xuron or other clippers too especially with