Hi Ben, The Athearn standarad or heavyweight baggage car definitely does not represent any Santa Fe prototype. The Athearn car lacks the Santa Fe's characteristic I-beam side sill (often mis-labeled

Dennis Storzek wrote: "I thought the Athearn heavyweight baggage car more or less faithfully followed the drawings of the USRA design published in several of the CBC's, except they missed the fact

I thought the Athearn heavyweight baggage car more or less faithfully followed the drawings of the USRA design published in several of the CBC's, except they missed the fact that on the USRA design

All, The old claim that the Athearn "Standard" baggage car represents a Santa Fe prototype has cropped up on the B&O list. My Santa Fe passenger car references are somewhat lacking - would any of

Stan (smadyda@...) wrote: "There are actually a couple of more articles out done with fish belly underframes but I have not seen an actual photo." Those articles are definitely in error. Both lots of

Hi Stan, Thanks for your thoughts and comments. Yes, I also saw the article mentioning the fishbelly underfame. The General Arrangement diagram I sourced from the NYC Historical Society, and the

I am currently doing four of the 28000 series and two of the 27000 series. Yes, the RMC article is an excellent guide. There are actually a couple of more articles out done with fish belly

Sorry folks - meant to send that off list <G> -Bruce ________________________________________ Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 3:29 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] RE: Can you help with a

Elden, Here you go! I have sent you a couple of X28 cars (Sunshine resin kits), three version of the X29, as done by modifying the Red Caboose kits, and each of the X31 classes, as done by modifying

Nice tanks! AL B.

Ben, Roger & Walt, Thanks for your help with info on the NYC stock car. Ben, that RMC article is excellent. Cheers Dave North

Al Brown wrote: I did the same in adding rivets to the Walthers "McGraw Oil" tanks, and on one tank I added Archer weld lines instead. It's figure 17 in my MRH article for March 2014. You can

An example of Archer rivets on an un-painted surface appears in RMC 3/15, p 13. Shameless plug: I built it. :-) Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. P.S. I've recently posted photos of the finished car on the

It would be easy enough to shoot a light coat of a light color ontothe Archer decal sheet, if applying the rivets to a dark surface.

Ed Mines...apparently having some difficulties with tank car kits today...notes: "Any wonder that many men choose to buy 1 expensive assembled car instead of 2 or even 3 difficult to assemble freight

Ed Mines wrote: Yes, the ladder does not seem to fit right in most cases. You end up having to kind of redesign the attachment, It's a shock because so much of the kit is so beautifully made and

Installing the handrails and ladders on this kit is an exercise in frustration and something I could never do without a drawer full of tools, extra parts, 35 years experience and a lot of

You can also brush a coat of Pledge Floor Care Multi-Surface Finish onto just the area to receive the decals. Wait a day for it to dry and apply them like regular decals. Jack Burgess Sent:

Ed Mines wrote: Yes, Archer rivets install well on any glossy surface, painted or not. If the surface is matte, they are like any decal, and don't settle well, so a gloss undercoat then is

Putting this kit (or IM's tank cars) has been a real challenge for me and is made a lot worse when you loose a part. I put together many Q'Craft caboose kits into impressive models so my modeling