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Ben, Thank you for the information. Any chance that you know the PC number? Thanks! Nate

By Nathan Obermeyer · #136222 ·

> What is/are the parts number/s for Archer panel seams please? > I can’t find them in their catalog. > Cheers > Dave North They are under the Aircraft category as "Raised Panel Lines, Various

By Tom Madden · #136221 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

I just don’t recognize those panel lines as being weld-line-realistic. The lines are too perfect edged for a weld face. Are the cars welded on the backside of the body panels ????? That would make

By mwbauers · #136227 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

Dave, Google is your friend. http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88013.html > You don't want to use Archer's weld lines, you want theirpanel seams. > Tom Madden Hi Tom, What is/are the parts

By Tim O'Connor · #136220 ·

Re: KCS #20820 and 20834 missing from 1949 ORER?

I have a Proto 2000 (pre-Walthers) KCS #20855 -- which is a correctnumber. I think it was made back when Larry Grubb was still running theshow. I hate to malign the integrity of the illustrious

By Tim O'Connor · #136219 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

You don't want to use Archer's weld lines, you want their panel seams. Tom Madden Hi Tom, What is/are the parts number/s for Archer panel seams please? I can’t find them in their

By North Model Railroad Supplies <nmrs@...> · #136218 ·

Re: Photo Of Assorted Boxcars

Scott, I believe your comments belong in this thread ... "From the curved loading tracks I didn't think it was an NYC yard, but it surprises me to see several NYC Pacemaker boxcars on the Lackawanna.

By rwitt_2000 · #136217 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

Ron and all, As Ben knows I don't use and don't promote the use of seams or weld beadswhen I model welded cars as I believe that the seams become too exaggerated. Iuse a technique where you first

By Greg Martin · #136216 ·

Re: Front Range

The ACCURAIL 5200 and the Front Range 5200 are very similar cars. Thedifference being one has a removable underframe the other the roof. The difficulty is the ends being the slender tapered

By Greg Martin · #136215 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

Tom Madden wrote: Mike Bauers responded: I agree with Tom. The Archer weld lines are okay for repair welding but in HO scale (and yes, they do have a set labeled HO scale) they are pretty heavy

By Tony Thompson · #136214 ·

Re: SP Ogden Yard 50s

... and the reefers in the 2nd track from the left ...

By Jim Betz · #136213 ·

Re: SP Ogden Yard 50s

the same thing is true for the roof walks on the 7 stock cars ...

By Jim Betz · #136212 ·

Re: SP Ogden Yard 50s

Hi, Continuing the thread(s) ... Someone else mentioned this but I think it bears repeating/further discussion. Look at the first 4 cars in the 3rd row from the left (the first one is only half

By Jim Betz · #136211 ·

Re: PRR X29D box car questions

Nate Obermeyer asked: "Yesterday at the Collinsville RPM meet I purchased a F&C PRR X29D box car after viewing a photo of a car with the large shadow keystone logo. From a little online research I

By Benjamin Hom · #136210 ·

Re: Overexposed, but still, freight cars

There also is this in the info ... C1417--Harlem Transfer Company [1913.05.02] Looks like maybe 1913. Bob Witt

By rwitt_2000 · #136209 ·

Re: Overexposed, but still, freight cars

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: From the curved loading tracks I didn't think it was an NYC yard, but it surprises me to see several NYC Pacemaker boxcars on the Lackawanna. And yes, my western-trained

By D. Scott Chatfield · #136208 ·

Re: KCS #20820 and 20834 missing from 1949 ORER?

Bill- If you are looking for the former Front Range 50' cars, they are still available, having been picked up years ago by Accurail. Yes, they acquired molded on ladders, brakes and hand grabs. The FR

By Andy Carlson · #136207 ·

Re: Hacking (not the electronic kind)

The Athearn ACF CenterFlow (much beyond our era) has nicely done TIG welds, if they were on a No 1 gauge car; otherwise way oversized for HO. I do admire the tooling. Ron's mention of the Branchline

By Andy Carlson · #136206 ·

Re: KCS #20820 and 20834 missing from 1949 ORER?

Hello Group, These cars sound interesting to me, if for no other reason than being 50-feet long and built within my modeling era. I just went to the Walthers web site and did a search but failed to

By Bill Keene <wakeene@...> · #136205 ·

Overexposed, but still, freight cars

http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-08-09-15/C1417.jpg Harlem Transfer, DL&W, date unknown Schuyler

By Schuyler Larrabee · #136204 ·

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