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Re: SP transition-era paint?

A freshly painted SP freight car looks significantly different than a car that is faded or dirty. The fresh paint to my eyes is a very rich, deep oxide red. But in less than a year that fades to

By Tim O'Connor · #136553 ·

Re: casting adhesive

Unless I wanted the pattern to be permanently mounted on the mold boxbottom, I used plain white wood glue. Also used white glue to hold the boxsides on the bottom. Easy clean up and not effected by

By Charles Morrill · #136554 ·

Re: casting adhesive

I use MEK to solvent glue my styrene masters to the floor of the styrene mold box. If gluing resin parts to the mold box, I use CA. Of course this is a permanent bond so the master is not easily

By Andy Carlson · #136552 ·

casting adhesive

When making a mold out of two part rubber to use to cast a resin part, I use a styrene made mold box into which I attach the master to the floor of the box. After mixing the two part rubber I pour it

By frograbbit602 · #136551 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

Steve: Does FL R-74 Boxcar Red on this chart actually refer to straight Floquil boxcar red? Interesting that Speedwich suggests 50/50 with Oxide Red suggesting a less brown, more orange-red shade.

By Ted Waterhouse · #136550 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

Thanks Tony and all you guys for the help. Guess I'll check out that Tru-color SP 50's boxcar red or maybe check my supply of Scalecoat. tw --------------------------------------------

By Ted Waterhouse · #136549 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

Ted Waterhouse wrote: Yes, after World War II, SP stopped painting underbodies black. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

By Tony Thompson · #136548 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

As far as I know, that is correct for SP "freight car red" cars. Trucks too! Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #136547 ·

Re: UTLX Narrow Gauge Tank Cars

Steve, Page 344 of the Century+10 book lists 41 narrow frame cars; page 346 lists 28 frameless cars. Each page has the original numbering, 1947 renumbering and dates, and the 1956 renumbering and

By Storey Lindsay · #136546 ·

Re: UTLX Narrow Gauge Tank Cars

Steve, There was an article on UTLX narrow gaugetank cars many years ago in the Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette. Have youaccess to this article? Coloradonarrow gauge tank cars, part 1: the

By Eric Hansmann · #136545 ·

Re: New England Alcohol Company

I have n scale models. Brad Smith Sent from Brad's iPod

By Brad Smith · #136544 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

Ted--I found this page which offers three different mixes for boxcars. http://www.urbaneagle.com/sp/sp-frtcolors.html However, this seems to be current as of 1997. There have been many paint

By pennsylvania1954 · #136543 ·

UTLX Narrow Gauge Tank Cars

I am looking for definitive source(s) on the numbers anddates of the Class X and V UTLX cars that were converted for use on theColorado Narrow Gauge lines. I would appreciate some good references

By Steve and Barb Hile · #136542 ·

Re: SP transition-era paint?

On the last batch of SP boxcars I did, I used Tru-color with good results. They have a paint labeled SP 50's boxcar red, rather on the nose. Allen Montgomery On Wednesday, August 19, 2015

By Allen Montgomery <sandbear75@...> · #136540 ·

Re: National B-1 trucks

I’m currently working on some of my Atlas Hart Selective Ballast Hoppers in Santa Fe livery and I noted that the various classes came equipped with either National B-1 or ASF Ride Control

By North Model Railroad Supplies <nmrs@...> · #136541 ·

SP transition-era paint?

I'm just finishing up a pair of Southern Pacific B-50-25 class boxcars using the Intermountain kits with the parts sets provided by Andy Carlson. They're turning out very nicely, especially for my

By Ted Waterhouse · #136539 ·

Re: era of silver Mobilgas ICC-103 tank cars

Thanks for the answers and the photo regarding the Mobilgas tank car scheme. To follow up, the model is well on its way to becoming an ACFX welded phosphoric acid tank. Seems its previous owner was

By D. Scott Chatfield · #136538 ·

Re: National B-1 trucks

Harry, Here are the trucks used on the earliest series of GN plywood cars built 1944-45 at the GN's St. Cloud shops: 44025-44074and 44950-44999 NationalB-1, 44075-44899 ASF

By Robert Heninger · #136537 ·

Re: US coal hoppers in Canada

B&O hoppers were frequently ferried across the St. Lawrence River between Ogdensburg NY on the New York Central and Prescott ON on CPR for CP's eastern Ontario operations. Phil -- Phillip

By Phillip Blancher <pblancher@...> · #136536 ·

Re: US coal hoppers in Canada

The statement referred to 1914 coal used “for railway consumption” – solargely steam locomotive fuel. In 1914 the Dominion Coal Company of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia was by farthe largest coal

By John Riddell · #136535 ·

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