RPC 14 covers these cars in detail. It's still available on there site. Rpcycpub.com Brian J. Carlson

Mark – In the January 1982 issue of RMC I illustrate photo etching whichmay be more detailed than the Micro-Mark instructions. – Al Westerfield

1a Garth,The Testors system works fine IF you need black lettering. Of course if the car you are lettering happens to be white, then anything works. So if you are doing certain tank cars or covered

I don't think ammonia was a Linde product -- they concentrated onpure gases as Tony says -- argon, oxygen, nitrogen... Ammonia ismanufactured. Tim O'Connor

Steve, frozen meat was indeed shipped in ice bunker reefers. The right amount of ice and salt could produce temps down into single digits, but more likely the teens or 20’s, sufficient for keeping

Liquid nitrogen shipments were extensive too. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax,

Steve Hoxie wrote: Steve, you assume that frozen food could not be shipped in ice reefers, which is not true. Addition of salt could reduce temperatures into the teens (Fahrenheit) and a mechanical

Garth & Group, The Testors white decal backing could maybe used to print out reweigh dates, lub plates, etc. In almost any word processing program one can create a text box with a black fill and the

Turkeys from NW Oregon--absolutely in the time of this list! Growing up in Corvallis, I well remember the Oregon State University (College then) experimental turkey barns, supporting that state

Hi Jim--Thanks for replying. The list of cars reiced in Portland was from Oct 1945, at least 5 years before mechanical reefers began making a significant appearance. Loaded on a Rr-09 and a Rr-32 both

Mark, You obviously missed my clinic at Cocoa Beach last year, which was on using this system to photo etch at home :) Bottom line is that it works well if you are careful and treat the chemicals with

I will second that. Peter's work is some of the finest I have ever seen! For me it was decals. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI UserNMRA

What a temptation ! That side view makes it almost easy to model that car. Thank you for presenting it! Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee, Wi

That is basically the process that the Micro-Mark system uses and that portion of the work is straight forward. My point was that the instructions could have had better way to ensure that the negative

I am wondering what was carried in the well known tank-in-a-boxcar operated by the Linde company. Liquid oxygen and "other chemicals" have been mentioned on some web sites. Might ammonia have been

I have ten Sunshine Santa Fe stock car kits for sale. For a list and prices email me at harperandbrown@.... Jared Harper Athens, GA

Will this improve the chore of making the negative ??? http://www.pcbfx.com/main_site/pages/direct_etch/the_8min_pcb.html Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee, Wi

I have one and have used it several times. You need to have a way to make the necessary drawings…I use a CAD program. The first time I used it, I was making some larger brass pieces (about

This may be similar to the MicroMark version… http://www.circuitspecialists.com/et20.html $60 Now for anyone thinking of volume use of this method, consider

The "Peter Aue" system is simple. Peter, who's a friend and a member of this list, is a German fellow who likes to dabble in photo-etch design. He has designed most of the sill steps I offer