Has a prototype been selected for this car? Ed Mines

There should be a specific thinner/cleaner for that product. No doubt it is known to cause cancer in California Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 3/27/16

I know of one 3D model ready for printing, of the V-4 ventilated versions of these cars. No test prints have been made yet, but I'm confident enough of the patternmaker's skill that the car as-is

Well....maybe it is time for those that are interested to step up to the plate and build the patterns necessary to do these cars and offer them to one of the sellers of resin kits. Or make the

I've been using Weldwood contact cement for various modeling & household projects for years. http://www.homedepot.com/p/DAP-Weldwood-3-fl-oz-Original-Contact-Cement-00107/100195615 I there a solvent

>This is a car that should be in the sweet spot for Accurail kit. >Bill Welch Well...........sort of. In a fleet context the new Accurail 1400-series short boxcar kits will work as an 'acceptable

The January 1945 ORER lists 2,249 of these cars still in service: 1,269 of the as-built XMs, 485 rebuilt former XAs, and 495 of the VMs. This totals 18% of the C&O's boxcar fleet, so they'd have been

Hi Ted, This seems too simple but could you be misreading "automobile" as "auto gear"? Given that the "i" in automobile takes about half a letter space the total length of "automobile" and "auto

This is a car that should be in the sweet spot for Accurail kit. Bill Welch

Hi all, while building a PFE fleet for my HO scale empire I vaguely remember a post or comment about the lettering of the Intermountain R-40-10 cars. I have scored a few online and there's indeed a

I'm away from my resources, but I recall the NMRA 1943 ORER reprint listed a decent proportion of 36-foot box cars for the C&O. They had installed about 5000 of the 1937 AAR steel-sheathed box car

Bill, it has limited weathering and you are right sinceit appears to be in the 84230-84729 series that was built in 1923 by AC&Fwith 6 foot wide Youngstown doors replacing the earlier 10 foot wide

And he is a husband and parent Bill Welch

Gary, is there a reason it should not be in "good shape?" Date is 1943 BTW Bill Welch

Gary and Friends, Also note that the car still has its K-brake. Actually, I doubt if any of these cars were ever converted to AB, except perhaps for a few that ended their days in MW

The boxcar is in very good shape and its on the SantaFe: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d26293/ gary laakso south of Mike Brock

Folks, this is the last call for what will possibly be the very last Savannah RPM. We will gather at the Port Wentworth Community Center on April 1-2 for our annual meet. The community center is

Come one come allto the Eastern PA 2 rail O Scale swap meet and train show April 9th, Doors openat 9:00 am. The show is over at 1:00 PM dealers will be open until 1:00PM High-railers welcome.

I plead guilty -- I took advantage of Aaron Gjermundson's recent trip to Boston to invite Aaron to visit the North Shore model railroad club which was very enjoyable for me and I think Aaron also

You’ll find the wrong stuff if you look for that name. Lee meant to write ‘SILICONE’ Best to ya, Mike Bauers Milwaukee, Wi