Aside from some verbose model construction articles which guides one's hands through every step, we are otherwise on our own for the techniques needed to achieve the desired results. I don't glue my

> Why is it that manufacturers of Freight Cars continue toproduce otherwise > excellent models with a "New date" instead of a realistic reweigh date ? > Armand Premo Armand Because in most cases,

Gary, I've used either a piece of granite tile or thick piece of plate glass as the flattening surface. As for the abrasive, I have a few grades (200 thru 400) of automotive wet/dry paper to do the

---In STMFC@..., <armprem@...> wrote : Why is it that manufacturers of Freight Cars continue to produce otherwise excellent models with a "New date" instead of a realistic reweigh date ? Armand

Gary, I’ve built 24 of the flat kit Sunshine SM-18 stock cars, and after the first attempt as sanding where I damaged two slats, I changed course. As an aside, you can fix a few damaged slats with

Armand, Maybe because they work from builder's photos? Yours Aye, Garth Groff On 7/29/16 4:46 PM, Armand Premo armprem@... [STMFC] wrote:

Let me add, go slow and PAY ATTENTION. I managed to sand through a board on a resin NP car from Aaron Gjermundson with a few careless strokes. Of course, when I get back to that kit, the salvage is

Why is one more realistic than the other? Depends on the era modeling. I have both for my August 57 era. A car built in July 1957 would have new. Brian J. Carlson

I was being facetious, Jack. Bob

If you were to check Yarmouth model's kits the decal sheets have 10-15 different reweigh dates and locations to cover the life of the paint scheme. Allen Ferguson

Nothing I can add to Bill’s summary. I have a couple of pieces of plate glass with the edges ground. They give a nice level surface for things like this plus soldering together white metal

Yes sandpaper needs to be secured to glass, spray adhesive handy for this. As I do this I make sure to rotate the casting so the sanding goes as evenly as possible. Go SLOWLY and check often using

Hi Bill A minor nitpick - 00-90 is not .090 (OD is .044) and 0-80 is not.080 (OD is .060) Nice SP stock car by the way. Westerfield? :-)

Why is it that manufacturers of Freight Cars continue to produce otherwise excellent models with a "New date" instead of a realistic reweigh date ? Armand Premo

Great job Eric. Could you explain what you use for route tags? Do you just make them yourself? Thanks Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM

Andy, Jack, Steve, and others, I’d like complete details of how to sand the back of the Westerfield stock cars. I’ve ended up damaging the bracing when sanding the back thin. Do you glue

Bob Chaparro said: >Apparently this is one person's approach to avoiding switching charges: More likely, it's a staged photo session to advertise the pulling power of the '34 Hudson. Jack Mullen

Sorry the screw size is .080. Bill Pardie

I have exhausted my modeling time for the morning and now it is back to the real world. I have one item that I want to share first. About a year ago there was a discussion on this list concerning

This is another photo from the USC Digital Library (http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/ ). Apparently this is one person's approach to avoidingswitching charges: