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Re: Westerfield stock car sanding

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

By Nelson Moyer <ku0a@...> · #143854 ·

Re: "NEW " Dates

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:

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #143853 ·

Re: Westerfield stock car sanding

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

By Bruce Smith · #143852 ·

Re: "NEW " Dates

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

By Brian Carlson · #143851 ·

Re: Avoiding Switching Charges (ATSF 126439)

I was being facetious, Jack. Bob

By thecitrusbelt@... · #143850 ·

Re: "NEW " Dates

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

By Allen Ferguson · #143849 ·

Re: Westerfield stock car sanding

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

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #143848 ·

Re: Westerfield stock car sanding

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

By Bill Welch · #143847 ·

Re: COUPLER BOX FASTENERS

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? :-)

By Tim O'Connor · #143845 ·

"NEW " Dates

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

By Armand Premo · #143846 ·

Re: Weathered box cars

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

By Chuck Cover · #143875 ·

Westerfield stock car sanding

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

By Gary Ray · #143844 ·

Re: Avoiding Switching Charges (ATSF 126439)

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

By Jack Mullen · #143843 ·

COUPLER BOX SCREWS - CORRECTION

Sorry the screw size is .080. Bill Pardie

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #143842 ·

COUPLER BOX FASTENERS

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

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #143841 ·

Avoiding Switching Charges (ATSF 126439)

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

By thecitrusbelt@... · #143839 ·

Re: WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF TOO MUCH INFORMATION

Charles Peck wrote: Excellent philosophy, and entirely describes my own approach, too. Not all my freight cars are remotely equally fine models, nor do they need to be. Tony Thompson

By Tony Thompson · #143840 ·

Re: GATC Tank Car Advice

After reading your post I Competely scanned the bottom of the tank car looking for any identifying marks. I found on the coupler shank the name GLOBE so this most be an old Globe model. Al

By Allan Smith <smithal9@...> · #143837 ·

Re: Weathered box cars

Coarse dry brushes over a recent wash or wet brushes, both with pigments, dry sponges, micro brushes (wet or dry), and sometimes just my finger... whatever it takes. I like to mix it up. Also I find

By Tim O'Connor · #143836 ·

Reefers At Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal

Below is a link to two photos from the USC Digital Archives,titled "Suicide on Super Chief, 1958":

By thecitrusbelt@... · #143835 ·

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