I was going to suggest an artist supply store as a place for acrylic supplies. I use Liquitex airbrush thinner and a drop or two of their flow aid to thin acryic paint. Works well. Tony Wagner

Although the Dick Blick store in Wheaton, presumably the one you refer to, is a great place to visit, they are also on line and advertise flat rate shipping. http://www.dickblick.com/ Alex

Thanks Bill! I see there’s a store in Iowa City – great for Nelson and twolocations in the Twin Cities – closer to me. I did see one in a shopping complex a couple miles up Naperville Rd fromthe

Not there. This was just a block away from the Milwaukee Ball Park. I am uncertain of the date... Might be as late as 1990. I can hunt up my service record and better pin down the year. Mike

John, I know that it's sometimes financially rough tostay at the host hotel, BUT, many times all of those function rooms that youwant to be in are priced according to room nights booked by

Mike: What is the situation in Cocoa Beach following Hurricane Matthew? I know many of the hotels beachside in Daytona took a beating. I assume the Hilton is OK, but how about the hotels/motels I

Clark, I do the same. Sincerely, Rob Manley Midwest Mod-U-Trak "Better modeling through personal embarassment"

I have added a new update to the Speedwitch site... a new kit, a new book, many resin parts, and a new decal set. Cheers, Ted Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media speedwitchmedia@... -

Bob it's an R-30-2 Tim O'

Hi folks, I was going to send this note only to Mike Brock when it dawned on me that several on the STMFC might operate or own groups such as this that Dick Dermody subscribed to. Unfortunately

Bob, The car with the supposedly blank sides is PFE 6334, an R-30-2 from series 4705-6600 built by AC&F in 1907. It is coupled to PFE 4174, another R-30-2 from series 1701-4600, also

Since there’s no hobby shop carrying model railroad inventory in my area, I’ve been ordering all of my model railroad supplies from HO Hobbies since Youngwood Model Railroad Supply closed. Bill

Below is a link to a picture of a PFE reefer in Canada,courtesy of the Toronto Public Library Archives.

Clark they may be. Golden also has Airbrush Medium: Golden Airbrush Mediums - BLICK art materials Golden Airbrush Mediums - BLICK art materials View

Guess I didn’t say I bought a 1/2 oz bottle of Model Master acrylic. These‘additives’ you talk of? Are they available at Hobby Lobby? Closest hobby shopwith a good paint selection is 2 1/2 hrs

Hello Mike, do you are able to precise "some years ago" a little bit? If I am not wrong, some of these "Battleships" were in use until the beginning 1980s at the Northwestern Steel & Wire - was it

Folks, The PRRPro site is not the problem. Mr. Pardie apparently clicked on a site, returned by a search engine, that he thought was PRRPro. That site appears to have been something like a

Hi all, when you realize you're never going to build that old Sunshine 64.18 kit of WP's 14000-series box car sitting on that shelf... please think about me. Thanks! best regards, Fred Jansz

I have not tried to remove any on a Kadee car, but if I were worriedI'd mask the area with tape first, then apply a paper towel wet withSolvaset (but not dripping) over the spot and let it sit

Has anyone successfully removed the lettering from a Kadee freight car model without damaging the paint underneath. Just wondering which of the various lettering removal methods is best to use on