I found a 4 oz. bottle of Sylvan Models ResinPrep stripping liquid last night in my paint booth before I smoked the motor. According to the Sylvan web site it is available through their

Brian Carlson asked: "I’m looking for a 70 ton version of National B-1 trucks. I have the Proto 2000 and Athearn 50 ton versions I can use if needed assuming the journal size was different.

I’m looking for a 70 ton version of National B-1 trucks. I have the Proto 2000 and athearn 50 ton versions I can use if needed assuming the journal size was different. Hopefully the wheelbase

I share your challenge at the work table and to help organize tools, parts and decals, I use Westerfield, Atheran and other similar boxes with lids. The boxes are open, so if I need pliers/tweezers

Color coding does help. I have different colored handles for various knife blades and stripes on Phillips screw drivers to differentiate them from the flat bladed type. Mark Vinski

What Pierre mentions is part of the 5S discipline used in industry. The concept of the Visual Workshop is also part of it. There's a good explanation of 5S in Wikipedia -

I have found that the only really effective solution is discipline yourself. Every tool has a place and it always goes back to that place. EVERYTIME! Pierre

I"ll preface my remarks by saying I am somewhat of a Klutz at times.While working on a project my work bench gets cluttered.I waste too much time searching for a specific tool in a "Sea of

And it's a VERY GOOD article! Most of the various techniqueswe've learned over the years, all rolled into one excellent article. I especially like the trucks screwed into the dowel! I'd never heard of

Funaro's resin is as unique as Sylvan's. It's all Smooth-on product. Sylvan using a more aggressive mold release agent so as to get more mold life. Simple. Don't be fooled by the

Funaro & Camerlengo also claims to use "unique" resin. Just once I would like to see evidence to substantiate such claims. Bill Welch

Folks, I am pleased to tell you that the newest project on the PRR Project List (PRRPro) is the PRR GR and GRA gondolas. The PRRPro list is a Yahoo list and the group home page is

Sylvan Models vehicles are urethane resin, different from many other resin models. The mold release they use is different as well and needs a more aggressive cleaning before painting. Now, I am not

Michael Gross has a very nice Weathering Article in the January 2017 Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine. http://mrhpub.com/2017-01-jan/online/html5/ George Toman

In my experience Baking Soda is not aggressive enough to remove paint. Great for surface prep on styrene and resin, not removing paint. Bill Welch

---In STMFC@..., <repairman87@...> wrote : John, Have you tried baking soda instead of the aluminium oxide? Scott McDonald Or even aluminum oxide with a lowered air pressure? Don't know what you

I have been planning to build a ATSF BX-77 boxcar with the large "DF...With..Shock Control" markings for a while now and have gathered together what I thought were the necessary items. As I started

John, Have you tried baking soda instead of the aluminium oxide? Scott McDonald

I have used 91% isopropyl without harmful effects to strip resin when making mistakes in painting, and given that different manufacturers may use different types of resin I always test first on a

Bill: Sandblasting will not remove the mold release that I need to get off in order to paint my models. I am not removing paint, I am removing mold release. You need a solvent for that. I know that