At yesterday's Great Train Show I talked with Joel Bragdon,the weathering powder entrepreneur, about base and finish coatings for use withchalks and powders. He mentioned that Rust-Oleum

When I mentioned in my email that “…the rest are no longer available” I was referring to the kits no longer being available from the original source such as Sunshine and Speedwitch. Until they

Odd how people forget , but there is a VERY comprehensive list of reweigh symbols, still on the "steam era freight cars" web site, originally compiled by Richard Hendrickson and added to by many

Resin kits for sale… Like some others, I have a pile of resins kits stashed away. But rather than deciding that I don’t have time to build them all, I have realized that I should not have

Rob, From my notes on previous discussions (IIRC contributed by the late Richard Hendrickson): TOP--Topeka SAN--San Bernardino CLE--Cleburne, Texas From

In the group files is a document listing many shop symbols for many railroads. There would be the first place I would start. Chuck Peck in FL

Don, Tichy is a good source. I have both his 10147 and 10165 sets. To properly letter a car in the 1949 era that I model requires a modest amount of piecing using both sets. Tony Wagner

Hi to all First off I have posted this to a number of groups so I apologise if you get it more than once. I am able to access a Decal maker here in Australia who is able to print white decals. I

That info confirms everything I've been told about paint for D&H hoppers but does anyone know of a good source for decals for D&H hoppers, gons and boxcars in the 1935 to 1950 era? Thanks for any

Eric thanks for that info. That leads me to ask was the circular herald always used with the black paint or was it applied later in the 1940s? Thanks for your answer, Tony Wagner

Evergreen Scale Models makes a half round rod in various small sizes 1mm 1.5mm. I don't know if this is small enough for the raised round stampings you show in the attached photos. If you go to

John Nehrich of the RPI NEB&W groupposted this on Facebook a week or so back. Just to let people know - from what we can see, allD&H freight cars were painted freight car red until about 1941,

I'm trying to find out what color D&H painted their open top cars in the post WW2 era, specifically hopper cars circa 1949 or so. Web searches yield nothing. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks,

I always found the way to turn round styrene rod into a simulated weld bead or whatever was to cement it into a scribed line. Done correctly, it has these advantages: 1. Since the scribing was done

Dean I looked at my Archer panel line decals this morning and I don't think event the widest ones have enough profile, plus there are only three lines so you would need 2-3 sets. Instead I suggest

Brad, I can send you a set service histories for the series included in CI&L 2000-3600. If you are interested, drop me an email at: elombard@... Eric Lombard Homewood, IL

Archer provides a sheet with lines of three widths, approximately .005, .007, and .010, according to their website. I'd think the .010 might do for representing Murphy pressed ribs in HO. In O, I

Built by Haskell & Barker between 12/1912 and 3/1913, lot 544. They're "semi-Fowlers", but with a then-conventional deep fishbelly underframe (guess the Monon's chief mechanical engineer didn't trust

Fellas I am seeking build info and data on the cil monon boxcars. 2000-3600 Thx Brad Andonian

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