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Re: PRR X25 and Other Questions

PRR G29 blt 1941 Two different floors - wood and 312 cars had nailable steel floors numbers and trucks (PRR class and name) 357854 - 358653 2E-F17 National Malleable B-1 358654 - 359153 2E-F18

By SUVCWORR@... · #147188 ·

PRR X25 and Other Questions

I’ve been researching prototype data for my kit stash of Westerfield and F&C cars in preparation for building. I was successful in obtaining most of the information I need for the G22, G28, and G29

By Nelson Moyer · #147186 ·

Re: Single sheathed UP B-50-B?

Randy, Ted's idea about SP B-50-13 is an interesting avenue of inquiry. You can find information, data, and many photos of both B-50-8 and B-50-13 in AUTHORYEARTITLEThompson, A. W.2006Southern Pacific

By Eric Lombard · #147185 ·

Re: Southern Car & Foundry

Postscript: The background to the lettering is RGB 15/23/25, a very dark charcoal that looks almost black. The letters are RGB 41/51/52, a rather dark gray. When you take each of those expressed as a

By Dave Nelson · #147184 ·

Re: Southern Car & Foundry

I dunno... I use Firefox, updated very frequently by Mozilla, and the lettering is almost completely lost in the background color. Several times I needed to use my mouse to highlight the words so

By Dave Nelson · #147183 ·

Re: Single sheathed UP B-50-B?

Eric Lombard wrote: There was a drawing for B-50-7, which was a B-50-6 superstructure on a Bettendorf under frame, as had been used on classes B-50-1 thru B-50-4. The class was not built, nor

By Tony Thompson · #147187 ·

Re: Tank Car Deliveries To Gas Stations?

I see Bob a 26 or 27 ford dates the photo Tom -- Thomas j Cataldo

By tjcataldo · #147182 ·

Tank Car Deliveries To Gas Stations?

Was there a time when some gas stations received deliveriesdirectly by tank car? I have come across some possible photographicevidence of this practice and several narrative accounts attesting

By thecitrusbelt@... · #147181 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

George Future does adhere very well but it's not an adhesive - it does not literally melt polystyrene as other adhesives (besides CA) do. But acrylic is tough so I can understand that it holds up to

By Tim O'Connor · #147180 ·

Re: Single sheathed UP B-50-B?

Randy, I think what you might have is a Southern Pacific B-50-8, built in 1913 by Standard Steel Car Co. The photos referenced are not of high enough resolution for me to examine closely or confirm

By Ted Culotta · #147179 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Excellent George, I be this would work with styrene rivets onto resin. I have a current project to try this with. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #147177 ·

Re: Southern Car & Foundry

The site is not well coded, I think. For me, the site is fine. When you click on a photo it is enlarged and the rest of the site is darkened. If you close that photo, the rest of the site returns to

By A&Y Dave in MD · #147178 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Nelson, I have been experimenting using Future (Pledge) as a method to attach resin rivets to styrene on a new project. I have also tried the Future as a glue for thin styrene (.005) in some

By gtws00 · #147176 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Good morning Nelson I saw you message via email on the Resin Builders Group but for some reason I could not log onto Yahoo Groups to respond from my Laptop—I was out of town. So here goes: I have

By Bill Welch · #147175 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Assuming you speak about rivets -not nbw's- Archer makes life easy. Many sizes available. Apply rivet strip (any lenght), apply decal softener, coat of primer, paint & lettering, dullcoat. Nothing

By Fred Jansz · #147174 ·

Re: Dullcote

Just to continue this discussion of dull or semi-gloss finishes. My wife is a quilter and while we were at a fabric/craft store I wandered off while she was shopping and ended up in the paint

By Martin Young · #147173 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Realizing that it would be pretty difficult in a lot of places, have you tried sanding the resin surface (probably 600 grit or finer) where the rivets are to go? You might get better adhesion with a

By Schuyler Larrabee · #147172 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Nelson, Here's an easy solution....stop driving yourself nuts and use Archer rivet decals! Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

By Bruce Smith · #147171 ·

Re: Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

Nelson. I've given up on Tichy and harvesting athearn rivets and just use Archer decals now. Others may have better luck. I just never got good results with Tichy. Brian J. Carlson

By Brian Carlson · #147170 ·

Fixing Plastic Rivets on Resin Cars

I posted this question on the resin freight car group and got zero input, so I’m broadening the scope by reposting here. I just finished applying rivets to the ends of the sides of four flat

By Nelson Moyer · #147169 ·

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