This looks like another fine model, Pierre---- Is car series 296300-296599 (as depicted by model of 296390) the only applicable prototype? I suspect not. What were the dates of operation in revenue

What era are you modeling? Your question often relates to an era-specific practice. Are the prototype photos from the era you are modeling? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

I purchased VarietySet B of these cars, so that I could have at least one. I would love totrade one, straight up, for one of the Hooker set and sell the other two forwhat I paid ($30 per car) plus

Model Master Steel is an enamel based color (1780) and dries flat when airbrushed. It yields an excellent representation of a galvanized steel roof when overcoated with a flat overspray. Justin May

Scott, As I recall, Rustoleum had a rattle can of none other than "galvanized" paint. It lookd pretty convincing. Chuck H;ladik

The details for the newest kit from Yarmouth Model Works is now on my blog. Online ordering will be available in June, right after the

Thanks for the explanation and links to those excellent photos Dennis – that makes it all very clear. Makes me think a nice detail part to model that would be useful to some of us. Rob

Galvanized is silvery when fresh, but soon becomes gray and flat, not shiny. I think a light to medium gray is fine, and of course, since roofs got so dirty in that era, it better be a dirty

More... Can't find a good isometric drawing of a wood car frame, but this picture might help: http://www.drhs315.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/121008-58-draft-gear-B-end-w1.jpg

I am going to paint some LV wrong way Boxcars and it appears their roofs where not painted. Does anybody have a convincing paint color or recipe for one? I don't mind if it is acrylic or oil base

---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Rob kirkham wrote: Dennis Storzek can probably give the definitive a;newer but I understand the draft arms to be the connection from the center sill and/or

I have the following 5 books up for auction on ebay: RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA, RP CYC VOLUME 4 RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA, RP CYC VOLUME 5 THE POSTWAR FREIGHT CAR FLEET PROTOTYPE

Rob kirkham wrote: Dennis Storzek can probably give the definitive a;newer but I understand the draft arms to be the connection from the center sill and/or bolster, to the draft gear itself. Tony

Any idea what “metal draft arms” means? I find this hard to follow. Rob Kirkham

While not in large numbers both FGE and WFE operated truss rod reefers into the mid-fifites and beyond. In the early 1920's both companies had rebuild their truss rod cars with steel center sills.

Bob Not banned, at least not prior to 1961 ... Guy Wilber posted this information about WOOD UNDERFRAMES some timeago. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/STMFC/conversations/topics/14935 Tim O'Connor

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Yes, That is the truck/color scheme I mentioned. Interesting to note the Orange-Red cab matches the nose of the E-1, but the stake panels look like the redder Indian Red famous on the post-war

Bob: There is no such ban on truss rods that I can see in the widely circulated Jeff English tabulation of AAR interchange dates. That of course doesn't mean that one doesn't exist, it's just not in

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