Bob: It all depends on the ownership of thereefer, if it was PFE, SFRD almost anything. But if owned by a packing houseit was considered private. Paul C. Koehler

What, if anything, could be backhauled in an ice bunkermeat refrigerator car? Were such backhauls common or the exception? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Resin Car Works has semi-scale resin cast HO scale couplerboxes available. Check out the latest blog post for details! http://resincarworks.com/decals_parts.htm Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

I'm in Arizona, so lack of humidity is never a problem, unless it's so dry the paint can flash before hitting the surface. But that's only in summer. My compressor has a moisture catch, but I've never

The release date for new Kadee/Sergent coupler boxes in yesterday’s announcement was incorrect. It should have read “second week of February”, not March. Somehow, I missed a month! The web

https://www.ebay.com/itm/112764437519?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/112764442516?ul_noapp=true Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Modelers wanting closer-to-scale couplers welcomed the Kadee “whisker” and Sergent parts but matching, equally-detailed coupler boxes have not been available … until now! A couple weeks ago,

He means Star Brand paints from PBL https://www.p-b-l.com/pdfs/Painting_&_Weathering_with_Star_Brand_Paints_150dpi.pdf​ Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

On 1/18/2018 7:51 PM, Lee Thwaits leeoldsa@... [STMFC] wrote: Do you mean eastern Star lacquer thinner? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr

I use Trucolor primarily on brass that has been first abrasive blasted with and no primer.  As long as I use Trucolor thinner (actually Star brand- it's cheaper) there has been excellent adherence. 

It could bea problem not associated with the paint (incorrect nozzle size, bent needle,spray distance and/or air pressure).

I’ve been using Tamiya Fine Light Gray Primer. Nelson Moyer

Nelson, My local hobby shop owner told me he was given a bottle of thinner by the Tru Color people to top off bottles where evaporation happened, so it's a known problem. When I'm paying $5 for a

What do you use as a primer, I have had no luck. Bill Vaughn On Thursday, January 18, 2018 1:50 PM, "Nelson Moyer npmoyer@... [STMFC]" wrote: I’ve never had

---In STMFC@..., <sandbear75@...> wrote : I spent yesterday wailing and gnashing my teeth trying to get Tru Color to behave properly. Fail. I don't want to sound like a Negative Nellie, but I'm tired

---In STMFC@..., <sandbear75@...> wrote : I spent yesterday wailing and gnashing my teeth trying to get Tru Color to behave properly. Fail. I don't want to sound like a Negative Nellie, but I'm tired

Thanks for posting that very interesting photo and the quick answer to my question. Charlie

It has been my experience as well that TruColor needs to be REALLY thin for it to spray. I use vallejo primer as I think it lays out smooth as can be. The down side to vallejo is it is not in the

What are you painting? TruColor/Accupaint/Star paints (same formulation)will adhere beautifully to clean polystyrene. If you're painting brass, metal,or polyurethane resin, you'll need to prime first

In using other than Trucolor thinner I have not gotten good adherence.  I asked Trucolor about this and was told their thinner was a mix compatible with their paint (which is not actually a paint(?))