It would have been much easier to get the right roof treatment if I had known all this before I glued on the roof. I have three choices, leave it as is, remove the running board, mask, and spray with

"Dual Control" was one of the features of National's B-1 trucks that distinguished them from National's earlier Type B trucks. For details, see the 1946 Car Builders' Cyclopedia, and I think also the

Chuck, I'm not sure about the odor as an irritant, but F&C used to use a yellow resin that warped pretty badly on one of my cars. That's why extra cross bracing inside of house

Nelson This was a very common method of painting box car roofs by the 1950'sand continued after that. As far as I know only Athearn has done RTR roofslike this (galvanized with black seam caps) on one

Gents couple tips for you 1) Yes, it will. All this material is subject to heat, and thus warping. Once you get the parts assembled parts should be stable. 2) some people will build a tolerance to

Ed, a 1950's color photo of ERIE #82051 and a 1960 photo of ERIE#82751 both show galvanized roofs with black seam caps, exactly as youdescribe. (The 82000-82499 series built by ACF in 1945 must have

Some of you will have already seen the Tangent announcement of the new tank cars, and there have been a few comments already on this list about the new model. I wrote an "appreciation" of the current

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Wow! This car is getting complicated. Has anyone modeled a roof like that? I’d probably take more flack for adding the black paint to simulate car cement than to leave it the way it is, BCR roof and

DO NOT USE CAMELEON, whatever you do. Bill Welch

I failed to properly clean my airbrush and blew globs on to my recently completed NC&StL 36' boxcar. I've sanded the blobs and repainted the car with Tru Color paint but the finish is not what I want,

A friend just bought a batch of Intermountain NRC initialed reefers paintedfor IC in yellow with green trim. They have a reweigh date for early 1960. Hemodels 65 and would like to know if these cars

Nelson, In the event that the original paint specs are useful for Erie 82500-83199, the following comes from the ACF bill of materials for the 700 cars built in lot 2862: DuPont (300)/Pittsburgh

Thanks, Steve. I’ve noticed that some historical societies are much better than others about making material available online. Unfortunately, the BRHS isn’t one of them. Nelson Moyer

Thanks for the details. Interesting that Branchline supplied a BCR roof for a NEW 49 car. I’m thinking that the car would not have been repainted by 1953, so the roof should be black. However, the

The Erie Freight Car Diagram Book is also available on Fallen Flags: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/frt/erie-frt-book.html Steve Hoxie Pensacola FL

Nelson, you ask questions about painting and accessories. ERIE box cars were usually delivered with BCR sides, but black roof, ends and underbody. The black roof and ends were, I believe, along

I think they would be pretty close to essential. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I think photos would help amplify your guide Andy. Bill Welch

Hi folks- Last year I did a photo-free synopsis on Youngstown steel doors. I should get some photos and upgrade the synopsis and place it in the storage areas on the STMFC. But I looked up a 82XXX