I’ve been thinking about the use of 50 links per inch chain for the linkage between the brake cylinders and the rod leading to the end-of-car brake wheel. I thought I’d do some math. 50 links

There is this site with photos and instructions for lots of train models: http://hoseeker.net/ It has listings for Laconia. Bob Witt

Currently on eBay https://tinyurl.com/y8ure6ke Bethlehem Steel Company car sales dept. blueprint. Titled--General Arrangement--50 ton hopper. 34 foot hopper. Dated 1955. Drawings include--top,

We went through all of this on 12/27/3017 and someone has decided to bring it up. In the final analogy color is subject and it fades/reduces in value at distance and when you stand looking at a car at

Tim O'Connor said, "The human eye can't distinguish 16 million colors, and our color acuity dropsoff rapidly with old age." That's wonderful news. Now I don't have to worry about being quite so

Yes, MTH made 'em. Cast-on grabs, ladders, and such. It's not bad for what it is, if you can't find the Sunshine or Rydarowicz kits. David Thompson ---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote

That is all true. But Pantone colors are often the basis for paintcompany colors. I know George Bishop (Accupaint) had a "rolodex" fullset of Pantone cards and used them for paint specifications for

http://www.prrho.com/files/40--steel-reefer_ART-24370_AT-001_90g7b425.jpg I was poking around and found this photo of what appears to be a PFER-40-24 (plywood sheathed ice reefer) [obviously painted

Bill lol - I'll market "FORMULA T" forsoftening those Tichy decals! And put a warning label on the bottle. Tim O'

Liquitex has released a new medium for their line of acrylic paint, which is intended to make the paints useable in an airbrush. https://liquitex.com/airbrushmedium/?terms=airbrush I’m

Bless you, Frank. I will try on Monday, and let the group know what I find out. Galen

I'm late to this party, but have a few comments. The original question was are there Pantone numbers for RR paints? The answer is usually no. The reason is that there are only 1200 or 1400 Pantone

Good afternoon: This might be a real long shot, but there might be another source. If I remember correctly, the “original” Ye Olde Huff ’N Puff (Dick and Shirley Koontz) of State College, Penn.

Hello All, I'm going to be rebuilding three (all three #s released) Laconia Ralston Purina box cars in HO. I note from an ad in the 1953 Model Railroader that, "This most colorful of box cars has

Garth, Have a little patience, We at Yarmouth Model Works are working on a new and improved etched Morton r/b. Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Tim, Thanks much for your information. I bought one of Intermountain's recent NS releases, and am considering how to fix the inaccuracies. Intermountain chose to apply a

This sounds like a business opportunity Tim. You could call in "Tim O'Solve." Maybe offer two or three grades of strength with strength ID'ed under the brand name. Bill Welch

Tim, You can use Cellusolve right out of the bottle, but it is not economical. I'd start with a 50/50 mix and go up from there

Jim, I always thought it was acetic acid too. All of the decal solvents smell like vinegar to me. When I was in graduate school, I had access to high quality acetic acid, mixed it about 50/50 with

Photo in the society book shows 2 straights on the right side of the end and one straight mounted on a drop bracker on the left side. 7 rung ladder on the left side. J. Stephen Sandifer