I agree with John's assessment. Welding creates a surface that is quite difficult to paint properly. The residual weld surface is porous and brittle compared to the adjacent sheet metal surface in

A question to ask when they get here. If I get my order I may be selling or trading one or two of 130004. At $50 a car I'm hoping they are gold plated:-D! -- Jon MillerFor me

Is anyone out there selling singles of the Rapido 4-pack NP boxcars? I’d like 2 different numbers of the 130006/130007 (NP 36” Monad 1945-1950) and 130009/130010 (NP “Main Street”

I am using Testors "clear parts cement" and have a couple of bottles of "Formula 560 canopy glue". I really like the Testors bottle and wish I could refill it with the 560. Has

If my aging memory serves me well, Dick usually has a recent model at the Collinsville, IL RPM. They really do look like the real thing in miniature. Bill Welch

Very nice Dick 0 scale has a nice feel to it I used to model British 0 gauge 1935 years ago. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I've put together a photo album of some of my steam era freight car models. It is "Dick Scott's models" and it is on page 7 of our photo section, at least for now. The cars are all O scale and

Test 试验 prueba Doug Polinder Poquoson VA

And, as I have been instructed by my tank car tutor (Jerry Stewart) 1917GATC tank cars came in several variations, but all of them shared a newmandatory construction feature - those DOUBLE ROWS of

Yes, and an early one: "Built by GATC 7-17". David Thompson

My educated guess would be that the welds are rusting preferentially to the steel sheathing on this car, In fact, it looks to me like some repairs to the original welds were made and are rusting out

Location and regularity make weld repairs the most obvious and mist likely causes. Chuck Peck

Rampaging forklift? Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 4/25/18 2:58 PM, Bob Chaparro wrote:

Bob, They look like they might be seam weld repairs. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."

Can anyone make an educated guess as to what was the cause of the vertical "scars" on the left side of this boxcar? http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures%5C65055%5CATSF%2042427.jpg

Please keep in mind the looming shadows of the Sheriff and his Deputies, this group's benevolent dictatorial administration, and the cold damp musty smell wafting up from the Cells. There is a

Folks, As we explore the capabilities of Groups.io, we’ve obviously identified some areas that could be improved. For example, there’s no search engine for the Photos.

I just sprayed another car in the paint shop that needed a quick clear coat. For this task I use a simple jig to avoid removal of trucks and couplers or taping of such. I have posted photos and

A lovely shot I thought y'all might enjoy, even though the car's repaint date is a little too modern. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362301906033 Tim O'Connor

Even more basic would be a search box that lets me enter a page number... as it is now, if I'm looking for an album that I know (or suspect) is on the last page, I need to scroll through about three