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Re: using bottled nitrogen for air brush painting

The lack of water vapor makes it ideal for use in auto tires. Nitrogen filled tires don’t vary much by ambient temperature. My atmospheric air- filled tires, normally 36 psi, showed 30 psi during

By BRIAN PAUL EHNI · #160386 ·

Re: using bottled nitrogen for air brush painting

Nitrogen constitutes about 78% of average atmospheric air, the rest being about 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases and water vapor. As Mark said, bottled, it will be dry, ie humidity content of

By tbarney2004 · #160385 ·

Re: using bottled nitrogen for air brush painting

Andy Bottles can be refilled for 10 years before they need to be re-certified. Normally you exchange them at the local welding supplier. The gas in the tank will have no humidity it. That can be

By mark_landgraf · #160384 ·

Re: Batch Building X29 and 1923 A.R..A. Types

Thank you Brian I will. Someone has already suggested that Red Caboose wimped on the stringers over worries of truck swing. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #160383 ·

Layout tour video

The other day a friend took a video of my layout. Plenty of freights cars ; )) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A2oBDhadv8 Clark Propst

By Clark Propst · #160382 ·

Re: Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

Most cars with the S- prefix were used for storage, according to company rosters. John C. La Rue, Jr. Bonita Springs, FL

By mofwcaboose <MOFWCABOOSE@...> · #160381 ·

Old air brake book

A friend had me list an old air brake book he has on eBay. If anyone is interested you can see it at: https://www.ebay.com/itm/113410941450?ul_noapp=true Clark Propst

By Clark Propst · #160380 ·

Re: Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

Thanks Bob, for attaching that photo. Saved me a lot of embarrassment! I decaled the CL mini-kit this morning and decided to use Refrigerator and Ventilator. The photo in the handout was fairly poor

By Clark Propst · #160379 ·

Re: Batch Building X29 and 1923 A.R..A. Types

Bill, On your CNJ model, check the clearance between the top of the Dalman truck's side frame and the bottom of the body bolster. There might not be enough. I checked drawings in the CBCs and found

By brianleppert@att.net · #160378 ·

Batch Building X29 and 1923 A.R..A. Types

I am somewhat surprised that I have never built any of the Red Caboose X29/ARA 1923 kits and about a year ago took some steps to build several of the undecorated kits I have accumulated since these

By Bill Welch · #160377 ·

$34, includes shipping NP wood sheathed boxcars Rapido pre-war K brake NP DS box cars

Hi- I have a new 4 pack of the newly released Rapido Northern Pacific double sheathed box cars. These are #s 130001-1 through -4, pre-war K brake equipped with 1920s lettering scheme. 1) NP 10176 2)

By Andy Carlson · #160376 ·

Re: Tupperware Rexall Chemicals General American hopper

I'm not crazy about the type of research I am doing, but lacking anything more substantial... It was pointed out to me on the NH Forum that CDS previously produced Rexall Chemical dry transfers, I

By Peter Ness · #160375 ·

Re: Looking for HOn3 4'0" w.b. arch bar trucks

They've a lot of cool stuff, including some unusual HO standard gauge steam era freight cars, not to mention some extremely cool period construction equipment. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

By Richard Townsend · #160374 ·

Re: Looking for HOn3 4'0" w.b. arch bar trucks

Thanks Richard, Rio Grande Models has about a half dozen 4'0" w.b. trucks. Thanks, I love this site! -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

By Andy Carlson · #160373 ·

Re: Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

Thanks, Tim. I meant to ask if that was the case. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

By Ralph W. Brown · #160372 ·

Re: Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

The BAR used "S" as a prefix for company service (non revenue) cars. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

By Tim O'Connor · #160371 ·

Re: Looking for HOn3 4'0" w.b. arch bar trucks

Try Rio Grande Models.They have several. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

By Richard Townsend · #160370 ·

Re: Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

Hi Bob, I’m guessing sold to BAR, probably around January 1949. Looks like a January 1949 reweight date that was stenciled contemporaneously with the fresh looking BAR reporting marks. The car

By Ralph W. Brown · #160369 ·

Bangor &Aroostook Reefer S1300

I can't recall the source of this photo but it shows a Fruit Growers Express ice bunker reefer with Bangor & Aroostook reporting marks. Was this a car leased by FGEX to BAR or sold to

By Bob Chaparro · #160368 ·

Looking for HOn3 4'0" w.b. arch bar trucks

Is there a commercially available 4'-0" wheel base Arch Bar Truck available in HOn3? I am asking to this group, as my online searches have offered me 1000's of different things to read, but not

By Andy Carlson · #160367 ·

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