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Re: Flat Black

Hello Group! Andy's note below reminded me of one of our model railroading god-fathers, Mr William Clouser, once of the Saint Louis neighborhood. Respected scratch builder and professional model

By Schleigh Mike · #161775 ·

Re: SLSF 152203 DS auto car and B&A 16000 series flat

Hi John, I, too, am interested in the Boston & Albany flat car and will look to see if more can e found on it while I'm up here in New England as I doubt much more would be found when in

By Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...> · #161774 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

Al; As much as I would have like to see you get into N Scale, especially at that time, I think you were very wise NOT do so. With a few notable exceptions, it seems to me that N Scalers prefer RTR

By Brian Termunde · #161773 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

Al- I remember visiting you and the John Galt lines when you were just getting started in the resin kit business. Full time employment in the Model Railroad Industry was still in the future for

By Charlie Vlk · #161772 ·

Re: SLSF 152203 DS auto car and B&A 16000 series flat

Can't answer your questions, but I like how the flat's brake wheel and staff have been pulled and stuck in a stake pocket. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

By Richard Townsend · #161771 ·

MORE ON NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK CARS

In addition to the ends and decals for the Central Valley N P stock car the NP Society also marketed a kit for an earlier version of this car with truss rods. The kit was excellently tooled by Armond

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #161770 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

Brian – At every convention, several modelers would ask me, why don’t you do N, S O, etc. I would say, I build the scale I know. We did do some custom work in N and O, but using masters supplied

By al_westerfield · #161769 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

Hi Andrew, Al, et al., Impressive numbers. I’m going to be in catch up mode for a long time. I especially appreciate the earlier variations of the cars you’ve done over the years. Thanks

By Ralph W. Brown · #161768 ·

SLSF 152203 DS auto car and B&A 16000 series flat

Can anyone give me further information about these two cars? SLSF 152203 was a 40' double sheathed end door auto loader in series SLSF 152000-152228. It was photographed unloading a DUKW onto a

By John Barry · #161767 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

I'm an N Scaler, and I've been aware of you for all of those 29 years! Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah A Westerfield Wrote; The first of 29 years of monthly ads. Believe

By Brian Termunde · #161766 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

Hello Al & All. In 2014 I went thru the Westerfield price list and counted all the variations of Kits that could be made. I came up with 964 Kit separate variations. Since them I have discontinued

By dahminator68 · #161765 ·

vertically mounted Klasing power hand brake

That would be the Klasing horizontal power brake wheel that Resin Car Works includes with the GN composite box kit, as shown at the bottom of this

By David · #161764 ·

Re: vertically mounted Klasing power hand brake

Owen, The one pictured is not the variety of Klasing that I am looking for. The one you show is made by Resin Car Works. The Klasing on the Mather boxcars looks very much like a standard

By Chuck Cover · #161763 ·

Re: Flat Black

Andy, I have been using Dupli-Cover Perfect Match primer for several years. While it costs around $8.00 a can it works really well. It's available at most autopart stores. Steve Salotti

By Steve Salotti · #161762 ·

Re: Tank Cars: Capitol Refining Company

Jim, Relee was never incorporated, and is now part of Pentagon City. It would be interesting to see if Relee ever had a post office or a railroad station under that name. I

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #161761 ·

Re: Throwback Thursday: Westerfield

The most efficient way I found to build resin kits is to line up about three or four (especially if they are variations of the same basic car) and spend a good weekend working on them. Jerry Michels

By Jerry Michels · #161760 ·

Re: Flat Black

Denny it sounds like they simply eliminated the retarder in the paint - that would cause it to go on flat. Assuming that it's really the same TruColor paint that uses the same thinner. If you

By Tim O'Connor · #161759 ·

Re: NP stock car replacement ends for CV kit

All of these have now been spoken for. Ron Merrick

By mopacfirst · #161758 ·

Re: Tank Cars: Capitol Refining Company

Hello David, Bob, and list, I’ve done some research on this firm. The Capitol Refining Company in Relee, Virginia (the town no longer exists, and indeed most locals wouldn’t even remember this

By James McDonald · #161757 ·

Re: Flat Black

Denny Anspach wrote: I have been very happy with a number of the Tamiya colors, and the paint behaves very nicely. This is true for the bottled paint and especially for the spray cans, which

By Tony Thompson · #161756 ·

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