My not so secret weapon/tool for removing things is the Single Edge Razor Blade hled a very shallow angle. Because these are so wide, they do not gig into the surface. Bill Welch

Does everyone realize that "Flat" black was not a color used by railroads... it is a color used by modelers... Linseed oil paints were naturally semigloss to glossy... but weathered to flat...

To be clear, the wheels noted by Ray are horizontal (vertical shaft.) There is no evidence that these cars ever got vertical wheel brake gear. Steve Hile

This is second hand, and possibly not 100% accurate, but in outline, this is the story: The layout was built in the basement of an RPI dorm. RPI has been renovating dorms for some time, and

I posted this question a short time back an it is p mb e of the very few times that I did not receive a response. I am doing a Sunshine kit of a Southern Pacific A-50-16 40' auto car. It has been in

Steve, Rapido makes them Rich Christie HO Scale Freight Car Trucks - Rapido Trains Inc. HO Scale Freight Car Trucks - Rapido Trains Inc. HO Scale Freight Car Trucks Rapido offers a variety of HO

What's happening to it? Todd Horton

Very fine work (as always) Bill - I'm especially impressed by your removal of all those cast on grabs and ladders without destroying the car! I really struggle with that... Tim O'

Just an FYI - This Saturday is (very likely) the last op session for the NEB&W (RPI) layout in Troy, New York. This is one of the best model railroads in the world. So sad. Tim O'Connor -- *Tim

It seems to me that many moons ago MDC made an AAR-style truck with the journal box doors removed to represent a conversion to roller bearings. I needed a pair for a project I did (a Conrail GSC

Regarding the use of MDC underframes to donate to MP steel 50' double door cars. this is really a simple swap. The underframe is narrower and shorter than the Proto car, so I used shims on the sides

Here is my attempt at modeling one of the T&P cars with scratch built Superior doors. I covered this model and Frisco in Speedwitch's Vol 3 Modeling Journal. Yes the late Paige Porter worked ay MDC

Ron, you wrote Can you tell me more about these kitbashes? I cut up a couple of the MDC cars to get the roofs and ends, so I have some extra underframes to work with. Were these bashes involved?

Thanks, that clears it up, now another trip to Ace. Chuck Happel Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Will Rogers --------------------------------------------

I got the 8 rung Canadian ladders in from Des Plaines today. They look great! Glad I waited on them. Thanks for the suggestions. I attached a photo of them if you havent seen them before. The

I didn't know that either. The T&P converted some cars to single door, but they may have also gotten steel sides in place of the wood. A number of T&P double door cars also got steel sides, and at

Thanks to all. Glad I asked the brake components appear to be a strange arrangement. Clark Propst

Chuck and Group: https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/hobby/17003 This is what I use to prime all models. Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM

Both shots of T&P 40061 and T&P 40450 clearly show the transverse air reservoir, which the cars were built with. In the mid-fifties most or all of the cars were rebuilt with steel-grid running boards

Tony Thompson wrote: "Richard Hendrickson did nice articles for RMJ on upgrading the models for the roads they matched." July 1995 and July 1996 issues of Railmodel