Floquil Crystal Cote and Barrier are alcohol based products and had their own thinner. The use of Diosol negates the coatings' plastic safe properties. Randy Danniel

Denny, Here's the Diosol formula posted on another site by a chemist who did the analysis "...38% by vol toluene , 41% by vol xylene and 21% by vol Solvesso 100 ( a long evaporation rate

Or buy one of these and harvest the doors:

Well, Ralph Brown has it….Glaze (I found someone, i.e. me..?... had written with a Sharpie on the glass itself a barely discernible ‘GLAZE”. I never really used it extensively, but as I recall,

I agree with Ralph - Glaze is an "amber clear" color - I suppose it could darken although I have not seen that happen. Maybe it's contaminated? -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Randy I don't know what to call them other than "AAR" cars with annotations (ends, roofs, interior height, etc) but I agree that 10-0 IH was a popular size after the war. The Southern Pacific never

Not true, at least not in all cases. Many doors had no interior lining. This photo attached shows the back side of corrugated doors. I agree with Tony, the aluminum foil should work

And Dennis, wasn't that roof panels mistake repeated on the original Proto 2000 50 foot car ? Inexplicible mistake in both cases, assuming both of them had either photos or drawings to work from. Tim

I wonder if you could carefully make an aluminum foil impression, and then mount that to the inside of the kit door. If you mount it and trim it carefully, it would fit into the kit door opening, and

Bob, The message from which you are quoting is gone off my machine. Your message, and those of several others, do not quote the thread. From my limited experience

Thanks to all for the info. It turns out I was mistaken--the doors are YOUNGSTOWN. This is what happens when you are elbow deep in several projects at once. Nevertheless, Dennis's link to the

Anyone know why the journal lids on this car were painted...apparently silver? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Denny…. I have been using the same thing as Nelson is using since Floquil was discontinued and it works just like Diosol… Jack Burgess

Testors offeredFloquil Thinner and Brush Cleaner, (F110001) as a Diosol replacement. I bought two one pint cans back then, and it seems to work fine. Diosol is a mix of xylene and toluene and probably

I have been using Xylene for 25 years with Floquil paints. The clear Amber could be glase or high gloss. Jeff Coleman

As I remember “retarder” was clear and smelled like xylene; however, “glaze” was brown or rum colored. Al

Hi Denny, It has been quite some time since I've used it, but I suspect your unlabeled bottle of "dark rum" might be Floquil "glaze." In addition to imparting some luster, as opposed to gloss, to

Thanks Randy, I didn't know that. Jim

Danny, I have used Scalecoat thinner for years with no issues. The unknown bottle might be gloss as I believe the FQ retarder was clear. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

The Improved Dreadnaught End was a trademarked design by Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Co (SREM). Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad