Nelson/any one, The magnet wire certainly allows you to get scale size (close enough). Since it is not the correct color what methods have you used - successfully - to change the color? I'm

I'm going to have to check pix of Soo Line cars; they built some all weld nominal 40 footers in their own shops in '48 or '49 that had the angled bottom of the side sheets. Dennis Storzek

Didn’t the DRGW have similar 41’ cars? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I have finished upgrade of Northern Pacific hopper 70168. A Train-Miniature hopper with offset side side gussets corrected to seven from nine and Archer rivets applied to get correct rivet patterns.

Oh, yes. The dimensions I gave were for the small stuff: "Fine". There's also a "Heavy". May be thicker, certainly wider.--didn't get any. THAT one might be better for banding. Ed Edward Sutorik

E Z Line is flat, not round. I measure it at .002" thick and .005" wide. If it's twisted (and it's hard not to twist it), that shows. It just might be a good thing for banding steel, though. It's

An old modelers trick (I’m sure many of you must know) is to melt and stretch a “styrene” sprue. Use a piece of sprue a couple of inches long or more, hold the center over an open flame

Small piano or phosphor bronze wire as I used on this load is one way. Lester Breuer

Don’t think so as the M&StL car is welded Joe Binish

Was this style of GS gondola also built for other owners? It looks very familiar. Great Northern perhaps? Tim O'Connor --

Here’s a link for magnet wire in many gauges down to 44 AWG. Convert AWG to your scale inches and you can get close to prototype dimensions for whatever application you need.

Late steam era AAR loading requirements specify two strands of #7 wire, 3 strands of #8, 4 of #9, or 6 of #11, twisted taut. #7 ASW ga. is .177" dia, or .002" in HO. 40 AWG magnet wire, .0032" dia,

I know it's been a few weeks since Jared asked "Any other suggestions I should consider?". But given the massive processing backlong at CSRM and the issues they have with space, wanted to add another

I use black 1/64 in. chart tape for the steel straps. For wire, I use 32 AWG or 42 AWG magnet wire. Nelson Moyer

I'll send Joe what I have. Doug Harding Sent from my phone

bob: I think the answer depends on what diameter wire you are trying to simulate (presumably in HO scale?). The EZ Line comes in 0.010" diameter, but that's 7/8" in HO. Both fishing monofilament and

Joe is also interested in obtaining photos of cars repainted by the CNW. CW Propst

How about a single strand of lamp wire? I have used this for the harness and reins on an HO stagecoach.

Re-purposed armature wire from a broken model's electric motor. About as fine of wire you are going to easily find. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA _._,_._,_

I have used wire from the core of a damaged small electric motor. A bit tedious to unwind, but it is really fine. I also have used wire from a Taser (it helps to be friends with the police chief -