Westerfield has released a number of new kits for Southern Pacific single-sheathed B50-15 boxcars. They have a number of unusual paint schemes, but I suspect from the descriptions that they did were

Satin - semi gloss. Matte - flat Craig Zeni Cary NC

Cross posted from the Canadian Modeling List (with permission from the posting individual) CP 40 foot Double Door with end door boxcar preliminary announcement, Sylvan kit HO-1073 I will be getting a

I’m satisfied with the retainer valves on the Tichy K brake system parts sprue. I drill a hole and insert a length of 0.008-inch diameter wire before snipping them off the sprue. The brake parts all

I bought a set of 20 but haven't done anything with them. The back side is clean but the front side has the "frosty" look you get with this process. I expect that will clear up when they are

Tony, both are happening, often in step. For instance,they (we) might have given up on some, but they are not processingothers. There is the main issue - one has to rationalize the costsvs. the

Hi Jon, Peter, et al., Tichy offers any array of wire diameters from 0.008” to 0.032” in 8” and 3’ lengths, as well as 0.040” wire but apparently only in 8” lengths. The wire is

Bob Webber wrote: Comments about abuse of licensing and permission are quite correct. But I think Bob is wrong about what institutions "are going to do." In fact, my impression is that many

Music wire is a good idea, and phosphor-bronze. DPH seems to be out of DA wire entirely, sadly. Thanks Pete

This is an issue with digital images - people *WILL* copy,share and post on the internet. They have since the inception(which is one reason Microsoft's process is so convoluted and priceynow). They

Has anyone tried these? Shapeways: Bulk Retainer Valves by K. Kadwell Mfg. Co. George Corral Holiday, FL.

Prantle's HAD 14 on Greedbay. They have 0 now. Cordially, Don Valentine.

Tichy? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI UserNMRA Life member #2623Member SFRH&MS

Tichy has .015" phosphor bronze wire, which I happen to like better than brass because it's stiffer. Here is a link to their catalog

Tichy https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_wire/p/1102/Default.aspx Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 12/27/19 11:59 a.m., Tim O'Connor

Pete Des Plaines Hobbies carries an incredible array of wire and tubing products. I'll be shocked if they don't have any. Another item that I have is small STEEL

They list two types, matt and satin, no flat. As these come from the EU what is the same as flat, matt? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG,

Speaking of small parts for brake systems, does anyone know of a source for 0.015” brass wire? I can’t find it from any of the usual sources. Thanks Pete

I don’t see them on the sides of the log cars and it would be too easy to brake them off when the logs are rolled off. I’m guessing that they were on the inside of the end sill or side sill but I

Jim My issue with Kalmbach is their proprietary images - If the images were good quality in a PDF format, I would get the entire MR/Trains/Classic/etc and load them onto my hard drive. CD-ROM itself