Steve Hoxie wrote: I posted Richard's last update to this article on Google Drive. Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz_ctrHrDz4wcjJWcENpaDJYbUU Tony Thompson tony@...

Oops, let's try this one https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wcjJWcENpaDJYbUU/edit?pli=1 Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

Try https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/topic/ho_scale_freight_car_trucks/70280275?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,70280275 Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Paul, Attached are a couple of additional articles covering these models written by Jim Sixx, George Eichelberger and Larry Goolsby plus a photo that I pulled off the internet from a source that I did

In the May 2013 Model Railroad Hobbyist Richard Hendrickson had a great article discussing freight car trucks, available

Someone on another list asked about the rigging on the crane on the crane and if I had a systematic for the runs. I didn’t have any information on the rigging but studied photos for months and

Gorgeous model, and a terrific video explanation of much of what went into it. Thanks, Jack. Tony Thompson tony@...

Precision Scale has .016 brass wire. Dave Pfeiffer

Is .0145" close enough ? ;) Eileen's emporium has all sorts of stuff, e g. 0.37 mm brass wire. Yes, ordering internationally is probably not ideal, but

Makes sense to me. I don’t do resistance soldering, but I have soldered phosphor bronze grab irons to brass brackets for several of the plywood side Sunshine kits, and I’ve soldered several of the

I was going to mention that video. Toward the end I talk about the model building for the crane to that point. I will be doing the next YouTube video this Saturday and will have more shots of the

No, that panel did not slide back. I think that it was there (possibly) to get access to the steam boiler for repairs, etc. In photos, it looks like it slipped into a slot on the top and was secured

Bob, I've used both Floquil and acrylics (usually "craft paints") in a variety of colors (but always some shade of brown/tuscan/mineral red) and apply them with a brush. I do the 'details' such as

A brass model, for example. I have done soldering on a number of brass models. Brass to brass solder. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful! To see the video details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOr0CRinzM Great work Jack. Randy Danniel

Tim, I’m curious about what freight car applications brass would be better than phosphore bronze wire. I’ve built 120+ resin kits with phosphor bronze wire using 0.008, 0.010, 0.0125, 0.015, and

Mel I have googled it and get some information but I now have the Richard Hendrickson article which a great help. Paul Doggett

Bob, For years I have been painting Kadee standard and semi-scale couplers with Polly-Scale paint, and they work fine as long as you exercise the knuckle 5-8 times after painting and before the paint

Clover House has .014" and .016" straightened (slightly tempered) brass wire. Ed Bommer

Also, contact Des Plaines Hobbies. They stock a huge variety of wire and tubing in many materials. For certain applications, brass wire may be a better material than phosphor bronze. Tim