On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 09:03 AM, spsalso wrote: I thought sheet metal trucks were long gone by this time. To my knowledge, Fox trucks, and similar pressed steel (or built up) trucks were never

FYI Multiscale Digital tells me that they will have these boiler loads available on their site within a week. Allen Cain

Garth, Thanks. I did look through my limited resources, but did not find anything that looked like "it". Besides the apparent long wheelbase, it seems that the bottom edge of the sheet metal is

Yes. At one time Oddball Decals made them. He printed off an ALPS printer and sometimes you would need two sets to make sure they cover. Oddballs is out of business as far as I know and has been

At one time, Oddball's decals had a nice set of Farmall decals. Steve Hile

Getting into the weeds here but should be appreciated by the list I think: Were striker castings proprietary to a vendor or the car builder? I have found a couple of styles used on USRA gons, though

My friend Joe Sullivan asked me the following: 1. What color were GM&O flat cars in 1952 - 1954 time period? The 42' 50T "USRA-ish" ones. 2. I am assuming that A&WP flat cars and GA RR gondolas

Edward, There were other brands of pressed steel trucks besides Fox. Cloud comes to mind, and I think Pressed Steel Car Co. had a proprietary design (along with pressed steel archbars). IIRC, Fox

... And I keep shaking the cans throughout the painting process, whether I'm spraying clear or colors. Todd Sullivan

Bob, Are these scans of the detail drawings readily available somewhere? I'm presently working on one of these using the O scale Intermountain kit and would like to add these other details. --

My experience is consistent with Nelson's, with various flat finishes. I recall one situation where I experienced the 'frosting' of the flat coat, and I let it dry for 20 minutes and resprayed with a

The USRA Gondolas in 1918 H&B Lots 5176, 5180, 5183 hadpin & chains for both side & end doors. Alternativemechanisms, panels and other details were made for the SSC 1932 USRAalternate. I haven't yet

In the first American Smelting photo, from the group that Paul Krueger so kindly posted (message #171547): https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b14180/ there is a gon, three cars to the right

I’ve had sputtering rattle cans of Dullcoat ruin freight car finishes. I swore those off many years ago. I had used rattle cans of Model Master Clear Flat with good success before I set up a spray

Am I all wet or are those of us who have stuck with the tried and true flat and/or gloss finishes by suppliers such as Scalecoat and Testors really missing something? From all the complaints

David, The info is from the SP&S equipment cards but that isn't to say some clerk got it wrong. Rich Wilkens Archivist, SP&S Railway Historical Society

SP&S had two Lidgerwood's, L-1 and L-2 that were put in service in 1910. The machinery for L-1 was purchased from Northern Pacific in 1908 and the car was assembled by the SP&S from parts from wrecked

The original USRA gons used a windup shaft mechanism for the doors. Wine door locks were used on a number of copies built in the 1920s, and sometimes retrofitted to the originals. David Thompson

 Dennis wrote: “Seems I recall the NKP had some auto cars that were built based on an earlier design, where it was found the new diagonal pressing interfered with the loaders, and so the cars

I haven’t used Tamiya dull coat, so I can’t comment directly. I have seen a little white powder accumulation on SS car Z-channel when I got overzealous with Model Master Clear Flat and put down a