Rob Manley "Better modeling through personal embarrassment" On Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 05:29:23 PM CDT,

Clark, Give it your best. couplers, lift bars and all. I got the virus reduction in force from the auto parts store. SO it looks like PanPastel Blog Guy is my new occupation. That and weathering for

Silver. Just google Farmall 300 and there are lots of photos. J. Stephen Sandifer

Great information!! However, I don't think I'm going to start decalling the reporting marks on the inside of my model boxcars! I don't decal the trucks and underframe and insides of doors,

Good point . . . and I've found this very useful when determining the heritage of a "repurposed" car. Attached photo shows what was probably the last surviving Ann Arbor 74000-series boxcar. It was

Bob, Given that the prototype RR-27 had simple grab irons, your best bet is to use wire grabs as has been suggested. If the C&BT kits do not include the attachment bolts, simply drill a hole just

Armand, The news from Facebook is that Greg is making slow progress in the right direction. As with many severe CoV patients, it seems like 2 steps forward, 1.9 steps back. I believe he is still

Well here are a few shots that I took in September of 1963. I was stationed in Charleston SC and my wife was living in Conway in an apartment at her Grandmothers house. I was home on weekend liberty

Any news regarding Greg ? Armand Premo

Also note the curved platform/dock construction. First time I have noticed a dock with the decking lumber running lengthwise. An interesting item to model. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

Yes, I should have included that information. I thought I would subject myself to some frustration by building a few C&BT Shops HO scale Santa Fe reefers. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Here's a UP car with the marks and number stenciled high on the left side of the door opening: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns493 N&W car with the marks and number stenciled high

Don’t forget to look at the STEAM ERA FREIGHT CARS in the background. I don’t recall seeing an ALTON car very often. First fully shown car to the left. Any commentary about that car from the

Matt, Great photo. Thanks. Did everyone notice the position of the seats? Will you all be tearing apart your models to remount the seats per this photo? 😢 Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Bob, it would be a heck of a lot easier to make suggestions if you told us what the models represent. Bill Welch

Here shot on the delivery end. Bloomington Il, Alton Depot. 8/7/1944 Illinois Digital Archives, Pantagraph Collection. -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

The narrow front axle arrangement were called “row crop” axles. The wider axles were just wide axles according to the John Deere service rep in this area. Mont Montford L.

Hi Bus, I suspect the distance between the front wheels had a major effect on how tractors were loaded. Are you refering to those with a tricycle wheel arrangement or wide front ends? In 1952 Phil

I have worked around, in or for railroads for well over fifty years and have never seen a boxcar in which the inside of the door was painted in any color other than that with which the exterior of

Somebody sent me these data sheets for loading tractors on flat cars, so I’ll pass them on. I think RPC had an article on open loads, but I don’t remember the volume number. Nelson Moyer