Mont, thank you for all of your high quality modeling articles over a long time span that showed us that we could do it and you kept Mainline Modeler going and going! I always appreciated your list

Hi Bill, Saw your request for info on these cars. Attached you will find several article which should be helpful. Enjoy, Allen Cain

Attached is the article that Bruce referenced. I have others if anyone is interested contact me OFF LIST please. Allen Cain

And, according to Tony Koester, the cars were often used for back-hauls of sand for the factory. I spent a few weeks in Marion, IN in the early 2000s rehab'ing a house for Habitat for Missionaries,

Yes, both reground material from rejects and/or buying a poor quality material to begin with can both cause the end product to be brittle.Many of us have been using the same material for some years

Razorback Jug parts! The image has suggestions of interesting details, especially in the lower left foreground.

It might Mont, certainly would not hurt to try. Bill Welch

Eric, OOPS! That's what happens when my attention is focused elsewhere (in this case on replenishing the homestead's supplies of beer before the next round of the plague sets in, with a nice Belgian

This is correct. The small U channel diagonals are the ones I prefer to remove or copy from the LL Proto model than build them up per the SS instructions. SS wants you to stand either .010 x .020

Bill, Would it help to glue the .020 x .020 stock to the .005 styrene sheet? Then cut the 3 inch side strips? Might make it all easier to handle. Mont Switzer

Thanks Todd and Mont - I wasn't aware of the Life Like models so have some new options to look into. So much to catch up on! Also thanks to Andy, Claud & Al for the on and off-list prototype

OOPS: should be railroadtreasures.com my bad ;-( mel perry

Friends, Has anyone considered putting a thin layer of plumber's lead between the underframe and the floor? This might mean sacrificing some underframe detail, but should be no problem for empty cars

This has been hit or miss on ebay, and difficult to get things from local hobby shop. I am looking for a good source for both wood and styrene car roofs, sides, ends, and bottom frames. Suggestions

Sorry group, As often happens when I comment, I made a mistake. I should have said that the verticals on the Sunshine Mather boxcar kits are Z bracing, NOT the diagonals. I don’t believe that

Okay, here is my plan: —Measure the interior width with Digital Caliper —Take the measure to Home Depot and ask them to cut a scrap of wood to that width to fit into the body cavity to prevent the

Thanks, Dave! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Is there any chance it can be recorded, so others can see it later? That is a challenging day for me, and I would not want to take a slot away from someone to attend a little of it. Don Burn

This is what I have done: Cut 0.005" styrene sheet into strips scale 3" wide. This is the base that is glued (carefully too much will distort this thin styrene) and let it cure over night. Next

or check epay or railtoadtreasures.com :-) mel perry