Los Angeles Area Prototype Modelers Meet - Bellflower, CA (October 3) Information from Jeff Smith... "The Next LAAPM meet is still scheduled for Saturday Oct 3, 2020. Same location* same time as

 Hi Daniel and List Members, I have had that same experience with Floquil - an unopened bottle will usually be good for many years, decades even. An opened bottle will still be good for a

As in later periods, one must not be misled by early “Builders Photos”…. They would often have detail work done that is not present in regular delivery cars….wheel tire faces painted, raised

Thanks Bill. Unfortunately I don’t need the flloquill color. I’ve never had good luck with It and I’ve kind of settled on Vallejo as my standard paint. The resin kit I am working with recommends

Thanks Eric, Probably correct as I don’t know much about the Tichy kit.

In response to the original message, I would assume black trucks as they are probably wrought iron. -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek

On a whim I just ordered the HO decals from K4 Decals for this car. It is a totally offline project from my 1950's Port Costa layout but one of those I just could not refuse. There is a picture on

A friend is building the North Conway B&M depot based on a George Drury article in a 1988 Model Railroader. He painted the roof with a 50 year old bottle of Floquil PC Green (the classic square

Unopened Floquil usually has a very long shelf life (unlike Scalecoat 1). Unfortunately there were three distinct “phases” of Floquil … I’ll call them “classic”, "Rev 1”, and

I contacted Kevin at that sire, and the PS at least (not sure about the Floquil) has been flying off the shelf. Probably because his stash has been publicized, here and elsewhere. I'm still waiting

Thanks all for scratching that itch : )) CW Propst

An easy dip job.

Tony Cars with roof insulation (some 40 foot PS-1 box cars for example received 6" of roof insulation) were repainted in aluminum [or silver] paint while other

Fenton, this model is not the Tichy kit at all, unless new fishbelly side sills were installed. This looks like a resin kit once offered by Wright Trak or the Southern Railway HS. Frankly, I'd love to

That Tichy low side gondola kit follows an ACL prototype. That is my understanding based on several messages on this forum many years ago about when Tichy introduced this variation on their kit. I do

Photo: Simple Weathering Project - CB&Q Boxcar 12138 A 1903 photo from the Kansas City Public Library: https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%3A100542/datastream/OBJ/view Good close-up

Photo: Kansas City Rail Yard, West Bluffs An 1895 photo from the Kansas City Public

Photo: Early Kansas City Riverfront Scene With A Few Freight Cars An undated photo from the Kansas City Public

Photo: Washburn-Crosby Milling Co. & UP Boxcar An undated photo from the Kansas City Public

Photo: Stewart-Peck Gondola Cars An undated photo from the Kansas City Public