The cars were built at ACF Terre Haute in August 1903 (lot 2793). Amazing how photos float around on FB. I posted this image two years ago on the TStL&W FB page, and it's now running around all over

Photo: Toledo, St Louis & Western Railroad Boxcar(Early 1900s?) A photo courtesy of Norma J. Schroeder on the Facebook Railroad Images of Bygone Days Group. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Rock Island Gondola 917 With Boxed Military Equipment (1945) A photo from the University of Utah Digital Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67d64q5 This photo can be

Photos: Frisco Boxcar 120841 With Load Advertising (1907) A photo from the Utah State Historical Society: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j67tdh This photo can be enlarged. It

I think that, all in all, the most important factor is the evaporation rate of the solvent. Acetone evaporates the fastest. I've had the paint dry before it hits the surface being painted with

Wouldn’t lacquer thinner be cheaper? Nelson Moyer

As mentioned, Jim Six used automotive reducer to thin all solvent paints. I use Testor's liquid cement for plastics to clean all of my brushes. Instead of a jar of solvent for each paint type, I

John, Agree completely. I still use Floquil and Scalecoat I thinning it and cleaning brushes with lacquer thinner. I use the same lacquer thinner that they use in the body shop and never had a

Garth It certainly looks like a B50-15 Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bill, From an earlier posting by Jon Miller on August 31 - these folks buy & sell Floquil, and currently list Glaze for sale (I just checked):

As Mont says, I use the SC II thinner. I put too much time into models to risk ruining one by trying to cheap out on the thinner, no matter whose paint. Hardware store lacquer thinner gets used for

Andy Carlson wrote: Richard Hendrickson used automotive lacquer thinner for everything in model painting, and bought it in cartons of four quart cans. I inherited a full can. Tony

I've been using straight Xylene with Floquil for past 25 yrs. with no problems. Jeff Coleman

I've read the MSDS docs for toluene and xylene so many times that I'm glad I don't play with Diosol any more. Nitrile gloves and an extremely well-ventilated workspace are necessities for me...

Greetings, This is a re-post to. I copied the Diosol formula posted in one of the yahoo groups several years ago by a chemist who lab analyzed and posted the formula. This is as posted verbatim. "38%

I have one of the Crown Custom Imports models of the X30 in the Later Oxide Red-Later Keystone. Before I strip and repaint as shown below, does anyone have one in Circle Keystone that they are

This firm sells High Quality lacquer reducer (Automotive paint shops name for lacquer thinner). I just bought a one gallon can with free shipping to California for $47.95. If a modeler were to use

Same here. Used HD stuff today. However they have taken my MEK away and replaced it with MEK Substitute. Living in Houston. J. Stephen Sandifer

"Lacquer Thinner" is much like blended wine--it has 3-4, perhaps more, components. The blends determine the quality and the traits in what they are designed to provide. Almost all lacquer thinners can

The junk they sell at HD, Lowes and Ace is only good for cleaning brushes, spills, etc. Hmm, 20+ years of using HD lacquer thinner with excellent results. Of course I buy in Texas and perhaps it is