Good start on the answers to the questions, thanks, John. Schuyler

I should have added that it was an FGEX reweigh symbol. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736

Schuyler, I can't answer the color question, but referencing the Station & Reweigh Symbols spreadsheet previously discussed shows PLT to be the symbol for Plattsmouth, NE. John Barry ATSF North Bay

All, Several years ago I bought, at Cocoa Beach, a 5th Avenue Car Shops, Accurail kit for a National Car Company reefer. Now that it’s properly aged I thought I’d get to it and assemble it,

Photo: NX Reefer 3610 (Undated) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=nw064 This photo can be enlarged. Cranstone's website lists the

I have had good luck with Rustoleum rattle cans from Walmart. They have a wide variety of colors and finishes. Charlie Schildt (grouchy German)

Photo: GN Boxcar 51317 With Forward Facing Rocky (1943) A photo from the University of Utah Digital Library: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qj9cn1 For you GN fans. Bob

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