Thanks Bill, There’s no VENTILATOR on the sides for the car. The hardware is picked out in black. What are your thoughts about the color of the roof walk, which evidently by rule should

My understanding is that National Car Company was Fruit Grower’s answer for meat reefers. Wikipedia states: In February, 1928 FGE formed the National Car Company as a subsidiary to service the meat

First of all Plattsmouth was a Reweight station belonging to Burlington Refrigerator Express. Around 1951 the FGE/WFE/BRE/NX System began to paint the side hardware reefer yellow and the roofs

Denny Anspach wrote: Not sure whee that BS came from. The Star paints use a solvent thinner. They might have the same pigments as Tru-Color . . . but they sure paint differently. I would say they

https://myp48.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/modeling-mid-century-composite-wood-sheathed-boxcar-4-0/ Construction continues on my scratchbuilt P48 boxcar project. Please take a look. Gene -- Gene

Schuyler, Mont Switzer wrote an article on FGEX family reefers in the March 2011 RMC. It is supposedly about a Kahn's reefer, but other cars are shown. One of his models is NX 6808. He did the roof in

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: That's an era issue. After the 1944 outlawing of wood running boards on new construction (except tank cars), most owners with a little money did replace running boards

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: First, as Schuyler well knows, "silver" is a color, not necessarily referring to the metal. Aluminum paint has been around since the 1920s, and is indeed silvery. Fresh

I have yet to use the P-B-L Star Brand model paints, reliably reported to be basically formulated identical to TruColor and Accupaint. Are they glossy or flat Some one and some the other? Is the

So Bob, What about us WP fans? 🤪 WP caboose 778 is one of the original 50 Haskell & Barker cabooses built for the WP in 1910. It received a steel underframe in a mid-1920s rebuild at the

Hi Schuyler, I'm not Bill Welch, but all of the photos I've seen of Our Companies' reefers with silver roofs show everything on the roof to be silver including the running board and laterals. Hope

Ah! Google has brought me to Tony Thompson’s blog post: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2016/04/upgrading-simple-freight-car-kit.html Which answers several questions, including the Silver vs

I should have also mentioned that the 5th Avenue Car Shops does custom printed cars, and they’re not part of the Accurail line. Schuyler

I should have noted that the Accurail instructions in the box indicate that this is a 4800 series wood sided car. But I do see that you’re showing a silver painted roof, not a galvanized color.

I don't know what your car looks like, but Accurail shows two National Packing cars on its website. First there is this: http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/8500/8527.jpg with the large white

That’s what I was thinking, and I appreciate the validation, but I’m seeking the collective wisdom of the crowd here. I anticipate our thinking will be validated. Still, would the roof walk

Schuyler, In that era, there was a move on to paint refrigerator car roofs with silver colored paint to help reflect heat from the sun. So this should look different from your galvanized

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