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Roundhouse MP Auto Car Completed

Hi Guys, Thought you'd like to se my MP auto car I just finished this weekend. I used Ted's decal set and the model turned out pretty well. It has a few problems, namely the door tracks are

By golden1014 · #177737 ·

Re: What car is this on the Rio Grande?

Thank you for the info on Silver Streak. I’m an O scaler. Jim Allen Visit www.oscaledirectory.com -- Jim Allen Utah

By Jim Allen · #177736 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Brianna, it seems, independently discovered one of the corollaries to Murphy’s Law: “There are two kinds of dirt – the dark kind, which is attracted to light objects, and the light kind, which

By Aley, Jeff A · #177735 ·

Re: Question about weathering

My two cents: 1. Richard Hendrickson's article "Vintage Dating Freight Cars" in the December 1995 issue of Railmodel Journal is required reading, not for specific weathering techniques, but the

By Benjamin Hom · #177734 ·

Re: Using Pledge (Future)

I have even been known to use it on my Pergo floors without harm. Let us hope that J&J never tries to "improve" it in our lifetimes... -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about

By Ken Adams · #177733 ·

Re: Using Pledge

I hand brush Pledge as the self leveling action of the product does not require an air brush (which I can't use anyway.) I cover just the larger area the decal will go on such as the whole side of a

By Ken Adams · #177732 ·

Re: GN 50 footer

Clark -- Great looking build. And love the steel door conversion -- the wood-side/steel door look has always struck me as a cool combination. Bob Chapman

By Bob Chapman · #177731 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Weathering: last but not least, you can hide your mistakes with weathering. I’ve weathered my way out of more than one mess of my own making. Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer

By Mont Switzer · #177730 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Question about weathering

Guys; I agree with everything you all have said, and only add that I go slowly, and look at the results of each step before moving on. The attached are examples of different processes, to get

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #177729 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Ray, GO FOR IT! It can be daunting to take a nice model and feel like you might ruin it. In chemistry terms, it has a “high activation energy”, but the rewards are many and the risks actually

By Bruce Smith · #177728 ·

Re: Using Pledge

Thanks for all the comments and information. This group is very helpful and I really appreciate it. Les Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone

By lsittler · #177727 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Ray, Jim, Additional commentary interspersed ;) As a rule of thumb, everything goes towards a mid-tone. Brianna, my daughter, and I gave a clinic at an SER NMRA annual convention when she was the

By Bruce Smith · #177726 ·

Re: GN 50 footer

Sweet work, Clark. Does anyone know if the GN painted roof and ends black when these cars were built? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #177725 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Ray, Take a box car you don't really care about and weather it. Build up the weathering slowly - taking a day or two between to just look at it several times a day to see "when it is enough"..

By Jim Betz · #177724 ·

Re: Using Pledge

Bruce, Thanks. I will give that process a try; Future on both sides of the decal lettering. Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing,

By Mont Switzer · #177723 ·

Re: Using Pledge

Doug, I store my Future in small Floquil size bottles. It can over time get a little “stiff,” at lease in the small bottles. Distilled water takes care of that. Mont Montford L.

By Mont Switzer · #177722 ·

Re: Question about weathering

Ray The best thing to do is get your hands a a stack of cheap freight cars and practice Figure out processes and materials that give you the results you want There’s a large array of products out

By Pierre Oliver · #177721 ·

Re: Using Pledge

Here’s a 2016 blog post about working with Pledge Future acrylic floor wax. http://blog.resincarworks.com/working-with-future/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #177720 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] [RealSTMFC] GN 50 footer

Nice build, Clark! Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #177719 ·

Re: Question about weathering

If you use a solvent based color coat and/or clear coat, water based weathering can be wiped off with isopropyl alcohol before it dries completely. Chalk can be washed off with water. It's best to

By Brian Shumaker · #177718 ·

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