Friends, I've been toying with some parts and unfinished kits in my stash this evening. I have little use for the Central Valley NP stock car kit, but have been examining the arched roof for possible

Were these Bettendorf-built cars? Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Hello- I have been preparing a return to offering a select few resin HO box cars. The tooling for this HO box car was made over 20 years ago. I have enough parts for two of these WP box cars. I accept

Hello- I have been preparing a return to offering a select few resin HO box cars. The tooling for this HO box car was made over 20 years ago. I have enough parts for two of these WP box cars. The

I've used it for many years to do things like gluing windows in rail cars. Works like any white glue, but flows great and doesn't show where it hit the "glass". Jim Murrie

Group; And more, note how different cars of the same RR and class looked. The end result in that your cars should look different. Especially hoppers and gondolas. That bluish cast in that

I have a fairly extensive and well illustrated description of using acrylic washes, in what are called "Reference pages" on my blog. They are found in the upper right corner of each blog post. Here is

Ken, I have been using Pledge for about 30 years as my gloss coat prior to decaling. It works well with acrylic paints and makes decaling a breeze. Some times it might show a muddiness in the target

Ray, Ten years ago I was on a mission to find the ultimate weathering product. I liked chalks but didn't like the vanishing act they perform when overcoated with a flat finish. By the way my favorite

Hi Rich, Lots of reasearch. I'm currently looking at the Mather fleet from 1880 on, and am slowly compiling data (slowly, since their company records don't exist. I'm having to read basically every

Really nice car, John! Elden Gatwood

This is one of the Erie’s version of what is properly known as the Dominion car. Whether in incorporated use of the Fowler patent used for the first few thousand Dominion cars constructed I do not

Hi Ray, What’s your source of information for the “Stretching of the 36” Mather stock cars to 40”? Rich Yoder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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