I wish I could have sat in on one of those clinics; and look forward to the next time you can update that clinic. Mustn’t have been in the few years I made it to Cocoa Beach. It’s exactly what I

Thanks for finding this photo Bob, it seems to be one I haven’t seen from Library and Archives Canada. IOX 7044 was actually built by AC&F in the fall of 1920, and reweighed in 3/1937. Following

Rob, As you may remember, I model 1944, so Delano’s photos are a very important resource for me. Like Bill, I have spent some time following the works of military modelers and continue to do so to

Pay close attention to Richard's modeling notes for these cars, keeping in mind that they're biased towards the last decade for this group (1950-1960). Ignore ALL of his corporate history for Mather.

Rob, you must have never heard the clinics that Richard Hendrickson did on this topic, nor the joint clinic he and I presented a few times (and which I recently updated and revised for presentation at

Photo: Missouri Pacific Gondola 23724 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3933073 This

Photo: CN Boxcar 511477 (1931) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3520060 This photo can be

Photo: CP Gondola 132138 A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3285536 This photo can be enlarged

Photo: Imperial Oil Tank Car 7044 (1937) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603416 This photo can

Photo: Borden's Milk Tank Car 522 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3607472 This photo

Article: 40-Foot Mather Stock Cars From Proto 2000 HO Scale Kits Courtesy of Train Life, here is a link to an article from the February 1997 issue of Railmodel Journal on single-deck livestock cars

I found the Olfa KB4-5 are much better chisel blades for shaving off unwanted details such as cast grab irons than Xacto #17. But I still need very narrow chisel blade for removing other details. --

Hi Bill, Moving toward the “Delano look” seems to be a very long road for me. I’ve been custom mixing pain for quite a while, but it is challenging to land on shades that do justice to the real

Rob, I don't know the answer to your question, but I will just add that I have been at this hobby, and weathering for a very long time. I have learned more in the last ten years about weathering from

Rob Kirkham asked: "Just wondering if anyone ever did a clinic on finishing WWII era rolling stock based on the Delano photos in the Library of Congress? I'd love to know what conclusions the

Thanks for writing about this, Lester. I purchased a scalpel handle and #11 equivalent blades from a UK seller on Ebay a year or two ago. Around the same time, I also purchased two Olfa knives: A

Just wondering if anyone ever did a clinic on finishing WWII era rolling stock based on the Delano photos in the Library of Congress? I'd love to know what conclusions the presenter reached. I see

I have three separate sale lists of steam and early diesel era HO scale freight cars that are for sale - Accurail, Kadee and Assorted. To receive the list or lists you want send an e-mail to me at:

Thank you everyone for all of the public and private positive comments on the two freights cars and the excess height Intermountain cars. I thought that more people were aware of the excess height on

Hello, Red-face department prevails. Back in April I asked about this problem and Allen Cain ( thanks Allen) kindly suggested a way to obtain all the photographs in a message but it did not work,