I have my list of the 4 best items to have blessed model freight car building as follows, in no particular order: 1) Evergreen styrene strips 2) Dial calipers 3) Resins, such as polyurethane 4) RPM

Looking very nice so far Thanks for sharing George Toman

Lou Adler wrote: "Not having any knowledge of chalk mark content, what would be typical information conveyed by a chalk mark? Modeling 1955 means that I need to add them to some of my rolling

As I thought for quite a while, Guy, but I’ve come around to embracing the harder-to-say “latitudinal” running board. As you say it means width, and the latitudinal boards run across the WIDTH

Looks great Rob, excellent build Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Trial and error! LOL. Well, I filed and sanded down the end to a flat surface, and filled in the mounting holes for the brake step. This is fairly easy with the original roof off. (I removed the

Thanks, Elden. It’s a simple but impressive car. Sadly, I have no more info. I built the car years ago pretty much right from the RedBall instructions. Only later did I find a photo of the

Hello Bruce, beautyful car! Are these trucks the good old Athearn or something different? (They seem to look sharper but also lack brake shoes.) Many greetings Johannes Modeling the early

Lou, Lots of information, much of it in shorthand! car inspection status (and any defects found) car contents block or track for switching destination and spot at destination (SB3/4 - Smith Brewing,

Anything and everything a switchman needed to know: track numbers, outbound train numbers, consignee, repair or cleaning needs, date, time, MT or loaded, etc. Problem is, it’s mostly in local code

Brian, Folks, Yes, I did make some changes to the F&C kit that are detailed in the files of the PRRPro group. Broadly, these consisted of removing the bumps on the end decks (that resulted from

Lou Here is an article on chalk marks that may help http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/general/chalk_it_up.htm John Riddell Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Nice job Rob. I would like to hear how you scratch built the ends. Thanks Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM _._,_._,_

Elden, Regarding your comments about well flat designs and deciphering ORER entries, in my clerking experience, which included working Car Distributor (essentially the car inventory & supply mgr) for

Not the F33 requires several changes if using the F&C kit as enumerated by Bruce Smith if I recall. I hope it was Bruce. It a reason mine is still languishing in the box. Brian J. Carlson

Rob That’s going to look really good when it’s finished. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

If you've ever built any of YMW's runningboard end supports, or the brake step platform, you know how complex, delicate yet strong they are once bent along their little fold lines. I was thinking

Thought I'd post an updated photo of my kitbash of one of the Ann Arbor 73750 series boxcars. It uses the 4300 series Accurail boxcar, with modified door rollers, top plate, and strap bracing on the

Group; One more. This guy is easily modeled with the F&C kit, or Railworks brass model. The PRR F33 also showed up in the most unlikely places. I don’t have on hand all the photos I once

Hi Mark, Would you be able to give us some examples from the car shop? Tehy woudl be illuminating. Todd Sullivan