Thanks for showing these photos, Rob. The car looks excellent so far, very nice ends. Tony Thompson tony@...

RJ Dial replied" Um, Guy was talking about what modelers often call the "lateral" or "corner" running boards, not the long one down the car center. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. It helps keep the momentum going. Yes, Chris, I’ve already had a chat with one of our friendly model companies and will be sending the printed part to be

You don’t see the need because you were not around in 19XX (or was it 18XX?) when the nomenclature was established. We talk differently now. This is the same thing as the controversy about running

Thanks Rob. Interesting that you 3d printed the added portions of the ends in your kitbash. Nice job. I have seen some kits from the resin car makers have the Hutchins ends but I have not seen the

Dave, As you noted in your follow-up message about the “B” end being the hand brake end, it’s often useful to know which are the left & right sides of a freight car. When viewing a car from

Nice car! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Answered my own question. From the 1903 CBC: -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Is the "B" end of the car really the back end? Or is it the end with the hand Brake? Anybody know how the MCB came up with A and B? Personally, I see no need (or purpose) to think of the car as a

No Dave, I’m correct. Yes, longitude in the geographical sense involves a dimension east or west of the prime meridian, and that’s the SECOND definition, but as you say in the first meaning,

The Oxford dictionary definition of longitudinal is (1) running lengthwise rather than across (not "length"), (2) relating to longitude; measured from east to west (sorry Schuyler, you're off by 90

Looks great Rob. You mentioned a 3D drawing, do you plan to offer via Shapeways or other store? Please be sure to shar completed pix. Chris R.

Very nice job Rob! Looking forward to seeing the completed model Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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