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Try some Tamiya thin cement. Good stuff. Scott.McDonald

By Scott · #184845 ·

I’ll agree with Scott. MEK is the fastest but it flashes quickly and the parts need to be in contact prior to application. Testor’s is slow working. Use it only in areas where you need more

By Brian Carlson · #184844 ·

Re: PLASTIC CEMENTS

Hi, Bill I don't know of any 'instant' way to bond styrene- even ACC takes a few seconds. I use MEK. It's as fast as anything else I know about. Scott Haycock Modeling

By Scott H. Haycock · #184843 ·

PLASTIC CEMENTS

I rarely work with plastic models, however, recently I have had the occasion to work on two plastic structure kits. One is a Wlathers kit and the other a Grandt Line. I thought that the least of my

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #184842 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Never mind, I found a workable link. Sorry for the waste of list resources. Schuyler

By Schuyler Larrabee · #184841 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Does anyone else run into difficulties opening this link? https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/unloading-vancouver-island-coach-lines-brill-bus-from-freight-car-victoria-2 Schuyler

By Schuyler Larrabee · #184840 ·

Re: Shipping Potatoes

I tried pasting the data into Excel, but it all comes in on the same column. Apparently Clark used the space bar instead of the tab key, so the only way to sort the data by date is to retype it in

By Nelson Moyer · #184839 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Tim, you made my day! Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #184838 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Or... think of a ship in a bottle. Maybe the bus was assembled inside the car and the windshield was the last thing to be applied. ;-) On 6/1/2021

By Tim O'Connor · #184837 ·

Re: wooden matchsticks...

10" x 10" in HO ??? That's a BIG match stick! Most of them are far smaller. But the cheapest source by far is TOOTHPICKS. They come in a variety of sizes and shapes

By Tim O'Connor · #184836 ·

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Some of these busses were so wide it was impossible to exit the bus when inserted, so it may have been pushed in and pulled out. Note the mirrors are also removed. Elden Gatwood

By Gatwood, Elden J SAD · #184835 ·

Re: Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

And there is a chain hanging from the undercarriage... The bus was pulled from the car. On 6/1/2021 10:55 AM, Chris Barkan wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

By Tim O'Connor · #184834 ·

Re: wooden matchsticks...

... in other words they would have to be quartered to make them anywhere nears usable. would have been a better project back in december or january!

By Ray Hutchison · #184833 ·

Re: Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

Here is another angle of the same operation https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/unloading-vancouver-island-coach-lines-brill-bus-from-freight-car-victoria-2 -- Chris Barkan Champaign, IL

By Chris Barkan · #184832 ·

Putting the Idle (er) to Work

https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/car-load-of-cedar-poles-terrace I would add that there are a couple of "idlers" on board as well. :-D More seriously, this is an interesting configuration

By Chris Barkan · #184831 ·

Re: wooden matchsticks...

Note the bottom end of stakes could be “tapered” to fit into a pocket on a flat car or gon. But probably they would start with something a bit closer to size than a 10x10”? -- Ken Akerboom

By akerboomk · #184830 ·

Re: Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

You'd ask the same question if you unloaded a Suburban or F150 from a Bi-Level autorack. Answer: Hire skinny people. Bob Allan

By Robert Allan · #184829 ·

Re: Shipping Potatoes

Clark, is it possible to RE-ORDER the list by DATE ? That might reveal something about seasonal traffic. Tim O'Connor On 5/31/2021 2:39 PM, Clark

By Tim O'Connor · #184828 ·

Re: Photo: End Door Boxcar With Bus (1946)

I wondered the same thing. The back door perhaps lined up with the box car doors? -- Brian Stokes North Point Street in Proto:48

By Brian Stokes · #184827 ·

Re: wooden matchsticks...

Measuring a stick from the nearest box, it's about 10" x 10" in HO. Hth, Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

By al_brown03 · #184826 ·

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