If I am understanding the proper use of the drill bit gauge Jack discusses at 13:35, you test the drill bit in successively smaller holes until it will not fit into a hole. That hole indicates the

Chad Boas also offered similar (the same?) spiral dreadnaught ends at Chicagoland a few years back. Regards, Bob Chapman

Group; Big in the post-war were many products produced for manufacturers that made things like wire insulation, vinyl, flooring, synthetic leathers, synthetic rubbers, etc. There were

Nice job, Chuck! Elden Gatwood

Jason’s article is indeed interesting, and produced reasonable stand-ins for some of these cars. My own problem is that Classes G-50-3 and -6 were greatly reduced by 1940 and entirely gone soon

Terrific model, Chuck. Schuyler

Hi List Members, J&L Steel with freight cars all over https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sPF6__9dp_E/s/750/750/1960-J-L-Steel-Plant.jpg Some gons with pig loads in the foreground,

Hi Bill, It is much larger than a check book. The sizes are in the message below. The original boo is about 1/2" thick and the reprint is about 1/4" thick. The only previous know offering was for a

Hi List Members, Pittsburgh_Coke & Chemicals 3 compartment tank in 1954... https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000009psIySGhyg/s/750/750/1954-Pittsburgh-Coke.jpg Info I have is "

Group, I kit bashed this gondola from a flat Walthers gondola kit that I bought for a dollar at the Lancaster PRRT&HS and a set of Shapeways Van Dorn ends. Photo of prototype is also attached.

Friends, I just received Tangent's June new products email, and was really excited by some of the parts they are now offering:

Without a side by side comparison of the myriad of such 40’ gondolas I would be hesitant to state that it is the old XXX tooling. In fact, I wouldn’t necessarily credit (blame) Varney for

William Botkin asked: "Sorry if this has been covered previously, but is the Accurail 6-panel outside braced single sheathed boxcar in their 7000 series based on a specific prototype and if so which

Hi, Sorry if this has been covered previously, but is the Accurail 6-panel outside braced single sheathed boxcar in their 7000 series based on a specific prototype and if so which roads would be

Tony Thompson wrote: "Not sure whose tooling this was originally, maybe LifeLike, but it ain’t an SP gondola. It’s an 8-panel car, numbered for SP Class G-50-2, but those were 14-panel cars, with

The underframe/floor tooling is almost definitely the old Train Miniature tooling. The body I have no idea as the only gondola TM ever offered was a Hart ballast gondola. Perhaps Walthers tooled the

Claus Schlund wrote: "So that we are all talking about the same thing, a picture is worth at least a thousand words, right? We are talking about something like what is shown in the

 Hi Bob and Ben, So that we are all talking about the same thing, a picture is worth at least a thousand words, right? We are talking about something like what is shown in the link below,

Rick: Is this the one about the size of a checkbook? I had one of these and would have to dig it out. Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Bob Chaparro wrote: "I picked-up a Walthers forty-foot SP gondola, stock # 932-3805. The very low price, replacement sill steps, replacement metal wheels and good weathering job were the selling