On Aug 23, 2021, at 10:39 AM, Frank Hodina <FHodina@...> wrote: Cars in the 5501-6250 series were built by ACF. Cudahy did have some cars from GA which were in the 1501-1600 series. Frank Resin Car

Tim & others, FWIW, I tend to trust Kadee on their painting and lettering. I looked up NYC 40ft PS-1s on their website, and the 170000 and 180000 series cars, built in 1951 and 1952, respectively,

Yo Rich, I lost your e-mail address. Can you give me a shout please at Golden1014@...? Danke! John Golden Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

Hi Allen, I'm not sure what project you might be wanting to use a spray bottle for but a spray bottle would give you less control of the application. It is just going to go everywhere and spray heavy.

Tony I provided two photos - You are correct the Ebay photo shows a repainted car, although I have noticed that many repainted cars did not receive repainted roofs.

Allen it is 100% pure acrylic and is self-leveling. It dries quickly. I use a brush and apply to the areas receiving decals. It can also be airbrushed. I’m not sure a pump bottle spray would be

Thanks all….will get a bottle of Pledge floor gloss!! Charlie Vlk

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Thank you very much... -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek Owner PlasticFreightCarBuilders@groups.io

I just used the same Pledge product Eric refers to above. https://www.pledge.com/en-us/products/pledge-floor-gloss Works fine. I brush it on only the areas to be decaled. After the Micro Sol/Micro

Can this be applied with a pump bottle spray or must it be applied with an airbrush to get a good effect? -- Allen Cain Chem-Dry of Brentwood Chem-Dry of Franklin Mr. B's Chem-Dry Bluff City

Well done, Charle. Nice to see someone do VGN anything, and also do it very well. VGN is one of my passions. Bill Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com www.mcclureimages.com

Tony, As Tony notes, there have been sufficient photos located and documentation to confirm NYC PS-1s built in 1950 to 1952 came with black car cement on the ends and roof, but unfortunately this

Here is the fixed link from Ben http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc169554n04.jpg

The picture on page 64 of P-S Freight Cars 1900-1960 show NYC 170705 with Black Ends Al Smith Sonora Ca

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good photo, Tim, thanks! But this is the mid-1950s lettering, not the 1950 scheme when the car was built, so presumably a repaint. Do we know how they were ORIGINALLY painted? Tony

Yup and It appears they got rid of the other Variations of the floor finish too. I know some stores still have the one I mentioned. I just saw it at my local Walmart on Saturday and was thinking about

Eric, that would be “Back to the Future”. 1, 2 or 3, take your pick. Brian

I think the name has changed again. It’s now Pledge Revive It Floor Gloss. https://www.pledge.com/en-us/products/pledge-floor-gloss I don’t see another floor gloss product on that site. I’m

Charlie, Here is the one that I use. It is the base formula like the Future was. There are other variations of the brand that may work too. I would probably stay away from any that are cloudy though