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Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Chris ACF (?) numbered the designs of the underframe from the first year of production - That's what I understood, at least. So ACF Type-21 1921, ACF Type-27, 1927,

By Tim O'Connor · #187073 ·

Re: [EXT] Re: [RealSTMFC] ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Chris, We've been down this road before. The F&C kit represents BOTH an AC&F type 11 and AAR/ARA type 2. Calling it an AC&F type 11 is FAR more descriptive than calling it an ARA type 2, since every

By Bruce Smith · #187072 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

A small correction/clarification to this thread title; I think that the F&C kit is intended to represent a Type II, as in roman numeral "two", not a Type 11, as in "eleven". For those unfamiliar with

By Chris Barkan · #187071 ·

Re: [EXT] Re: [RealSTMFC] ACF Type 11 Tankcar

I didn't replace the rivets, like Bill did, but I did do a number of upgrades to the F&C kit. I did remove the rivet lines for the fradial courses on the bottom longitudinal course, as well as the

By Bruce Smith · #187070 ·

Re: Wa Sunshine Kits...

Jack Turn them into a massive NFT (non-fungible token). Everybody's doing it ! And then sell it for millions ! :-) If it's in The Cloud, then it's safe. Or so

By Tim O'Connor · #187069 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

I agree. I probably would have thrown it against the wall before getting that far. :-D I don't know why but frames remain very problematic with resin tank cars.

By Tim O'Connor · #187068 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Looks good Steve Nicely done fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #187067 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Ian thanks for the review; after building the high walkway tankcar a year ago I just couldn’t put myself through building another F&C tankcar and it didn’t have near the issues you mentioned with

By Charlie Duckworth · #187066 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

My version, Ted’s decals. I have two, one the F&C and one the Sunset. I purchased the Sunset painted white with Ethyl paint scheme, stripped it, added underbody details, and painted it. J.

By Steve SANDIFER · #187065 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

DX with the Speedwitch decals

By Ian MacKellar · #187064 ·

Re: Speedwitch/National scale car decals

I have a partial set, lettered one car. You can have it if you want it Joe Binish Mstl852 at gmail dot com

By Joseph · #187063 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Nice looking build Ian, what car line are you going to paint it?-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #187062 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

A few years back I finished three of these guys and they can be built into nice models. The tank is crude because, as somebody mentioned, a brass model was used as the master resulting in the rivet

By william darnaby · #187061 ·

Speedwitch/National scale car decals

Hi Has anyone got a set of Speedwitch/national scale car decals for B&O wagon top boxcars set D130 they are willing to sell? Thank you Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

By Paul Doggett · #187060 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Ian That’s looking really good. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

By Paul Doggett · #187059 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

I recently finished construction of one of the F&C cars and it is waiting for my next paint multiple cars day. In typical fashion for F&C the directions were almost nonexistent. Some parts did not

By Ian MacKellar · #187058 ·

C&NW Emergency Box Cars- Black Ends

Folks, I'm working on a model of one of these cars, but I've noticed that some of these cars received black ends at some point. I'm modeling 1959, so I'm wondering when this repaint occurred, and if

By Scott H. Haycock · #187057 ·

Re: ACF Type 11 Tankcar

Thanks. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

By Charlie Duckworth · #187056 ·

Re: Wa Sunshine Kits...

I have about 3,800 historic photos of my prototype, the Yosemite Valley Railroad. There are actual photo prints of probably 25% of them. The rest are all high resolution scans. Our Trust specifies

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #187055 ·

Re: Sunshine Kits

jim: amen, been there twice, PITA ,-( mel perry

By mel perry · #187054 ·

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