The joke on us is that after decades of ATSF Athearn and other HO copies and the N Scale Roco MiniTrix and AHM and others copies of them being painted for every railroad under the sun..... ......late

You guys are sticklers for realism. Well done. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA (No horses near by)

Charlie, Goat effluent tops the list for retaining a strong smell. Fortunately, most real and model railroads don't service goat farms. ;-) Todd Sullivan

Guess you don’t live in the country Charlie. Maynard Stowe

Horse manure, when aged and reduced to dust, retains a mild horsey smell that might help mask the smell of coffee grounds. I don’t know if cow or pig poop tones down with age….it sure (at least

I have used leftover coffee grounds from "pods" as a stand-in for manure on my layout... I gave them a spritz of Lysol to cut the coffee smell before using them. Color and texture seems pretty good!

Gold lettering on a Blue background would make more sense then a Red background for visibility. Scott McDonald

The fibre in the real thing is way out of scale. But some soft and moist manure hidden near the trackside could add the dimension of smell.

Charlie, What intrigues me is the old 1930s-40s herald on that GN USRA (or USRA copy) boxcar ... in 1956! Todd Sullivan

Charlie, I heartily agree. In fact, the whole PGE was a tough piece of railroading. There's a great soft cover book about the PGE and how it was built, plus the trials and tribulations of keeping it

Great color; what a lousy place to clean up a derailment. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Not about the decals, but it looks like they learned from Pennsy about the layout of weight and dimensional data. Just got done with three PRR cars, X26C, X29B and X29D, used Microscale decals. Not

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Great photo Tony! Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment

Fenton, I'm just doing one car, so I think I can get by with the two sets I bought. I'm sure I can find hopper to do with some of the rest. Scott

Scott they are good to work with just send them a message. I really like their product. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Wow who ever offers them I hope they have a better photo to do so. Hubert Mask

CDS set #594 is for the 1952 D&H PS-1's. Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I just repaired a brass model (loose freight car bolster) with canopy glue. In the past I have used epoxy for this kind of thing (epoxy is definitely safe below freezing and even