Very nice cars. I particularly like the SOO car. Can you describe where you apply the Pan Pastels? I am concerned that when I use it, so of my effort to match the prototype body colour is compromised

Thanks, Eric. That pretty much my thinking, but it doesn’t hurt to check with the experts. Nelson Moyer

Unfamiliar with the definition of "record rights" in the Southern refrigerator empty routing. Does this refer to the previous load carrier routing? For PFE, which town/location named Meridian would

When the harvest season changed, FGE and WFE mtys were gathered at various locations and run as entire trains W to E or vice-versa. I assume (do not “know”) the routes used may have been FGE/WFE

Lovely product from Speedwitch, and a gorgeous build! Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Rich Another excellent model. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Rich Very nice I really like the weathering and chalk marks. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I typically paint the trucks with the car color. When a prototype car is painted, over spray would cover at least some portion of the truck side frames. Weathering will alter the final appearance. The

Greetings, Next up from the AZ built cars is CB&Q 15508, a Speedwitch XA-9 Auto Car kit. I finished this car earlier today. and brackets. The cars was painted with TruColor TCP-240 CB&Q Frt Car

Greetings, Earlier this year we headed down to AZ when the weather got cold in Minnesota and I brought a handful of resin freight car kits along. I built several cars and was able to spray them

Jim Mischke, If you have an ice rack on your layout then using "a rack full" as some kind of multiplier of reefers makes a lot of sense - the question then would be 'how many rack loads to use'. If

The CGW Chicagoland mini-kit also used elliptical coil trucks, which a good reason to add some CGW cars to your roster for truck variety. Nelson Moyer

What color were trucks for these NYC and MILW gondolas under conditions stated? NYC 751000-751099 wood floor rebuild in 1945, presumably repainted then, as it would appear in 1953. MILW

Alex; PRR bought its paint in that era from a large group of commercial suppliers, who provided “best match” paints. I am sure quality varied, but surface prep was also crucial. Elden

That series, 87000 even #s rode on TMW elliptical sprung trucks Clark Propst

Chris, thank you very much. Exactly what I needed. I hope my decals look better than the last prototype photo! Was the PRR buying paint at a going-out-of-business sale? Alex Schneider

The PRR had specific trains, symbol TRS, to "expedite" empty refrigerator cars (and tank and stock cars) west. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

The highlighted part is incorrect. The IH should read 10'-0''. The mistake is entirely mine. I wish to thank Tom Christensen for bringing this to my attention.

I apologize for bumping an old thread and responding late. Thank you everyone for the photos both in this thread and the ones that PMed me information. Anyway regarding the SP&S car, I've done work

On Tue., Nov. 9, 2021, 22:56 Jim Mischke, <jmischke@...> wrote: "Yet there are many occasions when only an American product will suffice and distinctive US railroad cars make their way north."