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Re: Builder's Photo (was Quality Craft kit question)

On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 10:36 AM, WILLIAM PARDIE wrote: I still don't understand how to identify the A and B end if they ate not labeled. Are they not exactly the Same?The rule for identifying the B

By Dennis Storzek <dennis@...> · #189025 ·

Re: SFRD Questions

Keith Jordan replied: “SFRD classes Rr-35, -36, -39, -40, -43, -45, -46 and -48, all had Royal type “F” brake adjusters, according to the car folio. For slogans, according to the SFRHMS P&L

By Bob Chaparro · #189024 ·

Railroad Prototype Modelers-Valley Forge 2022

Railroad Prototype Modelers-Valley Forge 2022 is coming up soon, March 25-27, 2022. The location is the same as in the past, The Desmond Hotel Malvern (PA, about 20 miles west of Philadelphia and

By prr282 · #189023 ·

Re: Builder's Photo (was Quality Craft kit question)

Thanks for reposting the photo Bruce. I had to go back and look at my car. At least I included the towing eyes. . I still don't understand how to identify the A and B end if they ate not labeled.

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #189022 ·

Re: Builder's Photo (was Quality Craft kit question)

Haha! Those are paint! There was a question about these many years ago on the list (2008), which appears not to have been answered. They were likely some internal C&O code or marking for some reason.

By Bruce Smith · #189021 ·

Re: Builder's Photo (was Quality Craft kit question)

Ages ago when I was young and naive I treated the bars as supports rfor the trainline. . Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #189020 ·

Re: Builder's Photo (was Quality Craft kit question)

What are the vertical black & white (?) bars above the “KE” of “Chesapeake” for ? -- Ken Akerboom

By akerboomk · #189019 ·

Re: NYC / C&O WELL HOLE FLAT CAR

Nice work Bill!

By steve_wintner · #189018 ·

Re: SFRD Questions

The only photo of a Rr-45 I have is the one the Vol. 2 of the reefer book, and small lettering isn’t readable. Nelson Moyer

By Nelson Moyer · #189017 ·

Re: SFRD Questions

Tom Casey commented: If you have a proto photo, there would be stenciling along the lower side to indicate the presence of a slack adjuster.Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

By Bob Chaparro · #189016 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

Wow I have to assume you guys have never decaled a model with L and R or A and B labels. I got it backwards. So shoot me! :-D On 12/20/2021 8:51 PM,

By Tim O'Connor · #189015 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

Jack LOL !!! :-D You realize I put those decals on, right? The two ends are identical. I just picked one end to call B and the other A.

By Tim O'Connor · #189014 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

Tim, I would not go by a picture of a model as either it IS on both sides or the model is wrong as the picture in the Pullman archives shows it just opposite with the A-end on the right and the

By fire5506 · #189013 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

It should be lettered on the car. Tony Thompson

By Tony Thompson · #189012 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

Hi Jack, If you enlarge the Pullman Library photo, you’ll find “A End” stenciled on the side between the towing staple and the stirrup step at the right side of the photo. Ralph

By Ralph W. Brown · #189011 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

How does one determine the A and B end on this car? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #189010 ·

Re: Quality Craft kit question

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 06:44 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Only on one side, with the "A end" on the left and the "B end" to the right.But your photo of the Overland model shows the train line on the L

By Jack Mullen · #189009 ·

Re: Another SFRD Question

Philip Dove wrote: Yes, for any steel part, since before World War I. Tony Thompson tony@...

By Tony Thompson · #189008 ·

Sfrd

If the running boards were plain unpainted steel they would be very corroded and rust coloured, after a few years,. If as seemed logical they were galvanized they were a different colour. If your

By Philip Dove · #189007 ·

Re: Another SFRD Question

Thank you , Tony! That’s exactly what I wanted to know to make an informed decision. Nelson Moyer

By Nelson Moyer · #189006 ·

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