Thank you Mike for your additional comments. I understand what you are trying to accomplish. It is most likely that these cars by the time they reached 1965 did have a number of modifications and

I have a broader question on weathering the Rapido cars: So far I have precious few photos of these cars from the immediate end of WWII when I model. I’m trying to get some sense of what the cars

your patching look fine to me and not really oversized On 1/22/2022 2:02 PM, Mike Clements via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

For me, I’m fine with exaggerating this feature to make it visible. The main idea is to give a lip for the oil wash to settle on. I went back and used a pointed q tip with horizontal strokes on the

Lookin’ good. Not sure that I would thicken the decal very much or at all. Remember, in HO scale the patch plate of 1/4 inch thickness would only be 0.00275 of a real inch when reduced to scale

Plus Priority Mail shipping cost to USA =================================================================== $35 SUNSHINE 31.16 FW&D XM-32 "AAR 1942 BOX CAR" Superior door

Still playing with the patch. I did the other half of the car and added an oil paint wash. It is *kind of* working. I had to use direct overhead light to get it to show up in the attached pic. You can

In case others may be interested, I heard from Bob L. this week that he will not be in West Springfield, Mass. this coming weekend (coinciding with the Amherst RR Club train show) because the hotel he

Hi Clarence, I still have listings on Ebay, not sure if a link address changed, or sometimes the search options are less than intuitive. If you want to use Ebay, try this link:

Hey fellas, thanks for all the replies.... Dennis- The kit is a Scotia Scale Models 36 ft. truss-rod box car. "A.C." are initials for a fictitious road, Atlantic Central, which was chosen by Scotia's

Not dickering, just pointing out the obvious. Nelson Moyer

I'm pretty sure dickering belongs off-list. Yeesh. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Those kits sold for $32 new and were unavailable after 2013. You wouldn't consider a more reasonable price?

I have two Sunshine 43.1 SFRD RR-47/52 kits that are extra to my needs. $80 each or $150 for both Priority Mail included to the lower 48 states. Reply offlist if interested. Ed Pavlovic

Thanks to all who have responded. I have been able to find the instructions and data sheets for this model. Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM

Wouldn't a conductors list be considered the train's "manifest". You could draw the nautical parallel where a ship has a manifest of all cargo and passengers. Each shipment within the manifest hs its

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 11:14 PM, Ray Breyer wrote: My first email stands: as STMFC is a prototype-based forum, pick a specific prototype and model it. Let the fascias fall where they may.The fascia

The latest Resin Car Works blog post features Chris Vanko’s work on a UTLX tank car. http://blog.resincarworks.com/utlx-class-x-3-6500-gallon-tank-car/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Well, I did NOW... So Chuck's looking for one specific needle in a stack of 800,000 needles. Maybe up to 1.5 million needles. My first email stands: as STMFC is a prototype-based forum, pick a

Here’s a late 1880s 33’ 20 ton Canadian Pacific car. Drawings in the CPHA library show a similar 1890s 35’ 30 ton car with the same style of end facia. Bob Thompson North Saanich, BC