Thanks for confirming that Bruce. Rob Slowly tackling the reality we’re all PRR modellers . . .

Raw structural steel is almost never painted (stuff like I beams or H beams etc) but fabricated steel loads could be painted or unpainted - I have photos of both. Depends what it

In my experience the "raw" steel from the steel mill is unpainted, the finished product from the Steel Fabricator will have been sandblasted and at least primed, sometimes it gets a finish

Structural Steel Loads – Colors? I’ve seen models of structural steel loads that were painted, usually what appeared to be flat black but sometimes other colors. Did various steel mills paint

Rob, In general, cars during WWI were "rode hard and put up wet" meaning that they only got the minimum work needed to keep them on the road. Given that the X31 fleet was 10 years old at the end of

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