Lester; First, the number should have 6 digits, as all were in a segregated class beginning with 602xxx. See attached. Elden Gatwood

I have an CB&T Shops PRR plastic kit. Box is labeled 1944 AAR Box Car. Car number 60597 , Class X-43A Is this car body, steel, 12 panel sides and R+3/4, Modified paint scheme have a prototype or

I just signed up for the upcoming Hindsight Zoom call for Saturday. Lots of spots left. One question. Is the first clinic (CB&Q flat cars) a full hour? Or the more typical half hour? Does this

I weathered a few hoppers last year and shared notes and photos on this blog post. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/07/03/weathering-progress/ Eric Hansmann

Bruce, I feel your pain(t) except I have to weather the occasional odd black hopper! Actually, an FCC hopper will stand out quite nicely in all that black. Just the way it should be! As for

Friends, Before comments about delivery times and such get stricken from this group, let me add some support. One of the PRR X-31 boxcars I received a few months back had an issue. The other day, I

Hi there - this marginally useful photo provides an overhead view of 16 cars carried on a barge in Vancouver in July 1951.

Thanks Claus, I use Microbrush fine or extra fine applicators to do the small hardware, etc.

 Hi Chuck, Nice job. I have a question - how did you paint the door hardware (hinges, lock bar) black? Are there any special tricks you can share on that topic? Inquiring minds want to

Thanks Paul, much appreciated. Chuck

Decide to Scratch build what you can't buy instantly, once you've got plans decals, sheet materials you'll find you can defer the gratification for years!

Locomotives are like new just test run, The price does not include postage. Stewart - C&EI Baldwin VO-660 Phase II -DCC no sound $120.00 Genesis - Monon USRA 2-8-2 price unknown DCC and sound new

Chuck That’s a really nice job. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I embraced deferred gratification for an Intermountain FT ABBA set for seven years before the product was canceled because orders didn't meet the threshold number for production. What is that called ;

Here is a photo of a Westerfield NWX reefer that I built last year. I used ACE gray primer from a spray can over a flat black primer for the color of the sides. Make your own decision on whether it

Interesting repetition of the word “patience” in a number of emails. Long, long ago, I was advised by an older modeler that the key to enjoying model railroading was embracing “deferred

It was posted on Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere, also our dealers and the (rather large) subset of customers who get our monthly e-mails. We tried.... Bill Schneider

Ralph, These may help.... As for cars with K-brakes, from memory I think it was O&W and Westmoreland, the rest having AB fitted and teh K-brake parts in the box when they might be appropriate

Thank you Bill for the helpful clarification. My parting thought is that it would have helped a lot if Jason's message could have somehow been more widely distributed, rather than to just a subset of

Rapido has a phone number, try calling a few times. Maynaed Stowe