This is a great reminder that despite the complaints that we have about some of the major suppliers their cars can look really great on a layout. Bill Pardie

Great job Charlie. I am getting grain harvest flash backs. O Keene Okarshi. Hubert

Perfect !! On 3/30/2022 1:06 PM, Charlie Duckworth wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

With the recent feedback on grain doors you all helped with I took an Intermountain Santa Fe boxcar kit I had and added grain doors. The kit is factory paint, all I did was to add a ATSF reweigh

Has anyone every done a deep dive on DL&W open hoppers, both prototype and model? I searched the archives and found several discussions on a specific series or car. I'm interested in the post-war

Also note that asphalt shingles have been in use since 1903 and common since 1911, so they're definitely not "modern" (a tip for you 1910s and 1920s modelers). The first asphalt shingles were single

Note that 3-tab asphalt shingles weren’t standardized until the 1950s. At that time, they were definitely an “upgrade” that one would expect on the better homes in town… Regards, Bruce

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 05:47 AM, Gary McMills wrote: I was attempting just to go one step better with the 3 tab black asphalt shingles.I haven't had any experience with the recent gummed paper

Well done Eric, love the look and you captured the color Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Sorry for jumping on the shingle train. I use newsprint for rolled roofing. I spray a sheet using a rattle can. Green, primer red, and black are rolled roofing colors I've seen the

So…. You’ll be done by noon. :) Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 03:39 PM, Allan Smith wrote: I have conductors lists from the Sierra Railroad in 1952 & 1954. There are 26 Fe-26 ATSF cars on my lists. They were loaded with lumber for

Try Nick and Nora Models. Great product multiple colors and styles

Steve is correct. these are company houses and usually would use the rolled roofing. I was attempting just to go one step better with the 3 tab black asphalt shingles. Thanks to everyone who helped

I hate to stir up trouble with all the references to great looking shingles, but the original email was about company houses. While I believe all the shingles mentioned are nice, company house

Tichy has slate shingles (part no. 8135) and "snowbirds" to keep snow from sliding off the roof (part no. 8207).

I've been using BEST shingles (Bollinger Edgely Scale Trains), I picked them up at the Amherst Train Show a few years ago, They are self sticking and come off their carrier sheet in a row, look great

N Scale Architect has a nice slate roofing sheet. https://thenarch.com/products/slate-roofing-ho Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Cambell's shingles are classics in the model railroading community but they seem best for simulating wood shake style shingles but if he's trying to represent asphalt shingles then probably any of the

They come in all shapes and sizes in HO. Here's some of the companies who make shingles. PS Campbell's still does and you can order them on line. OK here goes: BTS, BEST, Builders in Scale, Bar