Those cars are turning out nicely Clark! On 7/13/2022 3:05 PM, Clark Propst via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Mark You should address a question like this to BBFCL or the MFCL because it's a freight car built after 1960. On 7/13/2022 12:06 AM, Mark Vinski

Nice job on the door hangers, Clark. Nice project. Tony Thompson tony@...

Looking mighty good Clark Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Here's what I've managed today. On the CN car I added a retainer valve and line along with uncoupling levers to the ends and put some Archer rivets and Tichy rivet heads on the top door hangers, then

Hi Dave, I wasn’t sure of the spelling either, but I know about them nonetheless. The typically used by sign painters and other artists, and I recall a photo of a painter using one to letter a

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 09:00 AM, hockenheim68 wrote: Are folks with the shakes using maul sticks when working? Isolating and stabilizing your hands can make a big difference.I had to Google this one,

I've used guitar string forever. Cut as described above but also sometimes hammered and stoned to make a spear point if using larger diameter strings. Started out using fine pins but the string/burr

Thanks Dennis, I should revise my statement to say I knew there once was a 1 1/2 casting, but didn't know what it was for or if it was still available. I found one in my 'Door drawer' I could use to

That gon didn’t exist before 1960, so who knows it’s in the future. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

The tank behind 25017 looks similar as well, but it looks like it might be 10k gallons. I'm wondering if the dome platform is a later style as the photo seems to be mid-late 50s (?) at the

https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/-/media/files/books/model-trains/bks12838.pdf This preview shows a B&O plate gondola on page 5. I have pictures of these cars in CSX lettering. Does anyone know if they

Hi Jack and List Members, Jack asked: "It's a pity we can't see more; the horizontal member in the middle of the side is unusual" Yes, unusual indeed. Perhaps even

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 10:32 AM, Philip Dove wrote: At an Nmra convention in Kansas City l attended a clinic on building structures and the person used hypodermic needles for making small holes. The

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:45 AM, Clark Propst wrote: I’m using some doors I had on hand and had to cut them down to fit. I didn’t know there were doors for this model available? I will modify

I’m using some doors I had on hand and had to cut them down to fit. I didn’t know there were doors for this model available? I will modify what I glued on soonly. ; )) Clark Propst Mason City

It's not all scrap in the photo. The pile in the foreground is pig iron, and a nice reference for color and appearance of a load of pigs. Does anyone recognize the car partly visible at far left? It's

At an Nmra convention in Kansas City l attended a clinic on building structures and the person used hypodermic needles for making small holes. The method works in thin plastics and card but the holes

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 04:14 PM, Dave Parker wrote: I can't remember if I even tried this with PB wire, but I feel it's too soft. But a steel guitar string? You bet. I generally don't even dress

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 08:35 AM, Ian Cranstone wrote: CN's automobile boxcars had fishbelly centre sills, likely to provide extra strength to compensate for the gap in the body framing to accommodate