That is my point. No mater what some one calls something, A rose by any other name is still a rose. In the paint industry Acrylic paint is water base. If you have a container of paint that has the

Clark Propst wrote: Keeping the "debate" on topic, most of the boxcars loaded by industries on the M&SL used foreign boxcars - I estimate over 95% of them in the late 1940's. In the same breath,

OK, guys...this group is about steam era frt cars...not paint. If you want to talk about painting or weathering steam era frt cars that's fine. If you want to talk about the derivation of acrylic, oil

Hey, This is great! I've always wanted an M&StL discussion on the STMFClist! As a fan of the Louie(sorry Clark), I must remind you of the Minneapolis-Moline plant in Hopkins, MN.

(snip from Don Valentine) If the paint really is "acrylic" and is really water based why does one need something other than water for a thinner? Since I started this let me respond. I use

A good respirator in conjunction with the spray booth isn't a bad investment either, nor are they expensive. Don Valentine Quoting ljack70117@...:

How about Lenox Furnace and Fisher Governor in Marshalltown? Box cars for sure. Don Lodge

The M&StL had a branch to Newton. Clark Propst PS there's more posts on this list about the M&StL than on the M&StL list! "G. Walls" wrote:

Quoting ljack70117@...: And that was the whole point of my earlier question, Larry. If the paint really is "acrylic" and is really water based why does one need something other than

Don't forget the hides shipped from Iowa to the tanneries. M&StL had cars marked for there use. Ron Christensen sheep.

Whether you use oil base or water base you should have a spray booth that will remove any vapors in the air and prevent you from inhaling any fumes. Water base will do as much damage to your lungs as

Hi Folks, Along with Maytag, Newton,Iowa. And just for information, The Amana Colonies,(Amana Industries) was/is a commune of which there are four small towns. Each one provides something for the

If water will not work for thiner then your paint is not acrylic. It is some type of oil base which lacquers and enamels are part of. All these thinners come come from crude oil except turpentine

Quoting Don valentine; Now that's all well and good Don and I can understand where you are coming from but what does one do when there lungs will not allow them to use Scalecoat and Accu-Paint due to

Hello, I'm currently working on four Funaro and Camerlengo Southern Sealy wood hopper cars. I've found that there is a very poor fit between the slope sheets and sides and the slope sheets around

To add to the discussion on the Walthers version of the GSC flatcar, don't forget that American Model Builders (AMB) offers a lasercut wood deck kit for this car. With some weathering, the wood deck

A number of years ago when the cars first came out I bought a Walters GSC car in PRR paint. I recalled a had a photograph of a PRR flat I had taken in the 1960's as pre-teen in Connecticut, more for

that a 500 In the 1961 Interchange Reports between the Rutland and the B&M, there were 9,222 total cars interchanged in both directions over the 8-1/2 month period. Of those 9,222 cars, 7,307 were

Don Valentine wrote: Over 95% of the boxcars loaded on the M&SL were in foreign cars in the late 1940's! Tim Gilbert