Jack Wyatt ponders: Check 'em against a Cyc drawing. There's brake stuff in most editions. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Curt, Martin sells a mini-kit that consists of a complete, very thin resin side overlay for the Atlas hopper. You shave off and sand down the sides of the Atlas car and apply the overlay. He sells it

I have no experience with this to offer except to point out that Frank Hodina will be covering this in his talk on producing resin kit masters at Naperville. Bill Darnaby

Okay, what ad did I miss? What mini-kit? IIRC, the alternate needs a whole new side, not just changing the gussets. Curt Fortenberry

Jeff English wrote: OK, but the P2K doesn't have the "double-z" eave, does it? All the 1941-built NYC 50-foot box cars had this unusual feature. I'm not aware of this appearing on any other

wrote: OK, but the P2K doesn't have the "double-z" eave, does it? All the 1941-built NYC 50-foot box cars had this unsuual feature. I'm not aware of this appearing on any other cars. Jeff

Note that Grandt Line and Tichy both sell sprues of rivets although some of them will be too large for HO. Jack Burgess www.YosemiteValleyRR.com

Tim, All listed except IC are correct. Add to the list ATSF, BAR, CRR, L&A, L&M, M& StL, and P&S (ex-Erie). I've heard through the grapevine that Frank Hodina is working on a set of masters for the

I saw that Hundman article that showed the technique, I think it was a scratch built CB&Q stockcar. I tried doing it a few times as well. I suggest working over a white background to help find

Could someone outline the techniques for harvesting and applying rivets from scrap freight car bodies? TIA Glenn Joppich Redford, MI

Shawn Beckert asks: Yes, correct for the cars as built in the early to mid-1940s. For later repaint, you're on your own. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Guys, I just need a simple "yes" or "no" answer to the following question, which I tried to find myself at Hosker's Archive site and failed miserably, i.e. "1970 posts match your criteria". No, they

Jerry: Actually under the center sill (the cars didn't run on their roofs). Regards, Ted

Thanks Andy

Hi, has anyone built this model? If so, it seems to me that the photo in the instructions showing the brake rigging is missing the "pipes" from the reservoir. Would the pipes go over the center

Brian Carlson posted, http://www.prrths.com/Keystone%20Modeler/Keystone_Modeler_NO2.htm Looking over the model list in TKM No2, it seems that the S scale Funaro & Camerlengo/Central Hobby Supply Gr

John, It was a total goof. At the time I emailed Paul Graf and asked him what the prototype for the car was -- he replied it was C&O!! That alone speaks volumes about Atlas's attention to

I don't think it matters how many side gussets are on the Atlas hopper, since you'll be carving them all off to make a smooth surface for the mini-kit side overlays which include their own gussets (9

Hi Folks, Our club has a few O-scale kits listed on ebay. You can find them by doing a seller search on our ebay ID (PSMR2001). We've got a couple Ambroid kits, an All Nation reefer, and an All