Fred, You're more fortunate than most. I visited several tire stores/auto repair shops seeking lead weights, even if they were in a discard bin. The best I could do was order some lead from their

I've got to think you could buy them from a local tire dealer or auto shop (even if higher priced) cheaper in the long run after taking shipping into account. Shipping LEAD ? If you really want to be

I regularly patronize a shop I haven't been to for probably ten years. We correspond by email, boxes appear in the mail, and checks pay the bills. I just got ONE bottle of MicroMask, and

Search eBay for Tire Weights. Among others, you'll find:

I get lead free from the local tire stores. They use it to balance wheels. They come in strips that are 1/4 and 1/8 thick. I usually get about 10 pounds at a time Free. Fred Swanson The

Charlie Tapper's e-mail reminds me that I have an unusual interest in reading the publishing stats for magazines. I was a little surprised to find that both major magazines (MR & RMC) have very large

Friends, The area I'm proposing to model, North Sacramento on the Sacramento Northern, had a Kraft cheese distribution warehouse in the 1950s. In checking my 1958 ORER, the only Kraft cars I found

Hello everyone, I'm trying to determine the location of the retainer valve on the B- end of Great Northern USRA double-sheathed boxcars, series 23494- 24993. I'm modeling a car circa 1948, with a

Bud, The car in the photo mentioned actually does have horizontal seams. It's nearly impossible to see the seams without magnification, but with the aid of a loupe they can be seen albeit ever so

This e-mail could also be titled "Poor Man Needs $$ to get to Cocoa Beach". I've got a new in the box Sunshine PRR X-26C, kit #64.20, for $45.00 I pay shipping. This is the steel rebuild, Youngstown

Ed: correct. Beginning in 1939 . . . . <<< Thanks for the information, it is very helpful. I will look for a copy of the publication that you mention. Nick Seman

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Additional info: GA 19715 clearly has a Miner power handbrake. Pat Wider

They had Ajax power hand brakes. See the photo of GA 19522 that I just loaded to the files section. Col. Chet McCoid photo on 4/29/52. Pat Wider

Bruce if you can find a good roof shot of either style, please share it with us! :-) Tim O.

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Folks, I'm in the middle of building the Tichy kit for the Georgia RR rebuilt USRA boxcar (4032) and I have two questions. The best photo I know

Message: 19 Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:15:18 -0600 All; After >2.5 years doing TKM, and alternately having been accused of causing the end of the printed magazine, the end of the Society,

I will add to the kudos addressed to this fine internet publication. Always very interesting and informative- and a real gift to the hobby. That I happen to know some of the ink-stained wretches

Elden Gatwood: Ursula Andress will be 70 next year. So will I. The mind boggles at the sort of "action role" that might imply. Got any other offers, Elden?? John Derek was married to Ursula Andress,