red_gate_rover wrote: Jim, Re: Tank Cars - for standard gauge in the 1920's, SOCONY, being a "baby Standard Oil," leased all their tank cars from UTLX. So far as I know, none were ever lettered

Jim, Please contact me off list at HYPERLINK "mailto:daveydiesel@..."daveydiesel@... as I have a couple of resin kits that you have on your want list. Thanks, Dave Powell

The set is the microscale MC-4235, Northern Pacific 40' Double Sheathed Wood Box Cars, 1918-1968 set. I did not check the MicroScale web sight to check their availability.

Gary, Actually a better question to ask is: Do you know if the cars came with the decal sets? Thanks. Jason Sanford gary laakso <vasa0vasa@...> wrote: Microscale produced a

Hi all, When I'm doing multi-color paint schemes on styrene products, painting Delrin or acetal trucks, flexible handrails or when I'm dubious about the adhesion quality of paint on resin kits (yeah

I do prime all my brass engines with a baked coat of Floquil Zinc Chromate Primer. One this list Tim O' Conner told us what goodies were in this paint to protect the brass/metal. Then I apply a

Thanks Gary, Is there any other way to get decals or piece together the parts I need to letter the car? Jason Sanford "Microscale produced a special set of decals for these cars. The

I printed the photo and the reefer is clearly NRC 3103. The reporting marks on the end of the tank car appear to be GATX. Overland did a very nice brass model some years ago of a very similar 10K

Thank you to all who responded to my questions. I have started collecting the correct resources. I have also done some digging in the archives and read several similar threads. Sorry to the

The W&R announcement for the NP truss rod cars contains the following: "The cars were built by a number of builders and the number series was: 18000---19199 21000----21499

My apologies to the group. I hit send before changing the reply to Andy's private address as he requested. Dick

Yes, and Al also offers kits for the later Spec. 486 cars with Dreadnaught ends. Richard Hendrickson

Kadee announced they are releasing the 2 bay offset hopper in South Buffalo stock #7024 - ( was hoping they would do this road). Problem is, the lettering on the model is white. Any South Buffalo

Jason: I don't know your interest in building resin, but these are available from Funaro and are one of their better offerings, in my opinion. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh

One reason to prime is if your model is a kitbash with various colors of styrene/resin, etc. It is perhaps a little known fact that the undercolor will affect how the finish color looks. If you want

Andy, I'll take one of the NC&StL cars, as long as the yellow stripe on carbody and door align. They didn't (waaay off) on the kit I bought, which is why I'm ordering this. Thanks, Dick

shawn looks like NRC 310x. i agree with you about the tank cars.

List, This photo was taken at an "unidentified location" on the Pacific Electric in May of 1948. The resolution on my monitor just isn't sharp enough to make out the reporting marks on the wood

larry good point, as always. i guess i shouldn't talk about my plutonium lab either... you never know who may be listening! even though i only use the enriched plutonium to weight down my freight