Charlie, Another possible explanation for this would be that the top of the tank was not oriented correctly to the bottom of the tank when the two were assembled. As I recall, the relief valves on

NAH - in fact, I refer to early brass "air hoses" as "guitar strings" with a very negative connotation. I've made lagged piping using threading dies that look like a 3 jaw collet with a ring on them

Quickly asked-for now without going into much detail, but does anyone know (or know where I might find info on) heralds/slogans used on Imperial Oil tank cars? I've seen a goodly number of them on

Brain, Did a little more checking on that paint. The grab iron and some paint chips are off MPX 3506. I missed the heck out of the date it was Aug. 28, 1988. James Hickey have to

I've returned to these kits after many years of letting them sit on the shelf, and am starting to enjoy the project of building them. Of note - no distortion of the pats sitting in my basement all

Joe, Richard Hendrickson was kind enoungh to share several photos for this combination with me in the past. The specific numbers included 10290 10370 56022 (Contain type L heaters.) The first two

Lasses and Fellas, I went on an airbrushing binge today. Since I knew I was going to spray a bunch of black, I built a P2K Type 21 10k gal tank car(undec). Since it is now resplendantly glossy

the make up section. While my wife was looking for whatever I noticed a lot of different colored chalks and powers. Has anyone tried these products on their models? You never read about this type

Hmm, I happen to have a bottle of that from another project, I'll have to check it against the BLT cars. Thanks. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

pile in the local yard. The color is dead on Polly Scale D&RGW Freight car red. James Hickey OK, thanks Ed, I have a few BLT MP cars, I'll use them to create a paint

Brian, Buy a bottle of the Floquil and paint the center of a piece of scrap; then experiment with different mixes of your favorite acrylic paint and apply them surrounding the Floquil chip in the

OK, thanks Ed, I have a few BLT MP cars, I'll use them to create a paint match. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

ORERs list series 103000-104499; Hopper, composite; 1640 cu. ft.; 1455 cars in July 1950 and 99 cars in January 1955. However, these were "Seley" open hoppers. The ORERs list series 106500-107499;

Brian, As far as I know, actual paint specs and/or paint samples for MoPac's home-built box cars during the 1950s have never been located except for a diagram that provides paint specs for the Eagle

The length of the car is not correct but close The end had a signature reversed C channel end sill that was overlapped by the siding at the ends; strapping and vertical supports were often added

I just got back from Cocoa Beach and Ed was not there nor have I known him to ever attend. Hopefully he will show up and be the best to answer. I do remember using 2 different shades of Accupaint -

Hi again, Just realised that maybe I should have placed this photo on the STMFCP group instead, so it's now there in the 'Unknown freight car' album. Apologies for any confusion. Des Norman reefer.

Hi all, I've just uploaded a photo into 'Unknown freight car' album in the Photos section (subject to moderator approval). This has been the subject of some discussion on the Ma&Pa Yahoo group but

On page 98 of the "Southern Railway Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment" is a photo of an offset side hopper converted to coke service with a roof and square hatches. The photo was taken

Roger Hinman wrote: What are the shortcomings of the Accurail cars? The simplified underframe details seems obvious... to my untrained eye the noticeable thing is the MDT/A&W cars have steel straps