Thanks again Tony. Greg Silva.

Greg Silva wrote: Greg, by 1956 the great majority of the cars had been rebuilt with steel sides and new roofs (either straight panel or diagonal panel solid steel). But if you want an original

Good afternoo, and my apologies for this cross-posting. I really like the looks of the B-50-15 cars and want to obtain 3 or 4, to model as they appeared in the 1956-1958 timeframe. Sunshine offers

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preserve enough to Urethanes are a special case; they react with water, which acts as a foaming agent. This is exactly the way urethane insulating products, such as Great Stuff work; you inject the

The real question is, why do they jell? If they are jelling because the resin (the binder in the paint) is chemically reacting with the oxygen in the air, then removing contact with oxygen should do

Micro-Mark also sells the small spray cans --- principly to help preserve the RTV and urethane liquids. Around here, good wine in an open bottle doesn't stay around long enough to worry about it.

Question I would have is: Do you have to remove the N2 before mixing the paint or it does not matter? That sounds like it may help prevent jelling of scalecoat paints. Dennis --- Dennis Storzek

Bob, You might take a look at the small cans of pressurized nitrogen and argon mix made for the yuppie oenophile (wine connoisseur) market. The idea is the nitrogen displaces the air, then the

Sirs: I have 42 issues of Freight Cars Journal available, 22-35, 37-43, 45-47, 49-62, 64-67 as well as Freight Car Reviews #1-#3. I'll take $50.00 and ship to you in the US via Priority Mail.

Thanks Tom, - looking forward to these useful prototypes! Rob Kirkham

uninsulated castings Jon mentioned at Cocoa Beach, that the prices could be in the $45 range. Chet French Dixon, IL

Rob Kirkham writes: "Thanks Jared - was there anything indicating which versions were coming out first, or price info?" The first two cars will be a 10,000 gal radial course car and an 8,000 gal

Andy This door is called a YSD-2A in Hawkins-speak, or a 5/5/4 (Ed counts the ribs instead of the panels). See Ed's article in Railmodel Journal, October 1999. The article correctly identifies the

Hi Folks Here are the DS/SS/Steel splits for box, auto, and ventilator cars in interchange service on class I railroads and their lessees as of January 1945, April 1949, and July 1950 for the eight

The Rock Island Technical Society published an extensive article on these cars in its Digest 11 back in 1993. Copies of this fine issue are still available for a reduced rate from the RITS company

I just received a flyer from Sunshine indicating Martin will be at the Timonium Show, which is Feb 2-3. I'll also be having an open house that Saturday evening, Feb. 2, of my layout for any and all

I'm not the fastest modeller in the world and and thus I always seem to have lots of old paint that I can no longer use. I have been fantasizing about having compressed nitrogen at my work bench so

Rob Kirkham wrote: Jon has sent me a few photos of the single- and double-dome uninsulated cars and says those wil be the first to reach the market. The castings are very nicely done. I have no idea

I have a small list of verified users of the 6' wide Youngstown post-war steel 6/6/5 door. Ted Culotta has a UP B-50-39 40' 6" ACR HO boxcar resin kit which (witch) uses Dan Hall's accurate door. I