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Re: Adding weight to a stock car

I use a thin layer of lead sheet on the floor, painted black like the floor. The lighting is rarely good enough to notice the floor inside a stock car and besides my eyes aren't small enough to see

By Malcolm Laughlin <mlaughlinnyc@...> · #69736 ·

Chips

Doug Harding notes: But that's the point, Doug. Florida grasses are quite different from those in Iowa and/or Wyoming. Wouldn't it be better to match to a chip in the area of actual use? To add to

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #69732 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I closed Outlook, reopened it and now the main page link works. Doug

By Doug Brown <g.brown1@...> · #69731 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I got to the index page last night through the link on the aclsal.org main page. Today that link does not work. The /index.htm is still on the link but not on the page URL. Doug Brown

By Doug Brown <g.brown1@...> · #69730 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

I had to go to the site and take the / index.htm off of the link..... Rob --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

By ROB <lawdog99999@...> · #69729 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Mike Brock wrote: Mike, Haven't you modeled those chips on the federal grazing land alongside your track work climbing up and over Sherman Hill? <VBG> What color are those "chips?" Regards, Spen

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #69728 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Garth G. Groff wrote: Except I think the most striking feature of an empty stock car is being able to see through to the other side. Regards, Spen Kellogg

By Spen Kellogg <spenkell@...> · #69727 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Stockcars were typically shoveled out and then steam cleaned after use. The steam caused the paint to peel and the wood to fade. You might consider a grey for weathered wood with an off-white to

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #69726 ·

Re: Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

For some reason I cannot open this site. Dennis --- John Golden <golden1014@...> wrote: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/currentissue/sclmodeler2007-2.pdf > > > >

By Dennis Williams · #69725 ·

Re: [S-CLmodeler] Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

Sorry, gang--the period got added to the address in my previous announcement. Here's the correct address: http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm ACL & SAL HS website is located

By golden1014 · #69724 ·

Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler No. 3

All, The latest issue of the S-CL Modeler was released yesterday. You can check it out at http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/index.htm. We're also pleased to include on our website Bill Welch's special

By golden1014 · #69723 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Tony, Pigs and sheep, which were loaded more or less at random, require only enough animals (or blobs) to give the illusion of a complete load. I think if the cattle are supposed to have their bovine

By Garth G. Groff <ggg9y@...> · #69722 ·

Three freight cars...

I've found some photos online, and I'm wondering if anyone might be able to provide some further details or information on these cars so as to allow models to be made? 1. Kansas City, Kaw Valley

By destron@... · #69721 ·

Sunset Pacific Oil Company Tank Cars

Hello, Looking for any sources of photos or info,on the Sunset Pacific Oil Company ,which was I believe located in the L.A. area prior to WW 2. Especially of interest would be a photo of

By Dan Gledhill · #69720 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Mike Brock, misunderstanding the meaning of "color chip", wrote: [exploration of sources and colors of such chips deleted] At the risk of taking this seriously, wouldn't an empty stock car tend to be

By Tom Madden <tgmadden@...> · #69719 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Tony Thompson writes about stock car weights: "Same point regarding weight: I just put it on the floor and paint flat black." Flat black? Have you studied the...uh....floor colors of these cars?

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #69718 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Depends on the state of your track - if you lay perfect track with transition curves it may not be an issue, but top weight makes the car unstable on poorly laid industrial tracks or authentically

By Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton <smokeandsteam@...> · #69717 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

By Andy Cich <ajc5150@...> · #69716 ·

Re: Adding weight to a stock car

Cutting the weight so it is narrower than the floor by 1/8" or so will keep it from showing from most angles. Don't forget that straw or sand bedding was placed in the cars and that would prevent a

By cj riley <cjriley42@...> · #69715 ·

Re: Rivets: Size

Those "nut/thread thingies" with the round heads are called carriage bolts. They have a smooth rounded head, with a square boss just below the head on the shaft. The boss prutrudes into the item being

By Douglas Harding <dharding@...> · #69714 ·

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