Have a look at this. http://www.micromark.com/WOOD-STRIP-CUTTER,6625.html It says it steps in 1/32" increments so you won't get exactly .030 but .03125 might be close enough. Darren Plants Cedar

NWSL's duplicator is especially designed to perform this very function. With a little practice (mostly in keeping the knife orientation consistent) good, even widths result. -Andy Carlson Ojai

Tony, you might be better received by everyone if you saved your umbrage for something more deserving. George NEVER faulted anyone on this list, Intermountain or your pal(s). I purposely left off his

I want to make some scale 3 1/8" high x 5" wide "Z" stock for an HO cinder car that I am working on. But to build this up I cannot find commercial stock that is thin enough and sometimes of the

Um, he went with the table and didn't check anything else . . . including the photos in the book, which are VERY clear . . . and then insulted Intermountain in his e-mail . . . not sure which

That's an attaboy for George! Rick Dietrichson Wilmington,NC

I owe George Walls a big apology, especially after my snide remark about self-appointed experts. We do, of course, have some of those out there, and they do tend to go off half-cocked. But

Steve, Don't know if you can cut as small as you would like but you might try a paper cutter. Chuck Hladik

I highly recommend buying Al Westerfield's CD-ROM ORER's and copying them onto your hard drive. I have 5 different years from 1940 to 1965, and also 4 paper ORER's. The ORER's are close to being

George Walls wrote: And if you look in any ORER after the Ft-V were built, you will see 70 tons; and if you look at a photo of a car you will see the 140000 CAPY, for example in Richard's book.

Elden - I actually moved more flat rock this morning for out patio project, so take the following with a grain of salt! The H21b and H21e each have the 12" ARA centersill. However, I think only the

Beware of self-styled experts. Tim is correct, The Ft-Vs were 70 ton "War Emergency" versions of the AAR design (i.e., with wood instead of steel floor stringers, if anyone cares). The Santa Fe

Tim, The B&O 70-ton AAR flat car models being offered are numbered in series 8400-8499, class P-31, New 12-53. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Tony, If you look on page 314 in the roster it lists the Ft-V as a 50 ton car, which is what I was looking at when I wrote to Andy. And I have since sent Andy a correction to my earlier message. Also

Marty McGuirk wrote: Ah, but will these be better than my old Varney metal car, B&O 8024, dating from around 1948? (and no, I didn't buy it new, it came to me from a friend). Tony Thompson

Marty B&O series 8000-8024 are the only 53'6" 70 ton flats on the roster in 1950, and they are not listed in 1940. By 1953 series 8250-8399 are shown, and by 1959 several more series had been added

Andy Carlson wrote: This guy may be a "good modeler" but he sure doesn't know Santa Fe freight cars. As the new and excellent Richard Hendrickson book shows (p. 43), the Ft-V cars WERE 70-ton

Clark, Thank you for sending info in response to my request in trying to put together a presentation on GN freight cars on foreign lines. I'm finally beginning to move on the subject. Doing that I

No Andy. Ft-V 91500-91699 were built in 1944, and are definitely 70 ton AAR flat cars. In fact I can't find any reference for a Santa Fe flat that matches the 50 ton Proto 2000 War Emergency car. Tim

Tim, I agree. It is a problem. It is possible that Universal changed wheel designs mid-way through production of the 5700 hand brake but I certainly don't know whether or not that is the case. There