Hi , I think the action is actually stretching the brass , I never use more than 30 PSI , and try for less . Also I find that a 120 grit or finer does the job better . Glass beading is also very risky

Al Daumann wrote: One possibility is that the GN trains were twice as long (or twice as heavy), the WP line south of Bieber being more challenging than the GN line north of it. Tony Thompson

Allen,   Thanks for the reply.  Since you are researching Bieber in 1947, I'll assume we share somewhat of a common interest in that place and time.   My freelanced railroad (Burney, Redding &

Al, I'm working on transcribing what some refer to as a jumbo book, it is a log of cars received and forwarded at Bieber 1947, Oct-Dec. The log book is ordered by the last two digits, with in a

Looks great, Clark. Is that tissue paper and what/how did you paint it? Mark Feddersen

metal, . . . will warp I should have been more clear. I am NOT recomending 80 PSI, however I have blasted at those presures without damage. I was trying to respond to the fears that many have

80 PSI! Be aware that at that pressure, sheet metal, e.g. brass on your favorite model, will warp from the heat caused by the grit's action. Possibly not a problem on smaller models such as HO where

Absolutely, I have done a clinic on blasting at the Cocoa meet in the past. You can do numerous things with a blaster: a.. remove paint b.. prepare surfaces for new paint with better adhesion

Tim O'Connor wrote: alcohol washes (india ink, rust, etc). They come out great. Sometimes I go back over with Floquil dry brush to show oil spills, etc. Tim is right on here. Blasting alone will

The issue comes when you are actually using SAND as a blast media. Sand gets in the lungs and cannot get back out. I causes scarring. The disease is known as silicosis. It is similar to black lung

Make that 1972- I saw a couple on a team track on 8 Mile Road in Detroit at that time- one of them (GTW 206948)still was in the 1940s era paint with the square wafer GTW trade mark and the other had

If this is the car design referred to in "Coal Cars--The first 300 Years" as the "1905 common design" I think it would be a very useful kit,as many other RRs had them. I know I'd be willing to buy 5

I have acquired a flickr account and posted some shots from Saturday's event. I was trying to jog my memory as to how many models were in attendance but I can't say firmly one way or the other. I

I'd buy a couple. If I'm not mistaken those cars may have also been close copies (or vice versa) of cars on a number of roads such as NYC, P&LE, PMcKY, etc.  Tony Wagner

I added a file to the photo section with photos of my Tangent gondola load and car. They evidently need some kind of approval first, so the file is empty right now. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Scott, We posted more pictures of the C&O 86500 ventilated box and rib-sided hopper cars in the C&O HS websit's supplemental images section.  They will be the for a couple more weeks. We have a

Greetings,   I'm new to the group, does this refer to an earlier discussion?  I model a freelanced road that interchanges with the GN at Bieber (Nubieber) in the late 1940s.  I'm always looking for

cars numbers ending with 02 at Bieber 4th quarter out of 259 GN - 40 - tho 2 cars make up 30 entries, with 2-5 day cycle times. ATsf - 29 Rg/DRG - 28 SP - 17 PFE - 14 Pa/PRR - 12 BO - 8 CBQ - 7 NYC -

The below message started an interesting discussion about transporting phosphorus in tank cars. I need color information about the cars that Victor Chemical operated. According to the Champ set,

Steve & Brian,                         Westerfield brought out the PRR box car with the Van Dorn end about 3 years ago. Very distictive car. I'm using the one I bought for work