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Re: What's on your work bench?

Hmmm. Everyone seems to be quite busy. I kept waiting to see if anyone...and no, it looks like I may be the only one that is working on the WrightTRAK B&O M-53 box car. It seems to be going

By mike brock <brockm@...> · #92547 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

An HO scale model of a fuel dealer's office to park some tank cars next to. I'm using 1/8" Plexiglas for the wall substrate, on which styrene, resin, and paper overlays will model angelstone,

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #92546 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

"What I don't fully understand is the concept of "slides" in a mold." Jeff, Using an Athearn 40 foot box car kit as an example, the following might help to understand the concept. Keep in mind

By Steve Haas · #92544 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Charlie Duckworth asked: "Wondering what's on your work bench and would you recommend it to another modeler?" Group of six PRR Walthers/Train-Miniature X29 "Tan Dot" upgrades, various eras and paint

By Benjamin Hom · #92543 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

Jeff- slides are a means of coring a hole in a plastic part not in the direction of mold opening. (ie- molding a stock car body in one piece would usually require slides (or side coring to mold the

By Chris Sawicki · #92542 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Scenery making stuff, and it is a MESS! ______________ J. Stephen (Steve) Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027 Mulholland Drive, Meadows Place, TX 77477, 281-568-9918 Office:

By Steve SANDIFER · #92541 ·

Sunshine 24 series kits

Greetings, You'll probably find this amusing, or maybe crazy. I'm trying to assemble the 26 different Sunshine 24 series wooden 37' meat reefers. So far, I have only scratched the surface of this BIG

By JP Barger · #92540 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

Bill, If you scroll down in the Wikipedia article, there are several photos of the mold for LEGO bricks. They're not trains, but at least they're something of a similar size.

By Aley, Jeff A · #92538 ·

Re: Building Stock Cars vs. Tank Cars

ed_mines wrote: You're right, Ed, the proper name is hypodermic tubing. Dremel works great, IF you put a piece of wire inside before cutting. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #92537 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

On my downstairs workbench (which my wife hates, since it's the kitchen table): two 42' RC flatcars converted to 13 stake, for MP, and one 45' spliced from two RC flatcars, also MP, which have the

By mopacfirst · #92536 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

Thank you Tim, this is sort of what I have in mind. I am realizing I need to be more specific. What I would love to see out pure curiosity is a picture of the cavity in a tool or mold into which the

By Bill Welch · #92535 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

A Southern Car & Foundry resin kit for a UP Postal car, awaiting stripping and repainting (because I screwed up the clear coat the first time - GRRR). Recommended? Yes. A Prototype Rails

By Aley, Jeff A · #92533 ·

Re: Pipe size for handrails [Was: Building Stock Cars vs. Tank Cars]

AAR/ARA/MCB standard air brake pipe size has been 1 1/4" i.d. for many years--at least a century? My guess is that a major builder used this pipe as an expedient. All North American roads have this

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #92532 ·

What's on your work bench?

I have 4 of the Sunshine 1937 Great Northern DS boxcars decaled on one side on the work bench. Next to them are: 1) an Overland Models "Poultry Palace" car awaiting decals; 2) one Westerfield Great

By gary laakso · #92531 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

What's on my bench? 1) One each Wegman PFE R-30-12-18 and R-30-13-18, built, painted and lettered and waiting for Tony to get unburied enough to give me a couple of car numbers <G>. The R-30-12-18

By Bruce Smith · #92530 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Charlie-- I had a lot of fun with this Tichy kit, converting it to a model of a CN 470000-series steel-rebuild box car. A new "fish-belly" centre sill was made of styrene sheet, and the ends were

By Steve Lucas <stevelucas3@...> · #92529 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

My work bench?Other than the usual clutter, a BCW (RCS) resin Rutland baggage,a BCW CV brass side coach and a Branchline NYC 6-3 Glen Echo Pullman.plus a slew of Bad Order freight Cars.Armand Premo

By Armand Premo · #92528 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

Not railroad molds, but I think some of them might be like this http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00pvFECRnDOQru/Plastic-Molds-Injection-Plastic-Molds-Plastic-Mold.jpg Interesting info and pictures

By Tim O'Connor · #92527 ·

Re: Pictures of Tools

Bill, The size of the mold depends on the way the model is being made. Injection cast molds are larger than resin cast molds. I make the masters for a line of resin cast models, In many cases the

By ghslaw31 · #92526 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Ben, the car is decaled and wash weathered. I'll give it a shot of flat finish and a little airbrush weathering after I'm finished eating.. BTW I wrote 'Figure' should be "Finger" and 'ACF' should be

By Clark Propst · #92525 ·

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