That's pretty close in concept. The part that forms the interior is typically called the "core" (as is any part that forms an interior void in the part.) In model RR practice, the core is typically on

As others are leveling I will too. I have four Westerfield R7 FGE reefers w/3 different roofs and two styles of ladders; 2 FGE and one WFE truss rod reefers; a very worked over and modified Ribside

The Shake 'n' Take 40-ft. gondola kitbash; an IMWX Southern box car; four SP 12,500-gallon tank cars well along to being corrected from Athearn cars and lettered; and a brass Overland ICC 105 tank

I am working on one in S-scale.   Dennis

42 resin kits. All at the 3/4 mark.   They shoukd be done in 3 weeks.   Dennis

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

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,

"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

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

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

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:

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

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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