lnbill wrote: Bill, while attending the NMRA national convention in 2009, i attended a clinic put on by Aubrey Olson of Caboose Industries, there he had several injection molding patterns on display

Several Bowser F30 flat cars, some WW2 tanks, trying to make a troop train. An F&C FM flat car. As well as off list a Bowser PRR H-9 that I am still building. Maybe if I stopped reading all the

While living in California in the 1970s I had the privilege of operating regularly on fellow's small layout. All his cars and locomotives were painted differently on each side. The basic layout was

Charlie, Right now I have three Speedwich X29 type boxcar kits - the MEC, L&NE and B&O M-26 versionson the bench. I like to build several similar kits in small groups. I have completed the carbodys

On my workbench are: 1. F&C B&O P-11 flatcar being converted to SP&S X165 as the prototype did in 1944, along with a load to help bring it up to weight, 2. a GN NW-5 crosskit project, 3, some minor

I just finished two Speedwitch Fowler boxcars; very nice kits and recommended.  Now, I've got to get back to some layout work! Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Mike, I built a trio of those this past winter. Very pleased with the results. I would suggest a change from the instructions if you haven't got there already. The instruction call for drilling the

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.