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Re: Yemassee Junction photos was Fruit Growers reefer

GUYZ, This is where decal paper for your printer of choice and some computer time to find the required images pays off. A friend who is a bus modeler does this all the time to get the correct

By Frederick Freitas <prrinvt@...> · #92644 ·

Re: Ladder widths

J.P. -- I don't know for certain, but I think the "width" is the length of the ladder rod between the stiles. For example, Tichy makes 18" HO scale ladder rungs -- they do NOT work as replacements on

By Tim O'Connor · #92643 ·

Re: LIFE: what's this

Tim, Aren't the R-30-12/13/-18 also in the mix as they were newly rebuilt in 1942? Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

By Bruce Smith · #92642 ·

Re: Yemassee Junction photos was Fruit Growers reefer

Bill Microscale is easily influenced with ready-to-print artwork! :-) There are now at least 4 excellent plastic HO bus models and it sounds like some resin models too. Bus decals are really

By Tim O'Connor · #92641 ·

Re: Fruit Growers reefer

Hmmmm... perhaps a recent hurricane could explain the cleanliness as well as the water tower? :-) Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #92640 ·

Re: LIFE: what's this

What intrigues me is the steel end -- at least it appears to be a steel end. I think the only steel ended PFE wood sheathed reefers in 1942 would be the R-70-2 50 foot ice reefers. Tony, any

By Tim O'Connor · #92639 ·

Michigan Car ID Needed

Picked up a snap shot photo of a girl hanging on the side of a wood double sheathed boxcar. The reason I bought it was of the unusual handbrake. On the car side is a shield with the slogan "The Line

By railsnw1 <railsnw@...> · #92638 ·

Ladder widths

Denny et al: I will look in my ladder box for 21" ladders for you. Reminder: You'll need four ladders: do you already have 2 of them? What is the matching rung pitch you need? Lots of cars have

By JP Barger · #92637 ·

Re: LIFE: what's this

Thanks Ben. I wasn't meaning re-paint stencils in the sense of dating a re-paint of the car. I was noticing the two separate colours suggested as between the two re-pack blocks (upper block is

By Robert kirkham · #92636 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Bill, You wouldn't want to give it a break-in run on No.20 or 21, (local freights) would you? :-) Dennis

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #92635 ·

Re: 21" ladders.

Denny, you can 'rool your own' by using styrene strips and rod. Clark Propst Who never measures anything : )

By Clark Propst · #92634 ·

Re: What's on your work bench?

Ok...FWIW on the remote workbench at the cabin I am carving on a couple of Sunshine IC hoppers. I don't really need more IC hoppers but these are parts, enough to do 2 cars, that Martin gave me when

By william darnaby · #92633 ·

Re: Ladder widths

According to the A.R.A. Standards on Safety Appliances as published in the 1931 Car Builders Cyclopedia (and repeated verbatim in the A.A.R. Standards in the 1940 edition of the same publication) the

By Rhbale@... · #92658 ·

Re: Yemassee Junction photos was Fruit Growers reefer

I have a "Pirate Models" kit of an even earlier Mack bus and similarly am frustrated by the lack of Greyhound decals. Maybe this is something Microscale could be influenced to offer. The Life

By Bill Welch · #92632 ·

21" ladders.

Friends, do any of you know a source for 21" wide ladders, a width required on a current freight car project (six rungs)? Thanks! Denny Denny S. Anspach, MD Okoboji, Iowa

By Denny Anspach <danspach@...> · #92631 ·

Re: Fruit Growers reefer

And did anyone notice how clean that scene is? Crumpled up paper bag near the foot of one boarding passenger, one or two pieces of trash on the tracks, but no clutter whatsoever. Totally unrealistic.

By pullmanboss <tcmadden@...> · #92630 ·

Yemassee Junction photos was Fruit Growers reefer

Folks, I LOVE that bus, and the uniformed driver in his boots and jodhpurs! The bus is (or was) available in resin in HO, but sadly, I'm not aware of any decals. I have one that I want to paint

By Bruce Smith · #92629 ·

Re: Fruit Growers reefer

Did anyone notice, that when some clumsy guy reached over this layout, he knocked the roof of the water tank

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #92628 ·

Re: LIFE: what's this

Rob Kirkham asked: "Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it doesn't look like a patched re-painted

By Benjamin Hom · #92627 ·

Southern Low side gondolas

This is another photo from South Carolina/Life magazine group with many Southern low side gons. All 3 versions of this car are available in resin kit

By Bill Welch · #92626 ·

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