Anyone go to the Rosemont hobby show afterwards? I was wondering if there were many model RR vendors there. Back in the old days at Naperville we used to go to the show on Sunday when the MRIA was

Hopefully we might attend next year. Glad to hear the good news. Mark Morgan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

Tony It was nice seeing you and others there as well. I thought, as well as others I talked to, that the attendance was down significantly from last year. The vendors will pretty much all agree

I thought this year's Naperville meet was quite good, very much in the tradition of the previous ones conducted by Sunshine (and yes, Sunshine was there selling kits to the usual enthusiastic

Chet, Yes, you are correct. I am not sure how I missed the other note, but the other 17 cars are under Note AAA1 in the April 1959 ORER that states they have a different AAR mechanical designation

Bob, The July 1958 ORER shows the same 33 cars having racks for Ford passenger frames (Note DD) and Note HH lists the other 17 cars having Mercury frame racks. Check the 1959 Register to see if the

I feel your pain, John, but I also infer that this was a new medium for you? An hour spent experimenting with the stuff on scrap styrene and a few junk car or locomotive shells would have been a wise

Steve Lucas asked: "I'm building a few P-Company cars and would like suggestions as to the best model paint match for them." It depends on when you're modeling. For cars painted before 1945, I

Steve, Paint - era? (pre WWI, post WWII...?), cars? Trucks - no "crown" trucks on GLa hoppers... after all, that's a 70 ton truck and a 50 ton hopper <G>. As built, the cars rode on arch

I'm building a few P-Company cars and would like suggestions as to the best model paint match for them. Also, would GLa hoppers have been fitted with Crown trucks? And did TKM ever carry an article

From a very old post for which I did some more research ... ChetFrench wrote: stenciled above the reporting marks and the cars with Mercury frame racks were stenciled"54". > Tim O'Connor

John, I use Polyscale for both brush painting and airbrushing. for the brush painting I use high quality artist brushes from Langneckl, Windsor Newton, Grumbacher and others found at real art stores.

Doug I don't have a sink, so I fill up a 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons of warm water + cleanser and keep it on the floor nearby so I can submerge the airbrush and clean it that way! Ya gotta do what

Looking at the seller's other listings, many appear to be Athearn cars, some with Bev-Bel paint schemes. Look at the door claws on the boxcars. He even uses prototype photos in his "ads". There is a

John, I primarily use Polly Scale and thin it about 10-15% with Isopropol Alcohol; no problems.  I bought one of those paint stirrers from Micro Mark and use it; I never shake the bottle, wipe the

Marty, I have used an Iwata Airbrush for about eight years, I have only used Acrylic paints, Model Flex almost exclusively. And I shoot straight from the bottle unless a custom mix is needed. I also

John What brand did you shoot? I've had some of the best experiences ever with acrylic paints, and some of the worst -- even from the same brand. One thing I have learned to do -- always pour out

Years ago a riv bigboy was redone and received detailing. Tamiya paint (as recall) was used. Never saw the finished product but Ray said it came out nice! My old favorite is floquil through badgers

John remember this. Water based paints are for kids to use for finger painting! Denis Blake Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

What brand paint were you using? Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@...