--- cornbeltroute <cornbeltroute@...> wrote: Does anyone know what the "standard" rivet (and head) size is for freight equipment? There is probably no standard, but let's use the 37 AAR box car

Does anyone know iif there was a standard policy for what stenciling would be applied by a railroad that repacked the journals on a foreign car? Again remember that this is for FOREIGN road rolling

Paul, It varies, of course, and I also tend to batch assemble similar cars. As a rule, however, I figure on one hour to assemble the box, assuming a house car, which includes deflashing and washing.

In a message dated 7/9/02 8:16:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ted_culotta@... writes: << Does anyone know if there was a standard policy for what stenciling would be applied by a railroad that

Schuyler, hoppers come out at 1.68 inches in diameter. << exactly spec for a 1" rivet. < I used a dead-on photo of an HL car end to measure from. Gee, the accuracy is much better than I would have

Greg Martin wrote: ...then I dug around and found an article by Richard Burg and found the reference I was looking for in his article of August 1992 RMJ in which he states... "In 1948, one car,

Brian Chapman writes: Just what I would do. I can probably do that (TS5 scan, that is) tomorrow. SGL

Brian Chapman asks: N&W HL hopper questions, such as: According to my Steel Manual, a 1.625" dia head on a rivet is exactly spec for a 1" rivet. The formula is 1.5D + .125", where D = diameter of

apparently don't have access to, I assume you are measuring a model. If this be the Stewart car, can you tell us the distance from the bottom of the side at midpoint of the car and the top of the

Guys, <<First Ben Hom (b.hom@...) writes: cars Then I comment... Then Tim adds these reminders... a photo of a X29d in MS paint but it might be a model photo.< First I checked MM and

Brian Chapman writes: Brian, since you, in another message refer to a Cyc drawing that you apparently don't have access to, I assume you are measuring a model. If this be the Stewart car, can you

Bill-Looking at the number of reviews you have done in the last two weeks, I have to ask--How many hours does it take you to build the average Sunshine kit? Paul Lyons Oceanside, CA

They were in the 1940 CBC (and probably in the 1937), and that part of the 1940 CBC was reprinted as Train Shed Cyc #5. David Thompson

Tim said, concerning loading tractors: Drop ends might be better than "lift capability"- all would be required would be an end ramp. I even have a photo taken on the Suncook Valley of a drop end

I recently finished assembling a 40' automobile boxcar for both the RI and WM from kits by Sunshine (kit 55.2 and 55.3). The RI car has 14'6" door openings and the WM car has 12'6" door openings.

I recently finished assembling two SAL 40' round roof boxcars, a B-7 6' door car and a AF-1 double door car, that are offered by Sunshine (kit 55.8 and 55.6). These are the cars that are very similar

David, my cyclopedia collection goes back only to 1957. Would you know in which cyc the HL drawings appeared? Thanks, Brian Chapman ---

Tim O'Connor recommended re: Greg Martin's search for PRR Class X26C boxcars in MS1 paint schemes: Try Mainline Modeler 12/1992 -- I have notes showing RMJ 3/1991 has a photo of an X29d in MS paint

FWIW, on my color scanner Floquil ATSF Brown and Modelflex Dark Tuscan produce a RGB/CMYK result that is almost identical. At least for the level of precision provided by RGB/CMYK. Dave Nelson

Hmmm, hard to say without looking at the engineering drawings, but they're probably closer to 1 inch. The drawing in the CBC says they're 4-1/16" wide on the face and 3-1/8" tall. You'd have to