I’ve shared progress updates on a few models in my latest blog post. Details are from a couple months ago but some detail techniques may help you along.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 03:26 PM, Robert kirkham wrote: My impression is that the door post has two castings mounted to it - the upper and lower - and so the door latch fits into them. Rob, There are

Tony, I think he meant invest in plastic, not turn it to trash!

And a third on the Mitutoyo. Mentioned in passing in this thread was the battery life question. One of the reasons I chose the Mitutoyo was it’s claim that it had better power management, leading to

Hugh Guillaume wrote: Hugh, here is a photo of a Varney underframe on a metal flat car. Is your B&LE car like this? Tony Thompson tony@...

Ken Adams wrote: The movie, of course, was somewhat prior to there being millions of tons of plastic trash in the ocean. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hugh Guillaume wrote: It was Zamac, NOT "pot metal," but it does fall apart if the alloy was a little contaminated. I'm sure in those days a manufacturer would have goggled at you if you wanted

Lets hear it for the Plastic Kits and remember the advice to Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate"..... -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek Owner

The Globe 2-dome tank car is not easy to find. Be careful buying one because the pot metal frame frequently falls apart. The Globe line of freight cars was state of the art at the time, as were Irv

Check Ted Culotta's freight car books they may have more info. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thanks Fenton - it helps. I can figure out the various upper pieces from that. But that large shape at the left end of the 18” long, horizontal piece of bar stock, remains a bit of a mystery.

Hi Folks- We have seen a history of over production of factory painted kits which were made in quantities that the increasing movement of modelers to RTR saw kits to be over produced. These gluts lead

Rob, will this help AA 73918 door Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Hi there, I'm modelling one of these 9' IH Ann Arbor cars, and can't find sufficiently detailed photos of the door hardware: specifically the door latch mechanism bits and pieces. Here is a link to a

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 08:12 AM, Eric Hansmann wrote: Mitutoyo digital calipersEric and all that have offered suggestions. HO or other selectable scale digital calibration on Calipers is just a

I second the recommendation on the Mitutoyo digital calipers. I bought one last year and have used it more than I would have expected. It was a big assist on a couple of model builds. Yes, it was

The PFM HO caliper is an all metal conventional Vernier caliper (not a "dial”). It’s of excellent construction and reads in both HO inches and 1/000”. It’s easy to use once you learn how to

Jack - Your eyes are better than mine (maybe I should stop ignoring the emails from my eye doctor reminding me it's time for new glasses) :) -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline

There is an article by Martin Lofton in the July 1990 Mainline Modeler on the XM-32 cars 20000-21399 with plans. There are also numerus photos on line and several models available. Al Smith Sonora CA

General makes a plastic dial cal that has HO readout. I use Harbor freight digital in the train room and Mitutoya dial cal in the shop. The Harbor freight is inexpensive and good. J. Stephen