I was just examining a recently purchase of a Milwaukee 40 ft rib sided boxcar from Exactarail. I am quite pleased with the model, however, I noticed a rather unique arrangement (to me) of the brake

It's black soot, Rob. It doesn't look greenish to me. Dennis Storzek

Thanks, Charlie. I’ve come to believe weathering is all about layers of material and color. I always encourage modelers to keep weathering stuff. Don't just weather one car and wait six to eight

I see Groups IO didn’t like the TIF format for the 2nd image, so i’m trying again with a jpeg. Rob

Thanks for posting this Bruce. I was doing similar research last night. Another couple of snippets from Delano images are attached. I’m being cautious about the second shot, as i wonder whether

An ATSF Ft-M as built. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Stephen Dolezal <sdolezal04@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Thursday, October 6,

Be aware that DA and DW likely have the parts. Walthers, for whatever reason, often fails to restock. Contact them directly. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on

Yes, they are both still in business. From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>On Behalf Of Raymond Stern Sent: Friday, October 7, 2022 11:25 AM To:

Can someone tell me if Detail Associates and Details West are still in business and filling current orders? I have had a couple of Detail Associates items backordered through WKW since 2016 and 2018.

Rob, You mentioned the B&O USRA model, be aware that several folks on the B&O .IO Group have raised a concern about this color not being very accurate. I agree with their assessment, it appears more

A friend sent me this image showing these cars in the Raceland car shops during the rebuilding of these cars. It shows the curved roofs and upon close inspection, you can see a single embossed

Eric An excellent blog it’s a great weathering job well done. Paul Doggett

Eric looks as if it does have a few thousand miles on it. Nice weathering job and writeup on your blog. Lester Breuer

Eric Nice overview, not everyone thinks they have the skill sets for weathering and your approach makes for an easy ‘dip in the pool’. I remember back in the 1970’s using merely an airbrush to

The radial roof you posted looks very similar to the one used in the Westerfield MP 1901 and 1951 SS boxcar kits. I’d post an image as reference but out of town at the moment. -- Charlie Duckworth

A series of freight car weathering steps applied to one model are featured in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. Weathering steps designbuildop.hansmanns.org Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I assume you mean the USRA cars? Tony Thompson

Correction: I was just looking at a Funaro CPR 1932 AAR kit, not the minibox. From what i can tell, rightly or wrongly, both seem to have very similar radial roofs. The CPR prototype specs call

Hi Dave & Co. I feel your pain. I scratch-bashed a model of this car back in 2014. I agree that is a wonderfully unusual car that seems to break all the rules. I once told my friend it was the

I’m interested in those roofs too, as the Alton kitbash inspired me back in the spring. F&C offers a CPR mini-box with separate roof that might be converted to that. It has the same roof panel