Folks, Since we are talking about primers I want to mention the product that Badger makes, it’s called Stynylrez. The primer comes in three colors, black, white and gray. It goes on very

Ed, it is possible the fascia boards were added to reinforce the tops of the siding boards. Vibrations tend to pop nails. Could it be that while the bottom of siding boards popped loose because of

Regarding the film of the PGE wreck: First: what fantastic quality--color looks near perfect, and picture quality is great There are two GN cars in the film: 24804 (the one the crane was trying to

Logging continues, sometimes illegally. For example, stolen logs caused a landslide that destroyed a bridge on the former Milwaukee Main line (now a wonderful trail-with now a gap). I feel for the

Tony Is the odor because of the sulfuric acid used in the production of kraft (brown) paper? Or from some other chemicals, perhaps? Tim O'Connor -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Bill, Your statement about having to widen the model's roof to accept a fascia implies, to me, that that had to have been true for the prototype. If so, it would seem to mean that the fascias were

When I drove down the Olympic Peninsula in 2011 we stopped in Astoria OR. There was a large freighter (ocean vessel) being loaded with thousands of logs just about the same size seen in the photo of

Bill Welch, this is all your fault. You're the one that made me start considering paints besides Scalecoat... *shakes fist* I have to say that my experience well mirrors Dr Denny's, this after not

Someone may have corrected you already Tony. This is my daughter in 2011 in front of a 300+ foot tall Sitka Spruce, not very far from Forks, WA. On

Claus, Correct. Indeed, I see no footage of the GN car being righted, but that wimpy little derrick was clearly not up to the task of lifting the car and remaining upright. It also looks like they may

Hi List Members, Colin wrote: “A video from the Pacific Great Eastern of a GN USRA being righted after a wreck. From the mid-fifties.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdtnVk2M3YU&t=2s Thanks

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 08:36 PM, spsalso wrote: I am not very knowledgeable about the variations on these cars. I do think that for the price, Rapido should do the "easy-peasy" mods. The fascia

I think that the change from C to X did happen right around 1926; I have photos of LPTC cars as late as 1925, and LPTX cars as early as 1928. Still, the company operated as LPTC for 35 years, and as

Clark That’s a great looking addition to your already fine fleet of resin freight cars. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

So we have to continue to use the old metal Kadee #440? Lester Breuer

Just finished the Rocket Express stock car kit. Beautiful castings, very complete kit. Everything needed except couplers for obvious reasons. Even had a length of chain for the brake rigging and

One thing about these Rapido cars that could be corrected is the incorrect ride height. They ride high on the trucks. This was the same problem with the NP cars. I had to make a jig and sand down

I have gone back to always using a light colored primer (gray or white) on brass simply because I have found -convincingly so- that the utterly flat finish offers an opportunity to see clearly,

Craig, several roads replaced the original (e.g. rectangular panel) roofs with diagonal panel roofs on their older boxcars. The NKP is one example. Maybe this is the answer to this mystery,

A question from "the bunker" as I dig into the pile of long put-off projects: I'm starting to work on a model of a specific Ann Arbor RR boxcar. Fifty cars that were originally built by the Wabash RR