Photo: Stenciling Freshly Painted NKP Box Car 27676 A 1954 photo from the Indiana State Library Indiana Memory Digital

Group, Maybe it is time for another obscure question about covered hoppers - this time the Rock Island 1958 cuft covered hoppers. In RP Cyc 27 on page 83 it shows number 436 delivered with the words

Friends, On one of the modeling forums someone mentioned Winsor & Newton Galeria Matt Varnish as a possible substitute for Testors Dullcote. I had to try it as I want to go all acrylic. Using it made

Andy I can't argue with your logic but for the 40 ft DD cars CB&T, Front Range and McKean are good low cost alternatives, rivets and all....at least for me. Here is my version of the B&O M-59 as I

A real risk of offending folks on this subject, but I heavily disagree on the acceptance of the CB&T Shops car body. I think the Bad reputation is deserved. 1) the rivets are so oversized that I made

Thanks Bob!

Bob, just saw your "rescue" of a C&BT Shops box car. These kits have an undeservedly bad reputation, because of the truly awful detail sprues, but the car bodies are usable for a number of prototypes.

In my isolation I am completing work on Fort Worth and Denver (CB&Q) boxcar in the 8300 series. My question is weee the trucks and under-rated the same color as the car or were they black? Sent from

Jim Brewer asks: How did you fade the body color? Hi, Jim -- The color on the sides is a 50-50 mix of Floquil BCR and Oxide Red, untinted. I like to

I recently asked for help on a weathering presentation given at the 2018 Lysle RPM meet. Mike Skibbe came to my rescue Ie and I received some thankful notes from other midelers. For any others

Photo: C&O/Pere Marquette/ Gondola Photo from the Steam Railroading Institute of Owosso, MI: https://www.michigansteamtrain.com/about/equipment/chesapeake-and-ohio-gondola-31262 Related photo of

Poultry Car Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5HZ4Hy8Rcw This basically is a short video about a G scale poultry car with a narrative on poultry shipping. It does feature two photos of

I have a long list of HO RTR and Kits for sale with more to come. The list is attached as a PDF file. However, if you need to have either and Excel or a PDF mailed direct to you please ASK OFF LIST

On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 08:12 AM, David Allen wrote: Consider NP 70049-70073, 35T cap, IL=33'1", IW=7'11", IH=5'9". Plans in American Engineer 70, 1896, pg34Yes, I think you nailed it. Plans match the

I scratchbuilt one of those: Dave Vinci O==’=::

Stilwell's Oyster Car An article from the Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, The Preservation Of Fishery Products For Food by Charles H. Stevenson, published in 1898: "A railroad car for

Bob, The Rock is my 2nd fave road. Your car looks faantastik. The weathering is spot on for an earlier age and the decals look really good from here too. You are making me sorry I gave away my CBT car

Lookin’ good Bob, Yup! the Rock Island does rock!! I just might have one of these CB&T kits way way back in the cabinet. You have prompted the need to get an archeological dig underway.

Bob, Great work! How did you fade the body color? Jim Brewer

Bob That’s looking really good. Paul Doggett