I think the schemes were simultaneous. Most of the silver & black cars had butt welded hip roof, most BCR had Radial roof as modeled by the Speedwitch kit. Bill Welch

I'm building a Speedwitch Georgia box car...again. I painted the last one in silver and black (Have a son-in-law that's a Raiders fan ; )which I've sold long ago. I'm thinking of doing this one in bcr

Allen Did you get your information? Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thomas Thank I used microsol liquid decal film and with that I managed to salvage enough decals for what I needed together with some Champ and Speedwitch decals. Paul Doggett. England

Looking through their 1923 and 1932 diagram books, all of the CGW's single sheathed boxcars (except for their 1914-built Fowlers) had radial roofs. That's confirmed by the few photos I have of their

lol - yeah, but only if you model 1940 :-) the whole plant was modern enough to take it apart and ship it to China On 2/10/2020 7:45 PM, maynard stowe

Amazing pictures! It gives one perspective on the sheer SCALE of the early industrial revolution. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Really positive experience overall, but I remember it taking a while because this is a small side business and the proprietor is frequently out of country as an airline pilot flying overseas

Paul, Very nicely done. I did 2 of F&C ACL war emergency gondolas way back when and the decals were thrown out. Microscale does a nice set and Westerfield has several in both the Roman and Gothic

Gentlemen, I was going through RP Cyc No. 18 last night and was surprised to read that CGW 1923 ARA single-sheathed box cars came in at least two varieties. I read that a whole series of cars was

Hi Johannes, what is the event? Stuttgart is just two hours from my home--on a good day. John Golden, Ramstein, Germany

Nice to see a canister gondola with the appropriate cut-outs in the side panels. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

That's alot of brass! Very nice collection. Good to see those cars put to use ; )) Thanks for sharing the link, CW Propst

Gang; A blooming mill is a machine that rolls ingots down to the size of a "bloom", either square or rectangular in cross section, and something larger than 36" across, but larger than a billet.

I did some searching around on the Shapeways site and found a PRR F25 model by "Mad Dog Design" and a different GSC depressed center flat by "Lee123 Minatures and Train Models" that has space on the

Thanks. I could swear that one of E&Ps models was correct for some of, one of? the D&H cars . . . Nobody else has said anything so maybe not. Schuyler

There are some prototype advertising but no instructions on handling and mounting the prints. http://www.resincarworks.com/extras/extras_Equipco.htm This page of tips pops up quickly when

Tim, The Blooming mill is headed to Fontina for the Kaiser Steel mills. Maynard Stowe SP in Massachusetts

Yes, here are the ones that are, in my opinion, close to the prototypes we're discussing. The car body casting

Hi Ron, Can you be more specific as to the Shapeways vendors for these heavy duty flat cars? Todd Sullivan.