It depends on the vehicle. You need info on the particular vehicle being represented. Most all have some form of gun-tube travel-lock to protect the somewhat delicate rotation and elevation machinery.

Nice! … however, BROAD gauges? … 60” Russia? .. who used 5’-6” gauge? Thanks, Dan Mitchell ==========

​Roco made a model of the Magor car you depict... that was actually the start of this thread and see Tony Thompson's blog, as he suggested earlier. And note, both Roco cars are the subject of

I’m wondering the same as Mike. Some kits have an extra tack board so check other kits in your stash for some extras to use. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Dan Mitchell wrote: Some loading diagrams for tanks do show the turret pointing forward and the barrel lock located there. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hi Mark! I don't recall a PS&N boxcar with steel ends. What car series? What kit are you using? Mike Schleigh in Grove City, Penna.

Group, Four photos attached. What would be the best HO model to represent the 39510-type cars? The built date looks to be 8-53. The newspaper clipping is from my hometown paper, showing

Hello I am working on a Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern boxcar with Hutchins ends. The kit did not include tackboards so I will scratch build them. So far iI have been unable to find any dimensions so

Dan, Attached is a photo of one of the “Roco” cars, with the information that these were for foreign service. I can’t make out the car number. Note the three gauges listed. Steve

Scott, here’s a photo of a car from this group taken in 1965, which hopefully will answer your question. Aside from the paint scheme, it doesn’t look like this car has changed much over the

Bill – That’s the old page. Let me find a screen shot….. Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Well it took me this long to find the binder with the articles on the Canadian 8 hatch reefers. (If I ever get truly organized...) From what I can determine, the side ladder would be

RMC Sept 1995, Dec 1995,Jan 1996 and Feb 1996 Have everything I think you will need to know about the Canadian Eight Hatch Reefers, including drawings and photos of the cars you are building. Al

I've taken one of the old MDC diners, plated over the upper windows, repainted it and it is now part of my Santa Fe work train. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

Ben, Very true - "it's far more impressive to show photos of tanks than trucks", especially during WWII, although down at Anniston Army depot the Army built large shelters specifically to conceal

The esteemed Ben Hom wrote: Remember the underlying purpose of most of these wartime photos - it's far more impressive to show photos of tanks than trucks. Logistics never gets any respect, but

Thanks for sharing this, Steve. Most informative. Cheers! Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Jeff, I agree. Company, battery or troop movement would be rate. Battalion or higher more likely. It is, just as you say, necessary to have a huge number of military models and flat cars for a

Paul, Great photos - thank-you. BTW, these are by Myron Davis for Life Magazine in May 1943 - it was clearly a unit move to a training area, I believe somewhere in the Southwest. Over 30 photos of

USA reporting marks were used in Germany and Korea. That I saw first-hand. USAX was used in CONUS. Gene Green