Mine arrived two days ago. That point about weathering is on my mind too. I’m looking at my B&O car in the old brown colour and starting to consider the options. I notice the car body uses grooves

Those are MOW numbers. ATSF MOW cars are usually painted silver, as this one is. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Ted Larson via groups.io"

I will chime in that mine arrive tomorrow according to USPS. Will be interesting to see how this group weathers them. Tony's Train Exchange has them in stock

I am looking for prototypes that employ the equivalent of the Tichy 3060 truck. Pictures or links will be appreciated. Thanks, Steve Hile

At www.boxcars.us there are several ATSF flatcars photographed in 1985 that appear to be quite old, but the road numbers are not in my 1963 ORER. Perhaps they are renumbered for MOW or specialized

Received my USRA card about a week ago bill jolitz

Paint does make it even thicker, I personally would take the smaller alternative. Gesendet: Donnerstag, 06. Oktober 2022 um 15:46 Uhr Von: "Pierre Oliver" <pierre.oliver@...> An:

Tichy sells 0.020' wire, easily available. I can live with a 0.001" difference Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 10/06/22 9:44 a.m., Lester Breuer

As Tony stated the right size for tank car handrails is .019” diameter wire. It was available from Detail Associates and and can still be found at times on Amazon or EBay. Another source would be

You can get the right gauge by using guitar strings. -Phil https://www.amazon.com/12-pack-19ga-Steel-Guitar-Strings/dp/B07MVH48NH

RCW instructions for their X-3 tank cars say that the correct tank rail wire size is 0.019 in., which isn’t available commercially, so they include 0.015 in. wire. I used 0.020 in wire as a closer

Tim is right. Tank car handrails used 1-1/4-inch pipe, a NOMINAL size, not the actual diameter. For the actual diameter of such pipe, in HO scale the right wire size is 0.019 inches. Tony

It looks a little undersized to me. Tank car handrails are larger diameter than grabs or air lines or brake rods. On 10/5/2022 5:35 PM, nyc3001 . wrote: -- Tim

no u I'm surprised at how light the gauge of the wire used for the tank handrail is. Rapido's wire parts have been somewhat heavy in the past, so hopefully this is a sign for improved detailing in

I received six Rapido SP B-50-12 cars about 10 days ago, if that is what you mean. Thanks Pete

Lou, assuming those were metal wheels, you are likely seeing leftover cutting oil and the dirt it attracts. Several years ago, I replaced some .110 wheels with new .088 on a Tangent tank car, and was

I always use a mild dish detergent and soft bristle tooth brush to wash new rolling stock as part of the prep for weathering a car. Upon completing the washing of the wheels and truck frames for two

I bought and received a couple from Raoido a few weeks ago. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I received my SP car today. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Steve SANDIFER <steve.sandifer@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Wednesday,

Have these cars hit the stores yet? The Rapido website says they are in stores but I have not received the ones I pre-ordered.