Jim, Thank You for posting the Prototype Data Sheet. For those of us who model in scales other than HO things of this nature can be invaluable resources. Rob Mondichak

Tony Thompsons blog on trucks brings up another 3 D printing challenge? Creating snubbers and spring inserts for HO trucks that had real springs. More modern trucks such as Tahoe makes would take

Try using some Solveset, it’s MUCH stronger than Microsoft. Pete C

Hello listers, I'm using some old Champ decal stripes on a Scalecoat 1 painted model, and the stripes don't seem to want to settle over the details. I've been using Microscale MicroSol to soften the

Hello Jim, these instructions help - many thanks! Oddly in regards of your mentioning of rejection, even the first Email with both parts came in completely. Thanks again an many greetings

And here is the Sunshine Prototype Data Sheet. I hope these help. Jim Hayes

Johannes, the system rejected my message because it was too big so I'm sending it in 2 parts. Here are the Sunshine instructions. Jim Hayes

Johannes, here is the Sunshine info for the MDT reefer. I hope it helps. Jim Hayes

This is how I save a PDF of an article I like: Download the whole issue to your computer. Then, open the file as if you were to read the issue offline, ie from the file you downloaded. Then go and

Hello friends, please allow to chime in in some way: -I have the Overland brass model, and I am in need of a B end picture to correct detailing on the model - either prototype or a well-built

[snip] So I don’t understand why anyone needs someone to send them a pdf. John Hagen John… I, like many others, like to keep articles like this one in a folder on my computer where it

Thanks, Bill. Yes, the roof on the car body needs to have all details removed. On the Fowler boxcars, that is basically the corner grabs and the running board supports. These replacement roofs will

Scott; PRR X38 went all over the country. Both in general service, and many in automobile, but many more in auto parts service. The auto parts cars were assigned to numerous auto manufacturers,

Denny, That's too bad. I did have some slowness about a year and a half but now it takes maybe 5 - 7 minutes. And, they have changed the method used so it maybe faster but, being a stubborn German,

Bob and group. Just click “Reply to sender” at the bottom of the post. I can send pdf’s of the article to anyone that really wants them but I don’t understand why? The MRH is a free

I always enjoy Richard Bale’s thoughtful work, and am anxious to read this article. I still recall the late Richard Hendrickson’s fine writing on the same subject some years ago (“just

A nice informative article in all, especially in that it covers some of the older truck designs, but I have a nit to pick. I really wish Richard had not used the term "double truss" to describe "U"

Thank you Gene and Rufus! :-) Tim O'

Years ago, Jack Burgess was kind enough to entrust a collection of slide photos that he took of freight subjects in the Bay Area, circa the late 1960s. It was his intention to use them to detail

Sorry, but in looking further, on Don Strack's incredible Utah Rails web site, he includes a couple of other sites, including this one which includes the dates the marks were in