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Re: Coupler lift bars.

Gary I thought those were all telescopic lift bars for cushion underframes.On a cushion underframe the entire assembly shifts back and forth as muchas 30" - therefore the lift bars and brake hoses

By Tim O'Connor · #158924 ·

Re: Inside view of NP circular roof construction

I find it especially interesting that the roof sheathing is laid on the bias. I would have guessed it would have been laid longitudinally to more easily conform to the circular profile. David

By David Soderblom · #158923 ·

Re: Flatcar Load: Conning Tower Tube

Doug, Yep, I’d start with a length of PVC pipe, looks like maybe 1” outside diameter or 3/4” outside diameter and add details with styrene. Block with basswood. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith

By Bruce Smith · #158922 ·

Re: Inside view of NP circular roof construction

Anybody do that car as a resin kit? Neat looking car. Scott McDonald

By Scott · #158921 ·

Re: brake hose brackets, etc.

There are lots of great adhesives on the market. I bought some Elmer's"China and Glass Cement" to repair a broken ceramic cup. It went onwatery thin - thinner than canopy cement - and quickly set rock

By Tim O'Connor · #158920 ·

Re: Flatcar Load: Conning Tower Tube

I have two Funaro F22's awaiting loads. This load has me curious. How would anyone suggest going about modeling this type of load? Use some plastic pipe and add styrene pieces...?

By Doug Forbes · #158919 ·

Re: Inside view of NP circular roof construction

From the view with the doors open, neg# X5241, it appears that the tractor on the right suffered major damage to its radiator (It's no longer in a vertical plane, ouch!).

By rwitt_2000 · #158918 ·

Re: Trix/Marklin Reefers

Steve Kay wrote: Between the side sill and the roof eave, they are really pretty good bodies. The roof is seriously wrong and the underbody is unrelated to anything PFE ever built. Not to

By Tony Thompson · #158917 ·

Re: Inside view of NP circular roof construction

Looking at the cargo in this photo, it appears that whatever it is at the far end might have suffered some damage. Further exploration in the sequence reveals that these are crawler tractors from the

By Bruce Smith · #158916 ·

Re: BREX Reefer Ladders

George, Be sure to use the same rung spacing on the side and end ladders so the rungs align. The reason the end has five rungs is that the ladder is shortened and a grab iron is under the ladder

By Nelson Moyer · #158915 ·

Inside view of NP circular roof construction

Hello Everyone... Interesting internal view of NP 6706 (XA, NP 6000-6999, GAC 1923) that shows the construction details of the standard NP circular roof. There are some outside views of the car as

By Eric Lombard · #158914 ·

Re: White toner

Yes, Ghost White Toner from Germany. The ads I am seeing are first in English, then German. Gene Green

By Gene Green <genegreen1942@...> · #158913 ·

Re: BREX Reefer Ladders

Bill Welch wrote: I just looked at one of my improved Accurail reefers modeled for BREX. This one was done in my pre-ladder improvement period. For these cars I used the eight-rung Detail West

By George Corral · #158912 ·

Re: Trix/Marklin Reefers

They are R-40-14 / R-40-20 models. The roof needs to be replaced with an Intermountain roof. Tim O'Connor -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

By Tim O'Connor · #158911 ·

Re: Coupler lift bars.

Geez Jim. I don’t think even Bill Welch has gone to operating lift bars in his extreme modeling, yet. <grin> Brian J. Carlson

By Brian Carlson · #158910 ·

Re: Coupler lift bars.

... BTW - it isn't important (to me) that a lift bar actually lifts ... as long as it LOOKS like it will lift I'm happy. - Jim B.

By Jim Betz · #158909 ·

Re: Coupler lift bars.

Schuyler, "Casual" ... Really? How about "ROUGH"? *VBG* My approach is to "live with the realities" ... in other words - you either have to have equipment that lives in a display case or you

By Jim Betz · #158908 ·

Re: Flatcar Load: Conning Tower Tube

Well there are some with just a Blue Nose acquired at some classified location on some classified date SSBN 628, 632 & 642

By earlyrail · #158907 ·

Re: Flatcar Load: Conning Tower Tube

Loyal Shellback Marty McGuirk wrote: "... but it's the same thing"... Spoken like a true 'wog... <g> Aye, this list is infested with a large and slimy cargo of land-lubbers, beach-combers,

By Benjamin Hom · #158906 ·

Re: Trix/Marklin Reefers

Steve, All of the old Yahoo group messages are archived in the Groups.io site and can be accessed with search tools. There are a number of messages about the size of the roof hatches on the

By Steve and Barb Hile · #158905 ·

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