Here is a partial view. Sorry, wish it was better. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railway Bull Shippers Group https://groups.io/g/RailwayBullShippersGroup

Years ago I bought an inexpensive, battery powered paint mixer from Micromark, and I use it for every brand of paint and it works wonders. In fact, I bought a second one after

Nelson And I agree with you that because there were a number of orders over a span of years, there could have been differences. The "car cement" applied to roofs seems

Sorry, my last post was to be a reply to Lester's post on mixing paint. My apologies to both Lester and Nelson. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S10, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone

Thanks Nelson, that's basically, what I have been doing, but my mixing tools aren't quite as sophisticated. Actually, I have on occasion spilled paint while pulling the dropper portion off of the

Phil Flory must be over 100 years old if he indeed introduced metal pieces to aid paint mixing. As a child, aerosol spray paints were super common and were using these pieces to mix the paint and gave

I think the tip for the nut was from Phil Flory (Flory Models UK). He recommended marine grade stainless steel nuts. I've done that as he suggested. I think it works great. Curt Fortenberry

Here’s what I have. I ‘think’ they are standard GATC design? I transposed the initials Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

I read somewhere about putting a small nut in Vallejo style bottles to aid in mixing via shaking. Don't use a round object such as a ball bearing- it will clog the tip!

Dean I purchase mine at the local hobby shop which does do mail order. They stock both Vallejo Model Air and Model Color. I also buy Vallejo at Hobby Lobby; however, limited colors available and

Jeff asked what method I use to mix Vallejo paints in their bottle? Jeff I mix the Vallejo paint in their bottle by first shaking the bottle as any paint. And, then removing the top of the dropper

On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 05:13 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote: Yes I have the RPC, and I addressed my caveat about his universal statement earlier. Nelson Moyer From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io

Yes I have the RPC, and I addressed my caveat about his universal statement earlier. Nelson Moyer

I agree with you about the roof, but I don’t see black on the underframe. How do we differentiate between steam era soot and car cement in a black and white photo? Nelson Moyer

I’m not doubting that as some point in their life at least some of these cars got car cement, but it was applied after delivery, maybe on repaints, probably in the mid to late 1950s and afterward.

I will again reference the Ed Hawkins article in RPC Volume 30. My FW&D covered hoppers will follow his description of colors at page 97. “The sides, ends, slope sheets and AB brake parts received

Here’s a close up of the photo I used as reference; the sides of the roof don’t appear to be red nor does the lower portion of the car but I’m certainly not a CB&Q expert and always appreciate

Nelson In my opinion this car, built 12-48, has a black roof. On 9/25/2022 6:46 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Seeing the black roof raised a red flag for me, so I posted a question about covered hopper paint colors on the CB&Q list and consulted Burlington Bulletin No. 20 titled Covered Hoppers. CB&Q built

The local Hobby Lobby started carrying Vallejo when Model Master went away. I don’t remember if it’s Model Color or Model Air or both, since I don’t use acrylics. Nelson Moyer