Another excellent build. I especially like the roof weathering ! :-) On 9/24/2022 8:04 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

How do you store decals such that they don’t dry out / crack /delaminate? Jim van Gaasbeek They are stored is the packages you see. I kept in a file card metal cabinet I got from work when they

Charlie Yet another stunning model. Paul Doggett

You’re probably thinking “thank God he’s finally finished posting Mopac boxcars”. Here’s my last Sunshine Models MP SS boxcar. I’d dug out four photos Joe Collias had printed for me as

I’ve tried a number of flat or matt finishes over the years; acrylic, oil based and lacquer based. While all produced a nice flat finish Dullcote was the only brand that produced a surface that I

Nice work. How do you store decals such that they don’t dry out / crack /delaminate? Jim van Gaasbeek Irvein, CA

It looks good Clark and it is amazing what we keep in order to make good kit bashes. I like the look Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Attached is a chip for the current version of Sherwin-Williams Galvanized Paint. It is gray not silver. I think it dries lighter than the gray galvanized color on old metal,

That seems reasonable considering the war. Scott Haycock

Great job Charlie, it has the look of a car really earning its keep. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Here's a shot that shows the galvanized (and unpainted?) roof of one of the CNW all steel box cars built in 1941 I think. It looks as if the longitudinal running board is unpainted but

How quickly did the "silver" paint lose it's lustre? Silver coloured Aluminum paints could be of varying qualities. Ones known has "high leafing" aluminum pigments stayed bright longer. I think the

Picked up this undec Accurail reefer kit at a swap meet for a "Make me buy it" price. I could use another reefer for my two canning companies. One photo shows why you need to hoard decals. There are

Speaking of B&O box car roofs, I found this photo to be interesting. Notice that BOTH of the end panels have lost their paint, while none of the other panels has. I actually have

Ron is absolutely right in my opinion in saying cold galvanising paint is grey, not silver. My experience of selling industrial paintsin the UK during the '70s and 80s was that cold galvanising paint

Charlie You are like a one man machine Paul

I like to support the ARM’s fund raising and bought one of their FW&D IM covered hoppers. Given the previous discussions on this list that the roof and lower portion of the hopper were painted

Bob Chaparro wrote: I have written a couple of times about this very useful book in my blog. Below are a couple of links, if you’re

The Station Agent's Blue Book (Circa 1928) Link courtesy of Rand Boyd on the Groups.io Ry-ops-industrialSIG list: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011139303&view=1up&seq=11 This is

This 'cold galvanizing', as it's sometimes referred to, is 97% zinc powder in in organic binder. One common brand is Galvacon, trademark of Lanco Paints. If you look at something that's galvanized