Bill Jolitz wrote: "I really want to try this, but I don’t want to ruin a beautiful car." Nobody said that your first attempt has to be on your Rapido model. Plenty of AHM DS boxcars out there to

Wow, that is so much better looking than the shiny version from the package. You've got that weathering thing dialed in. Going to use this as an inspiration to take mine out and weather, the chipping

Great post! Interesting prototype for sure. Scott McDonald

Charlie! Beautiful work, not surprising from you! About your Dullcoat overspray? Testors Dullcoat? Cut with lacquer thinner? What paint, I thought hobby paints didn’t like lacquer thinner! A

I built a pilot model of this kit, and the underframe had a couple of issues. First and worst, it was badly bowed. I tried oven treatment several time, and the frame flattened nicely when hot, but

Charlie You are welcome, I have never got around to weathering mine but I know what you mean about the planks there’s no excuse for it these days Paul Doggett

Paul Thanks, only criticism I have with this model, is oddly, the vertical side boards have somewhat rounded edges making it difficult to have a pencil color adhere to a surface. However the

Charlie Excellent thank you for sharing yet again Paul Doggett

I had a kidney stone blasted yesterday and since they put me under general anesthesia no driving for 24 hours. I’d painted the black areas on the Seaboard AF-4 and wanted the paint to completely

Matt, I am thinking that I may need to add another one of those kits to my collection to represent a SLSX car. They showed up very frequently in NYC stock trains, along with many other stock cars from

The NYC leased 335 drop-side LCL container cars from LCL Corp from 1930-1949. In 1949, the Central purchased 59 of them outright and welded the side doors shut. This interesting group of cars seems

According to the Leadville Designs website, the stockcar side framing is 3D printed ABS. The overall kit is multimedia. I agree with Tim that it looks like heat deformation, probably somewhere in

Experimental Roller Bearing Arch Bar Truck Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers Photo courtesy of Richard Burg on the Facebook Pre-Depression Era Railroad Modelers group. Description: “An

Bryian Sones Union Pacific Prototype Modeler Murrieta, CA On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 12:33:42 PM PDT,

Interesting! Thanks! Thanks Pete

Pete, Here's a screenshot from an ATSF video. Kennecott 76 tonner with two overburden dump cars, two ATSF ore cars and a shovel. Not sure of the date. Al

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 11:05 AM, Bob Chaparro wrote: This photo may go with the original photo post: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76508160 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CAThanks,Bob. I was wondering if

Is that catenary? If so, what kind of electric engines were in use here? Thanks Pete

Shipping is $9.94 if shipped tomorrow. “ USPS is temporarily increasing domestic shipping rates from October 2nd to January 22nd.” I accept PayPal Friends and Family or commercial PayPal if

This photo may go with the original photo post: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/76508160 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA