​Ben, Lester, Folks, After blowing these up, I am less certain of my conclusions but still lean towards Bohn vents :) The hatches on the nearest two cars in the distant string appear to open

Lester, These are definitely Bohn or similar ventilator hoods. Examples were seen on many early refrigerator cars. Here is a photo from Wesrterfield of one of their SFRD models with these

Bob Chaparro asekd: "Can anyone identify the hoods on the refrigerator cars in the background of this photo: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-28-17/X3013.jpg Lester Breuer

I bought a some decal sets from Tichy at Trainfest to replace those inF&C kits. I applied one set and found the film to be fine, but the ink (orwhatever) is very heavy. Too heavy to snuggle in or

What is Microscale’s minimum print run? Curt Fortenberry

All Light Iron Turnout Company (LITCO) is for sale. After more than a dozen years I have decided to sell the company and focus on kit manufacturing. Please, only serious inquiries. You will receive

Maybe my eyes are bad; however, when I expand the photo to look at them they appear to be bulky open reefer hatches. Note other reefers have open hatches as well. Lester Breuer

I can't recall if this image was shared in the paper door seal discussions. Here's a grain carrier in Duluth, circa 1938. http://morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/rvnjpeg_img_rec.php?objno=RVN01407 Eric

---In STMFC@..., <thecitrusbelt@...> wrote : Can anyone identify the hoods on the refrigerator cars inthe background of this photo:

Continuing with research and resource oriented posts, I've shared source material related to vintage motor vehicles of the 1920s on my Design BuildOp blog. Vehicles are an important supporting actor

And another shot. Notice the bags of salt on the car roofs. http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A7747 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

OK, technically these express reefers probably were hauledby passenger trains, but here is a photo nonetheless: http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lhp%3A4050 Bob

Beer Service The rail service side of Anheuser-Busch in New Orleans, circa 1950s http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/hnoc-clf%3A8914 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Can anyone identify the hoods on the refrigerator cars inthe background of this photo: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-28-17/X3013.jpg Thanks Bob

If you have artwork, try Jim Abbott at www.highballgraphics.com or Don at www.tichytraingroup.com Or, with or without artwork you can email me at obs.cals@... (see below). John Hagen OBS-CALS your

Hi folks, While perusing RPCyc #34 I came across 3 photos of the FEC 600 series express boxcars. I have an undecorated kit and some athearn BX trucks, the decals are on order.... I need the Wine vents

My club ordered several hundred sets of custom decals from Microscale and are very pleased with the results. The printing is crisp and the whites are dense. We ordered some other custom decals from

alps printers still around circus decals on the web tom -- Thomas j Cataldo

The drawing is for a PRR class GD with ten side stakes. IT 3065 looks a lot like the later version of PRR class GB: two feet shorter in length, with eight side stakes. In fact, the details on the IT

Hi Bill and List Members, Bill, that has not been my experience. My business partner and I haveordered custom decals from Microscale which we deliver as part of our Hell GateModels kits that we