What Bobber Caboose? The recent eBay offering of a J. Harold Geisel pencil sketch (different from another that I picked up at a train show shortly after his passing) of the CB&Q NM2 that appeared n

Bill Pardie wrote: Thanks, BIll. You do of course know what’s in the junkyard. Tony Thompson

Here’s another Delano photo with multiple roof surfaces. Some snow too, so you have to squint carefully before accepting that a given tone on a roof is galvanized metal or something else. But the

Friends, Since we have had discussions about printed models, I wanted to share the work of a friend who has been doing great work in Proto48 and sharing with me in HO scale for B&O prototypes. The

Tony! I don't know what I like best, the refer or the junk yard. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Attached is an edit of another Jack Delano photo that shows paint failure on a coupe box car roofs. While the paint failure areas seem like the same shade of gray from a distance, there are hints of

I have completed my Bobber Caboose and submitted it for NMRA judging. My current project is a Single Sheathed Boxcar. Many of you provided me with some explanation of Sheathing a few months ago

Nice car. Those doorway sill steps remind me I have a PFE reefer on the workbench with broken (plastic) steps... On 9/2/2022 2:05 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: --

Here's one in 1946 On 9/3/2022 8:41 PM, John Barry wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Charlie, I think your observations about galvanized roofing being a consistent color on a particular car. That's what I have observed when researching weathering for some of my models. I have used

The doors on Bob’s model do not appear to be of the same width. They should both be 8’ wide. Bob’s model has rectangular opening metal running board which is correct for the FE-27. The FE-28

The BL kit is featured on the SFRHMS site https://sfrhms.org/rebuilding-santa-fe/gallery/atsf-boxcars/ So I assume it’s close if not correct. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From:

Charley. I don’t have a BL car to compare to, but I can tell you the Fe-28 class had 5 panels to the left of the double doors and 8 panels to the right of the doors. If it would help I can scan

Thanks, Jerry. The MILW car is also an excellent example to use for board weathering of single sheathed boxcars. Nelson Moyer

This shows a couple boxcars with galvanized roofs. I cropped this from a Jack Delano photo taken at the CMStP&P yard in Bensenville, IL ca 1943. I hope this helps.

Decided to build an ATSF Branchline 50’ Fe-28 that’s in yhe ‘to do’ shelf. The lightweight is shown an ‘new 1951’. While the lettering is nice it’s not very opaque and if there’s a

!!! :-D On 9/11/2022 7:54 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

When I was painting one of my Eagle Merchandise boxcars I was referencing the MP’s painting diagram. The 1951 notes indicated that the roof was to be unpainted and the seam caps were to be painted

On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 05:25 PM, Philip Dove wrote: Why did the Railroads bother trying to paint roofs that wouldn't take paint? If l had worked for Hutchins l would have made the saving on paint and

Galvanizers Don, t expect you to paint their coating. The galvanising is sufficient. When l sold paints in the UK in the late70s and early 80s. Getting paint to stick on new galvanising was.