Being I'm in the paint business, the biggest influencer honestly is the lighting above your work. Lumens and color will alter most. Some of the lights will totally change the look. I saw the one

It’s all in good to say just pick any color, but to be close you have to have a color to start from and a recommendation of that color is helpful. I for one ask for color recommendations as you

That first one (composite) was a standard standard steel design & Erie had them.There's a photo of an Erie car rebuilt with steel sides in the Kline/Cullotta book. Also a crude drawing of the Erie

In reality l don't think locomotives got displayed in parks because their flanges were deep and detail a mite clunky. The big CN loco in Sarnia Ontario certainly has authentic wheels and bolt heads.

Only F&C produced the 41 foot "War Emergency" gondola -- in quotes because the T&NO bought a LOT of these after the war too. F&C makes the original car as well as the

Wow! Quite a "mystery"! Thanks everyone. I haven't gotten the time yet to take it apart. It might be surprising on the interior. I'll look into the cost of re-motoring and re-gearing, and if not

Note that Tim's photos show that these cars were built with Commonwealth cast steel bottoms, which have a corrugated cross section. Dennis Storzek

SUNX 2224: 3 compartments of 2184, 2180, and 2122 gallons capacity. 372 gallons capacity in the domes. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Back in the 1920s, the Sun Oil cars ran under DR&URR reporting marks. I have four AC&F builders photos from 1920-23 that probably came from the on-line Barriger collection, one of which is Kaminski's

Great underside photo. Appears to have three bottom outlets so must be a three-compartment car. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

CNW fans -- Not sure how I ended up with these trucks, but if you're interested they are available for sale for $15 including postage. Reply to me directly and not to the

Very well put Chuck. My thoughts exactly. We spend enough time worring about the right truck or brake wheel. I would venture to say that even the best researched and perfectly matched paint on a

It has taken awhile to break my OCD adherence to exactness, but I fully embrace that concept now to the point of making it a point to paint batches of cars just a little off from each other, as I did

It's amazingly frustrating because there seems to be no color photographs of these tank cars !! Builder photos appear to be either yellow, a light gray, or 'artificial aluminum'

This is a question that comes up frequently from modelers of all railroads. My advice is close is good enough. When you look at prototype photos of any railroad, one always sees a variety of shades

On 11/7/2022 12:32 PM, Bob Chaparro via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Ah, yes, the old color matching question :-P On 11/12/2022 4:34 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I contacted Jeff last night about working on 3D printing some IC gons. He sent me some info. If anyone has more drawings or photos they could send me off list that would be great. Mike Redden

My first thought was Aristo Craft. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Eric Ed Hawkins recommends using TruColor MKT Freight Car Brown as the correct match for the MP cars. TCP-188. The later red hue didn’t come until the early 1960’s. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha,