Bruce, thanks! And sorry for missing sign. Here at Yahoo is a problem because there are not a way to save a signature. Or did I overlook somethings? Cheers, Bernhard ---In STMFC@..., <smithbf@...>

Fascinating! Very well done. Spen Kellogg

That is a slack adjuster. (BTW, please sign your emails!) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL https://www5.vetmed.auburn.edu/~smithbf/ "Some days you are the bug, some days you

Sorry, a short addition. Here the gallery with English captions - Galerie – Druckbehälter (English captions) Galerie – Druckbehälter (English captions) The

Bob, look the phote how I fixed the tank also with metal strips, in this case blackened nicke-silver. http://us-modelsof1900.de/wp-content/gallery/pressure-tank/pressuretank_65k.jpg

Bob, attached is a photo taken mid fifties in Williamsport PA of a very large boiler on a Pennsy depressed center flat car. It is large enough that the securing straps had to be welded to the outside

I would like to ask you about a detail of a brake detail on a B&O M-53 which exist on other more modern freight cars also, I think. Pleasesee this link -

Craft stores generally have beading "wire" with a spiral wound appearance very much like wire rope - even comes in a color close to galvanized steel. Used in combination with wood bracing, saddles,

Yes, there are aftermarket doors for the Red Caboose auto cars from Speedwitch. P100 – Seaboard Air Line Class AF-3 Auto Car Doors | Speedwitch Media P100 –

Photo shows work in process. Per the instructions I attached a piece of sheet styrene inside the boilers and attached them to the deck with Canopy Glue. Bracing is small pieces of stripwood attached

Brian Leppert wrote: "The problem with the Red Caboose car is the door tooling. It seems while the cavities for the door's horizontal ribs were being cut, the cutter broke. The cutter should have

Bob, I’m working on a post for the Resin CarWorks blog regarding these boiler castings. I hope to post it in a week or two. Eric Hansmann El paso, TX

The subject car is the SAL A-F-3 with replacement doors. The problem with the Red Caboose car is the door tooling. It seems while the cavities for the door's horizontal ribs were being cut, the

I received a pair of resin cast boilers from Resin Car Works.The castings are excellent. These were mentioned in a post last May:

I am hosting an op session on Santa Fe's Alma branch on Saturday, October 29th. I still need one crew member. The session will begin at noon with lunch after which we will retire to the railroad

Brian Leppert noted: BTW, if your RC car has round corners, you could strip it (undecs are hard to come by) and buy correct resin doors and decals from Speedwitch for a really cool Seaboard Air Line

Bill Dale wrote: "and the the rivet detail on the Red Caboose sides are wrong." Bill, which prototype are you referring to? The SOO car, or the SAL car, or both?___ Scott Haycock

Paul, I've been in our hobby since '63 and I too seem to recall an image of a car with both doors. But with more knowledge of the real doors I can't find it possible now. Am hoping for others'

I thought I had seen prototype photos where Youngstown and Superior doors were on the same side, but that was only from "memory". Guess I might have been wrong. Red Caboose put 4 Youngstown in the kit

I highly suspect a model with one of each door (Youngstown and Superior) on the same side would be bogus, regardless of the road name. These two doors have different door track designs and roller