Hi Richard, Thanks for sharing the interesting photos. This car was a very large Milw class of 3455 cars built in 1912 and 1913, and they lasted in to the 1950's in limited numbers. They have steel

On 2/23/2017 3:44 PM, pullmanboss@... [STMFC] wrote: It showed as a embedded picture on my email! I'm not sure what happens but it appears sometimes one gets a

I have several two-bay cement hoppers that I plan to weatherusing prototype photos as a guide. This particular photo by Robert Pisani caughtmy eye because of the subtle pattern around the roof

No image there when viewing the post on the STMFC web site. Just a little black box with an "x" in it. Tom Madden

Hi Jeff, Like this … as an insert within a message… ? Yes. This is my photo of an ATSF SK-R stock car that was snapped in Morris, Kansas, on June 3, 1974. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Peter Hall wrote: UP made the change from Roman (serif) to Gothic (sans-serif) lettering in June 1939. The lettering was white (except for yellow slogans). It was not until 1947 that all lettering

Pete - The instructions in your new kit should show photos of all variations. I updated the kit 28th better detail and more variations about 2001. If your kit doesn't have that info and has the Elk

This is a test to see if attached photos are allowed (as a result of the recent msg including a photo of an HO scale UP A-50-4). [cid:image001.jpg@...] Regards, -Jeff

Hello folks, I need a little advice from an expert, please: Here is a photo of an HO scale Westerfield A-50-4 that I built in about 1980-85. I now have another of the same kit to build, and am

Tim Mean Green will not harm enamel or lacquer. I believe he didn't want anyone to use enamel as the filter overlay. Gene Deimling

I’ve been using the AKI chipping and warn solutions on structures for ayear or two. A friend just used the stuff on a box car roof. I’ll try to takesome photos tonight. Beings it’s a resin kit

Gene The only thing I found curious was Lee said not to "try this"mean green filter method on solvent based paints. I assume he means that the cleanser wouldsimply be ineffective on solvent based

Recently, I posted a couple articles on weathering techniques used by Lee Turner. On 3 September, Lee describes the use of Vallejo Chipping Fluids on weathering a model. http://wp.me/p3M0JV-si You

All Another excellent freight car photo series on the ErieLack archive site... from the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Richard McKnight; CM&StP 501037 wood boxcar... circa 1919~1920 - full

I can see using it on structures. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <smithbf@...> wrote : ​Tony, Folks, One place that I can see using this approach to good effect in HO would be on galvanized freight

The videos show some HO models, I think. Jared Harper ---In STMFC@..., <tony@...> wrote : Like any technique, it can probably yield some good results in the right place. But most of what I've

Not at all, Tony. Google for images or Youtube videos of Brian Banna's HOscale modeling. Brian presented his Missouri Pacific diesels at the lastCollinsville CT meet (before it moved to Enfield CT)

​Tony, Folks, One place that I can see using this approach to good effect in HO would be on galvanized freight car roofs shedding paint. That peeling is on a scale that might be very appropriate.

Like any technique, it can probably yield some good results in the right place. But most of what I've read talks about large-scale models. I doubt HO would be in that range. You O scale guys, maybe

With a Canadian Pacific boxcar coupled to it. Gary Laakso South of Mike Brock