I used 70% isopropyl alcohol. The ratio of ink to alcohol depends upon how dark you want the weathering. Mix 1 part ink to 9 parts alcohol, and dilute from there accordingly. For flat car decks,

Alcohol. Buy a pine of alcohol, use an eyedropper to add some India ink, and you have it. J. Stephen Sandifer

Some time ago thinned India Ink was a recommended final wash for weathering flat car decks. Does anyone recall what was used to thin the ink? Thanks: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy

Ken, The A-50-16 had a welded underframe. If you are not going to model the underbody accurately and need something just to go under it nicely..... I would use the Accurail Steel underframe. It

The Scale Coat C&NW yellow and Green is a good match or Floquil Yellow and Green. The colors are very close to the color chips though not exact.The car shown has wood ends and ends and roof are

Scott I’m using the PE ladders that Westerfield makes for the X23. He also makes a set for the R7 reefer. The X23 set are five rungs whereas the R7 set is six rungs. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha,

Charlie which photo etch ladders are you going to use? I have two of those kits. One is a dry ice reefer and the other the standard reefer like yours. Thanks Scott McDonald

Ignore the last paragraph. I had not waited long enough and a second application of ELO did remove the new date quite neatly without damage to the underlying paint. It will take some time to remove

I'd guess that ventilated box cars, which were well represented on various southern roads, were also commonly used for shipments of all kinds of melons and other produce not needing refrigeration.

I am back to this project. Looking at a some of Dick's earlier comments and now having the National Scale Car/Speedwitch D102 set at hand my task has become a bit more complicated. I had thought

Like the "Doc and Bill Funiture company" sign. Scott McDonald

I thought this was from the Freight Commodity Statistics from the ICC, but that does not add up. Looking at the original documents I photographed it shows the 1956 Total carloads of livestock to be

Remember to upgrade to AB brakes too if doing the green and yellow cars. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Oops, forgot to add suggestion for the paint colors. It sure looks, to my eye, that the colors are the same yellow and green as used on CNW's diesels and passenger cars in the 1950s. Lloyd Keyser

Charlie, My Jan 1952 ORER has NWX 70000-70650 503 cars, 40-0 over strikers, 4' x6' doors, 1944 cuft, 8000 capy. No other dimensional data listed, but that was typical in the Private Car Owners

That scheme is circa 1954, iirc Joe Binish South of Mankato on Hwy 60

Here’s the one image I’ve found -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Friend recently gave me two Branchline reefers one for the Northwestern with the gray sides. The car unfortunately lettering is as built in 1927 and I’m modeling the early 1950’s. I found an Odd

N&W built door and a half boxcars, closely following the USRA Single Sheathed design, and classified them BL; later, some of the cars were converted to single door boxcars and classified BLa;

Hello, Pressed Steel underframe and part of the Harriman family. Ted Schnepf On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 02:53:57 PM