Hello Group! Charles Tapper wrote----I believe thatcar, in Erie 14500-14949 series and Greenville-built but 50'6" inside,is a possible prototype for the latest Bachmann gondola. The conceptswere

Rod Miller says: " If one of you will act as the "aggregator" by receiving and accumulating requests, and then sending to me to total number requested, I will send that number to the aggregator who

The spring temper phosphor bronze wipers that I offer www.rodmiller.com/parts.html#wipers are etched for me in a 12" x 12 " sheet. The layout of the sheet produces scraps strips about 2 7/8" long by

Dear Edward Thank you, that will be helpful and is about what I estimated the Z trusses to be. Certainly it is a bit of a labour of love to do individual planking. I did it, using 1mm wide

The Central started using this style monogram around 1932. The monograms were of varying size through the yeas as has been mentioned. The CGRHS has a freight car diagram lettering book available that

Yes, though with a caution, as this is a locomotive medallion and those on freightcars may have differed slightly in both size and detail. The CGHS printed a spiral bound book with many of the

Ben: The best I can help is from some older drawings of single sheathed box cars of the 1920s and 30s. They are basic AAR standard 40' designs, although some details differ according to a railroad's

Hi, Ben. The main difference that I know of, is that the Santa Fe cars were built with 3-1/4" tongue & groove wood sheathing, while the model has the 5-1/16" sheathing of the rest of these cars. They

Remember when Walthers kits included copper colored staples as sill steps? I thought they were pretty nice. When I was a door to door solicitor I came across a wholesaler of staples. They told me

Hi I'm trying to do a master for a War Emergency box in TT. At the moment I like the GM&O a lot, so the version they inherited from the Alton is the focus. A bit annoying as that car is close to

 Or maybe Clover House.Armand Premo

Great ideas for SILL STEPS. However, if you want to be prototypical use the name "sill step" for the thing you are calling a "stirrup step". There is nothing on a real freight car called by the name

I am using phosphor-bronze 0.010" wire, flattening it on an anvil by hammering through a nail punch, filing to final dimension, and then bending to the desired shape. If I do this right, I leave

Hi Steve Yes it is you should be able to get it in small tubes which may be more economical. Paul Sent from Samsung mobile "'Scott H. Haycock ' shhaycock@... [STMFC]" <STMFC@...> wrote:

Paul, Is this the product you're referring to? http://www.bostik.co.uk/diy/product/evo-stik/Impact/6 Scott Haycock I have not been following this thread but the problem appears to not being able

I have not been following this thread but the problem appears to not being able to get aluminium to solder to brass if you can get hold of Evo stick glue that will stick aluminium to brass or copper

A.I.M. has a line of weathering liquids in addition to their weathering powders. Bill Welch

I don't have a shear but I can get you photo-etched strips with different widths with zero twist from shearing. Please contact me off-line. Peter Aue

Now that A-West, the manufacturer of Weather-It, is extinct does anyone here have a replacement for that product (or a home brew concoction). I researched this online, but most model builders were

OOOPPPSSSS... Scott, Correct but there is a multitude of other part that can be fabricated fromaluminum "pie pan" parts, like the running board supports or brake platformsupports, Stan told me