Ray, a builder's photo of your 50-ton truck appears in Westerfield's DVD on American Car & Foundry Builder's Photos 1899-1928. It shows the cast-on lettering. Or you could buy a pair of my HO scale

Would it help to spray the model with body color first, then do the shading, then a final, lighter coat of body color? That way when you spray the final coat you can pay attention to the degree of

I recently tried the pre-shading technique on my rib side boxcar projects. As was mentioned, the follow on colors need to be thinner or you'll cover it up. I also came back with lighter color in

I recently used pre-shading with black on a couple of SS boxcar models and liked the contrast when it was finished. I shaded only the metal parts of the model with black and then airbrushed the

Jim Betz wrote: Jim, let me dig around and see if I still have a lapel badge to give you, containing Richard Hendrickson's remark, "Rivets Count." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Tell them, thanks to your hobby, you can't afford too! Those STMFC's are too plentiful. Tim Barney

I am hoping some of western modelers here may have an in-service photo of the Western Pacific's 15001-16000 SS boxcar. (Might be 1501-1600 series instead) This is a relatively short in height car

Darn it guys!!!, I try and try to ignore the way my friends deride me for being a member of STMFC ... Me: "I saw something on steam freight car last night ...". Them: "You mean those rivet

Well, he does say it’s rare ;-) Andy miller Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 6:38 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] This can't be right...can it? A Westerfield PRR XL boxcar in

BTW, the presenter was Bryant Dunbar. He introduced us to, "pre-shading", a military modeling technique. The first color we applied over the primed model was black to the corners and vertical

Bill, I like them. It was first experience with a double-action airbrush. I found the pistol grip trigger easy to operate. The nozzles are magnetized making cleaning them a snap. John

Tom Baker asked: "​Can someone recommend a brand of paint that has the tone of green accurate for the EJ&E rebuilt USRA box cars?" Did you check Clark Propst's article in Speedwitch Media's

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Tom; I modeled a car that had been around awhile. I used Floquil MEC (?) Green with a couple drops of black added. I liked the effect. Elden Gatwood

I went! Still recovering from the 8 hours of driving rain while crossing NY state. Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 6/1/2015 10:00 AM, fgexbill@...

So I guess no one on this list went to the Collinsville, CT RPM this past week or we would have heard a report. Bill Welch

Yes and it also can degrade the chrome and/or nickel plating. I use very little, as my main cleaner is the 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. Much more effective. How did you like the GREX line John? They look to

​Can someone recommend a brand of paint that has the tone of green accurate for the EJ&E rebuilt USRA box cars? Tom Baker

FWIW, I recently attended an airbrush weathering class @ Chicago Airbrush Supply sponsored by Grex. The presenter instructed us not to use Windex to clean their airbrushes with Windex. Apparantly

Ops sorry Mike dreaded time zone got me on this one... Is it cold down there in the jail... :-) Rob McLear.

Yep me too no vest but in it for the Achievement Program as well, not to do anything except improve my skills and maybe learn something in the process. Rob McLear. ---In STMFC@..., <RUTLANDRS@...>