Right -- I've always thought the seam caps were either enameled (dippedin paint and baked) or dipped in some kind of persistent car cement, becauseeven on extremely peeled roofs the seam caps almost

Bill Welch asked >> Is "roof ribs" the correct term? SEAM CAPS :-) Tim

Brian Carlson wrote: Richard did make this point from time to time, and my examination of period photos, up to my modeling year of 1953, agrees entirely. Of course there were cars with roof

Good Friends, I'm sure most of you would never be caught dead on a narrow gauge site :~) , but Boulder Valley Models has a how-to page on using the salt

I just posted a photo of my 1st attempt at using the salt method on a 40 ft Milwaukee Road Ribside car. I painted the roof aluminum, let dry over night. I Misted with water and sprinkled on the Sea

First, I'm hoping this still fits the designation of a freight car! I've recently decided to do some rebuilding of some acquired models. Since I model in S scale when a complete award winning

One of the modelers I have corresponded with said he has had the best results w/Kosher salt although he did not know why so I purchased some Morton's "Coarse Kosher Salt." I have used a "Mask-It"

Years ago someone, Richard I think, cautioned me about doing to much with the peeling paint off galvanized roofs on my steam era cars. He mentioned that yard photos of the steam era don't show the

Bugs will love the oat bran !!! The hard core weathering method is to use table salt on top of the undercoat, final paint, then rub to release the covered salt.. Any salt if scattered in the process

I've had success using Dupo rubber cement in small dabs over a undercoat of "old silver" followed by a final overcoat of the color coat. Extended drying times between coatings is key to good

I see on ebay it was Dec 1993. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

As I recall there an article in Mainline Modeler a long time ago that used oat bran as a resist. The effect was excellent. It involved a cover story on a FW&D yard office, but I don't recall the

Agree, lots of techniques out there. I find that for my purposes, I use pieces of makeup sponge (as in lady's makeup), and then just dab the underlying color on top of the color coat. Kinda like the

I have seen some terrific examples of peeling paint techniques on youtube. A brief description of the method. Paint the model with a base cost which is the desired color you wish to have exposed

Ditto. And, all the parts of the roof were galvanized, except the rivets. The seam caps were typically coated with car cement because that's where the potential leaks were; both water creeping under

Bill wrote: "For my trial roof I plan to keep the salt away from the roof ribs since they did not peel (Is "roof ribs" the correct term?)." Seam cap would be the correct term. Guy Wilber Reno,

Using an inaccurate InterMountain paneled roof as a Guinea Pig I am about to experiment with using Rock Salt to create peeling paint, spraying the roof first with a concoction of grey and silver

Here is a link to the Speedwitch website for parts and decals to convert a Red Caboose kit to LNE: P109 – Lehigh New England rebuilt ARA Box Car parts set | Speedwitch Media

Speedwitch has/had a kit for this car. Jim Brewer

Bud. Not a one off. This was part on the LNE rebuild in late 40's. Stop over some night I can show you additional pictures. Brian J. Carlson