Thanks, Tony. Richard is reported to have said that SFRD was close to PRE for the orange. Steve Sandifer sent the CMYK and Pantone numbers for SFRD orange from the ATSF paint and lettering book, and

Nice write up Tony - i hadn’t appreciated the modeller’s use of the drift cards in the PFE book (where you describe how they bleed to the edge of the page). A very useful idea. Rob

Bruce is correct. If you dig into the archives you will find plenty of discussion on this topic. I don’t recall now when I first posted about it; Tim Gilbert joined in shortly afterwards and wrote

Tim, From the AC&F book by Ed Kaminski, a sister car, SHPX 17561, 2/16/43, the right end stencil reads: FOR LIQUIDS NOT OVER 8 LBS PER GAL. MAX. VAPOR PRESSURE 16 LBS. P.S.I. (might be 15, not

As mentioned yesterday, I have posted some additional comments about PFE orange, in prototype and model form, in my blog. If you’re interested, the link is

Thanks for posting this Bob; i’m not on the ESPEE group. In terms of colour matching, i see what Tony was saying. That said, looking at colour images from back in the day, i’ll be trying to

Tony Thompson commented on this on the ESPEE group: https://groups.io/g/Espee/topic/91988434 https://groups.io/g/Espee/message/115741 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I don't see an ICC class in this 1942 builder photo but there is an "EMERGENCY" in small letters, followed by what looks like x15A ? ( 115A? or something else? )

in answer to the question, Not referring to regional cars like coal hoppers. My comment was in reply to the context of the preceding note, general purpose freight cars, And yes, my comment is

Looking for more colour images of freight cars, and this film looked useful for immediate post-WWII PFE reefers starting at 5:29:1940’S SILENT HOME MOVIE TRIP TO PHOENIX BILTMORE HOTEL, NOGALES AND

Bill You have a great sense of humor…. While the AK water color pencils can be dipped in water I also just draw with them as a normal colored pencil but the lead is softer and allows you to blend

One of the things I have observed over the years is modelers use what they feel comfortable with. This is how we became the largest reseller of out of production paint in the US with typically about

Kevin I would beg to disagree about Tamiya nozzles. The nozzle question has been debated over and over again in non-model railroad modeling forums. There has also been a proliferation of proprietary

RE: John Henning photo door Looks to me like it is BCR + someone over-did the rust effects... -- Ken Akerboom

This comes to me with high recommendation for lettering removal. Fast Orange® Fine Pumice Lotion Hand Cleaner, 1 GAL w/pump – Permatex

They are industry standard nozzles, but my recommendation is to use the primer in the bottle and use your airbrush. I think there is better control of thin coats. Tru-Color is made by them. More

Charlie is right at the top of my weathering heros list and I hang on his every word. There are a wide variety of weathering pencils out there and I think that I have bought most of them. I just

I was going through the paint section in my local hobby shop and I came upon a rattle can of TCP-4011 Dark Primer. This was new to me as I had no previous knowledge that TCP was making any primers.

I would suggest getting a color wheel. It would help decide colors, tones, shades, etc. Curt Fortenberry

i’ll give it a look. Thanks for the suggestion Andy