Nowadays I prefer Tamiya “German Grey” for wheel faces. Tony Thompson tony@...

I mix my black dry pigments with paint thinner and a little brown and paint the outside of the wheels; it drys black pretty quickly. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

I started out painting wheel faces a dark rusty color mixed from Floquil Rust and Roof Brown. The backs of the wheels were painted the same as the faces. Then I scrubbed powdered black chalk onto the

Dennis and Doug I appreciate your feedback, since looking at Les’ UTLX reefer (same road number btw) I masked off the M&StL rectangle and painted the triangle red. Dennis the wheels are now period

I call it "muck" or "really mucky muck" :-) The last 3 wheels on this B&O wheel flat are the color I use for most wheels. I usually use a touch of "rusty muck" on the back side of the

Champ made a large number of very high-fidelity ATSF 40 foot and 50 foot map sets for box cars and for SFRD refrigerator cars. They were in the BRH- and HB- groups. They included

Dennis Thanks, having worked for a Class One for 38 years I was going off memory. Easy fix. Thanks -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Really nice weathering, Charlie, as on all your cars. But, we need to have a discussion about weathering wheels. Rusty wheel plates is a modern, post roller bearing thing. Solid bearings used a 'total

Hi Everyone, I’ve had Sunshine kit 73.x, 12’ 4” IH for decades and finally built the car. Advertised into the ‘50’s but now that I have got it all built and painted I checked my July

Doug Thanks, I’ve got a bottle of Vallejo flat red so I’ll correct it. Appreciate the information. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

So Westerfield never did the M&StL paint scheme for this car? On 6/12/2022 2:29 PM, Douglas Harding wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Charlie Another great looking car. Paul Doggett

Nice weathering Charlie. There is one small error, not your fault, but rather Branchline's fault. The MSTL herald had three colors, and should have a half red rectangle. As no one makes the correct

Jeff, Paypal has a donation method that provides a url for setting up donations. These are operated by Paypal as an annual donation – they’ll donate once every 12 months. People who sign up to

Fenton The roof ends and sides are all one piece so lots of saw work to get to the roof. Just FYI.. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Very nice, Charlie. The washes really bring out the board detail. Nelson Moyer

Nicely done Charlie, I didn't realize these cars had the wooden roof. Cool to know for various kitbashing projects. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

I’ve been fighting an infection so lots of indoor time on my second prescription hopefully that kicks it soon as I’m not suppose to be in the sun. Anyway decided to pass the time by finishing

That’s a big “nope” for me! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Sunday, June

One of the more unusual loads... Also during much of the construction period the river bed at the dam was completely dry, so vehicles and equipment could be located