."And no great care was given during loading/unloading either. In the real world no one ever worried about what flat car decks looked like after use, so modelers shouldn't worry about it either." My

John Golden asked: "I'm looking for a pair or two of Bowser HO scale trucks--the AAR "Bettendorf" 50-ton type they include in most of their steam-era kits. I don't have any tech-specs, sorry, but I

Clark, I was going to write that if you start on it now, you could have it done by Naperville; but knowing you, I better say if you start on it now, you could have it done by tonight's operating

Gentlemen, I'm looking for a pair or two of Bowser HO scale trucks--the AAR "Bettendorf" 50-ton type they include in most of their steam-era kits. I don't have any tech-specs, sorry, but I think the

Iknow/have known guys that model multi-eras or gauges. To me it’s always beenlike fighting a war on two fronts. Requires double the finances andeffort. Choosing 60/61 for Allied Mills does have

If you don't want to give up on embossing Ben---- Try using 0.005" styrene, emboss the rivets (bolts) on an oversized sheet, then slice to the desired strip width. Do use the ACC to avoid ACC

Back when I was building patterns, I would lay in the side sheathing as individual strips, which allowed varying grain and slight variations of thickness, then set the side pattern up on a milling

Ben in the old days, a pro shaved rivets off an Athearn boxcar body and glued them on one at a time. Today they use Archer rivets. And they do not use MEK on very thin styrene for the reason you

Hullo all I’ve been tempting insanity by trying to make a master for aTT scale IC s/s boxcar, one of those rebuilt with 6’ door from auto cars to XM, and whichtherefore look to be missing a side

Andy Jackson wrote: "Those last words are all your interpretation of my words, but they aren't at all what was meant by my words." So educate us! What exactly DID you mean? Ben Hom

Ben Those last words are all your interpretation of my words, but they aren't at all what was meant by my words. Andy Jackson Bellflower CA

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; For an alternate method of shipping screws, the PRR rebuilt at least two G25 gons as screw carriers. Holes were cut through the floors for the

Hi Tony - I love this group because of the variety of issues discussed. As a former marine engineer working on large single-screw ships (think panamax container ships and very large crude carriers)

Pat Wider, in RP CYC 13 p 22, says the following about MILW50000-50474: “Increased roof height was made possible by the use of 3/16” AlanWood Super-Diamond Pattern Floor Plate instead of a

From a 1960's photo of an N&W flat car deck, it appears that the boards were treated with creosote -- and why waste paint on them? The steel was most likely painted top and bottom before the deck was

Hi all, I am assembling a HO kit for a rib side box,#50074. Need following info: Was this car built with wood or steel roof walk and with Youngstown or Superior doors? Thanks in advance, Carl

Just ran into an interesting link: http://www.bowser-trains.com/new/3d.html It appears that Bowser is planning to invest in an industrial quality SLA machine to produce masters for investment cast

lajrmdlr@... (didn't sign post) wrote: "In the real world no one ever worried about what flat car decks looked like after use, so modelers shouldn't worry about it either." That's like

And let me add, as we have discussed here previously, the use of these materials varied by railroad and location. So for example, the PRR used untreated oak, whereas the AT&SF used creosote treated

Three possibilities for flatcar decks: 1) Natural wood, typically Oak, Douglas Fir, or Southern Yellow pine. The first two are considerably darker than our model stripwood, with a pinkish or redish