Ed, Many thanks!!! How similar were the 2 PS and 1 AC&F group of cars externally? The PS cars appear to have been offset side design as well. Are all the cars good to be modeled with the Kadee

Lee, GM&O 32250-32399 (150 cars) were built 2-42 by ACF in lot 2346. Fifty-ton offside-side hopper cars of various designs with 33' inside length were presented in a 7-part series of articles in

I am trying to update my GM&O freight cars page and have a question regarding the GM&O 32000-32899 series 2-bay open hoppers. I know that GM&O 32000-32249 (lot 5633) and 32400-32899 (lot 5932) were

I thought that those who model in HO had no end of sources for decals, and indeed several sources still supply to the HO modelers. We who model in S scale face a challenge: With the exit of Tom

 Clark,I have largely exhaustedthe need for styrene kits and RTR freight cars and amcurrently building mostly resin.In some cases one can select severaldifferent roads with these cars.With

Armand, you need to adjust your thinking to the changing conditions in thehobby. There’s a guy that shows up to most the shows round here with a goodselection of Micro Scale decals. I buy decals

Hi to All Could I possibly trouble someone for pointers as to where I might find drawings of a 'typical' Dalman 50-ton 2-level truck? I already have a MR plan for a heavy duty 4-truck flat which

When I was in high school and in my drafting class we had a Coke machinewith the 10 oz. bottles of Coke. We would check the bottoms to see who could getthe further est from Garden Grove, CA. I had

One thing I remember from my misspent youth was that on Coke bottles, you could tell the original plant they had been used. For example, most of the bottle around this area had Alexandria, La as part

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Good story, Garth! All my Dad's family was from the south (TN, NC, KY), and being a big fan of pop, I quickly picked up on several southern brands, two of

Could it be something as simple as the person already has the decals?! Bill Welch

Elden, In general I agree with your assessment of the soda industry. Likely that except for the large cities, the only place soft drink manufacturers would have received direct rail

Unless you need to work in the Vernier scale forsome reason or you like to torture yourself is get a pair in English or metriccalipers or better yet one that does both. I do have a set of both Vernier

They are an industrial grade and take tons of use and abuse. I use a pairwhich live in the gage room at work for all shifts and if I buy a digital pairfor my home use that's what I'll buy. After

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; Back in the day, there were not that many big soda/pop bottlers, even in major towns, and the big brands did not have numerous brands under them.

When all else fails, ask for an MSDS. I did and found that ScaleCoat Wash Away paint remover and Chameleon Paint Remover have the same active ingredients. Approximately 10% butyl cellosolve and the

 Strip?Why bother when appropriate decals are nextto impossible to find ? A .Premo

I agree, I have a source for 100% alcohol and it removes paint of Proto models in sheets, relatively inexpensive as well. Rob McLear Aussie

I agree on the Scalecoat remover as i have used it for years. One problem mine is so old that it actually ate through the bottle. I now have whats left in an old olive jar! Still works -- Fenton

I stand corrected. Old wives tale,I believe. And it stuck due to the hygroscopic nature of brake fluid and alcohol. It's been years since I used it as a paint stripper. Arved Grass Arved_Grass@...