Could it be >CIL<; which would be the Monon? Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Friday, June 6, 2014 at 3:32

While going thought some Dispatcher reports in 1958 on the Northern Pacific. I found this car listed with a Hot Box set out report [ CJL 385] I would like to know which railroad this might be from and

JP Barger wrote: Oh, thanks, JP! You just drove up the cost of those poor old models which happen to have CV trucks. People used to not notice. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

On this list a week or so ago, members (among them, DennyAnspach) were discussing some of the history and features of the Central Valley freight trucks. Availability also wasmentioned, prompting this

Since some of you have given up on wood car kits, does anyone have an Ambroid/Q'Craft HO scale caboose kits in your collection of kits never to be built that you'd be willing sell for a moderate

Or they're just emerging from this past winter in Canada. Had the furnace on last night it was so cold. Waiting for the jail cell door to close Pierre

There are some built up Ambroid cars on ebay that are so white it looks like they wsere kept in the freezer. Ed Mines

How about an update on the RPC freight car color chart using the new fangled paints now available? Ed Mines

Ed, My default flat finish is Model Masters Acrylic Flat. It was a little less expensive than the Polyscale. I also have been testing Liquitex Acrylic Matte Medium. Both work well as a flat finish

Rob Kirkham wrote: "I think the interesting bit to me is that I had not heard of James Lane’s articles, nor those of Gary Rausch and Bob Johnson or Amerine until this discussion in this list. Each

I'll happily second Tony Thompson's comments about John Allen. He was a superior modeler, and proved more than once that when he put his mind to winning contest prizes he could walk off with the top

I had been lead to believe that baking paint like Scalecoat, would actually improve the adhesion of the paint to brass. I know from experience that baked on lacquer and enamel paint

Matt, Baking is only appropriate for enamel based paint. There is a school of thought that says that it causes the paint to "cure" or polymerize, which may well be true. Never ever bake plastic or

And those couplers sure look like KD #4's. Chuck Hladik In a message dated 6/6/2014 10:44:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, STMFC@... writes:

Dave Nelson wrote: "Someone mentioned John Allen.  I don’t think John Allen did much of anything to advance our groups specific interests and many of his accolades certainly skewed things in the

No question there were cartoonish elements to Allen's layout. But as Dave says, he did weathering when few people did; added details and figures to scenes when hardly anyone did; operated trains in a

Matt, Are you asking about "Baking" brass? Yes at less than 150 F and I haveheard the idea of heating up to 150 and turning the heat off. Tom VanWormer Monument CO Matt Goodman goodman312@... [STMFC]

Inexperience question here. My understanding regarding backing is that it is intended to drive off the volatiles in the freshly applied paint. Is this correct? Also, I believe I read somewhere that

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Guys; I love modeling cars that are right on the edge of retirement, since there were so many of them in my era. I also have cars that I modeled (mostly

I would cite our own Richard Hendrickson as “influencer” #1 followed in short order by John Nehrich and the RPI Club. Once hooked, all sorts of other, familiar names and sources crop up… no