FWIW, I know some modelers who shy away from tru-color because it doesn't coat well to medal. It took me a while to figure this out, but my new standard is to use Alclad 2 primer (shoot it at about

It sounds as if the decisions are being made waaaaay above the level that deals with the customers. RPM owns a whole bunch of coatings companies, kinda sounds like they want to consolidate business

Indeed, my LHS stocks a number of different brands of specialized 'weathering fluids ' and some of them are eye-popping expensive. I'll probably stock up on some basic Floquil standards (flat,

Yes, that is apparently the parent company and it actually makes a pretty good PRR 1950s Freight Car Color ;^) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

RUSTOLEUM? Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: Jack Burgess <jack@...> Reply-To: STMFC List <STMFC@...> Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:53 PM To: STMFC List

A poster on the Prototype Layout list sent Testors an e-mail asking whether the railroad colors would be moved to other product lines. The response was as follows which provides some of the reasoning

Right (I said two but should have said four). So that means the NATX tank is actually a 10K car to start with? Sorta of like this. ( ) ( ) ( ) -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in

Oddballs: my experience was not this:    I paid and never got anything.    Hope others fared better.   Brad Andonian ________________________________ To: "STMFC@..."

Exactly! Each compartment had a tank end. Thus the car looked like this internally: ( )( )( ) The total volume would be decreased because of the space lost between the bulkheads and there

Only one person knows the answer to (1) and he's not talking. The Champ assets are for sale, and from what I've heard, the price is very high. Since Champ used letterpress printing (with steel

OK, that would mean no rivets. OK, that would mean two ( double) rivet rows if the compartments were equal, about 2.69K each*. OK that makes perfect sense but there are four (double) rows of

I think the bigger question with Champ is the artwork which wasn't too bad. Perhaps if the asking price ever comes down to a reasonable amount, either MS or someone else could pick it up and that

Guys, The question about decals brings up a few questions: 1. Will Oddball decals ever resurface with their extensive inventory? 2. What has become of the huge inventory of CHAMP decals? Tom

The absolute QUANTITY of livestock moved by each mode was 50/50, but you can be sure that the TON-MILES of the two modes was very different. Railroads must have dominated in the livestock ton-miles

Fellas, I am in need of two GN microscale 48-279 http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=48-279&Category_Code=OSCALE&Product_Count=57 Also need one to two of the

Lindberg used to make an enclosed bearing roller bearing truck....also made friction bearing and andrews.....you can still find them at swap meets...used to come in a neat plastic box which I am still

Following found on page 1056 of the June 25, 1938 issue of RAILWAY AGE which relates to recent discussions. This seems somewhat germaine in light of recent discussions. "Live Stock By Truck "THE

One other option is to seek the services of a professional model builder (several of whom are active participants in this group) and get a quote for building the SC&F or other resin tank car kit. Ken

Dear Colleagues, Here is what I sent to Testors through their "contact us" page on their website: --------- In re: Discontinuance of Floquil and PollyScale paints Dear Sir or Madam, As a

At the risk of incurring the wrath of the moderator, I just received this via a local hobby shop; Important Announcement from Testor Corp Yes, we will be exiting the market with Floquil/Pollyscale