Richard--In the July 2003 Railroad Model Journal, you had an article published entitled "ICC 105 11,000-Gallon High-Pressure Tank Cars From Atlas HO and N Scale Models." In that article on p. 51 two

Schuyler, I suspect Tim is thinking a bit farther outside the box. Think about printing not only rivets, but, say, sides with printed stakes for any of the hoppers and gons that have never been made.

Thanks, Dave, you got this on the list before I did; I asked the same questions and got the same answer. As I said before, it's just great to know that the list of the drawings is available for short

I wrote (in part): For balance and completeness, I should also mention that these same flat cars, both as kits and ready-to-run, are available directly from the SP Historical & Technical Society

They're selling drawings too, it's just not mentioned on the web page. For freight cars, they have only 89 drawings for the CNW but over 1100 for the CMO. Individual drawing prices vary by the size

There is a 60+ year old book you might look for -- Tank Car Journeys -- that covers the types of ladings commonly found in tank cars in steam era. I think it was written by GATX. I found it

Jim, I'm sorry to be slow in responding to your questions, as they required some research. Re: paint and lettering. In the 1930s through early '50s, Hooker cars were painted black with white

The SP bulkhead flat car models (HO scale) available from the X2011 NMRA Convention site (from last year's NMRA National in Sacramento) are currently only listed as an 8-pack of cars, but single

Jim, A few "rules" for steam era tank cars 1) Most tank cars were privately owned, not railroad owned. The numbers are in the archives 2) Almost all tank cars built prior to the end of WWII were

Hi, So I want to focus on tank cars - but realize that I don't have a lot of knowledge about them. Is there a 'reference' that I can read/study/find online? I'm interested in answering

Zatso? Cool. I hope you'll bring your masters to the next meet to share. Tim

As I understand it, there are at least two groups working towards that goal, but not necessarily for making patterns for freightcars. My observations indicate the most likely success path with be

There was much variation in the National fleet. Therefore the imprtance of working from a photo especially applies in their case. Bill Welch

Tim, the answer is in your own post! Sure, take styrene and add the details using Archer weld lines and rivets for all those details. Most everything else I can think of is free-standing 3D stuff,

Oh: the series is listed in the 1/43 ORER as EKSX 1021-1080 (38 cars), in the 7/50 and 1/53 ORERs as EKSX 1029-1080 (still 38 cars 7/50, down to 16 cars 1/53), all with an outside length (unique among

Yup, different car. AL B.

The photo I have of EKSX 1065 has a different configuration, the side sill are straight likened to the standard FGE/WFE/NX cars and can be bashed from the ACCURAIL kits. Greg Martin

I am out of drill templates for Kadee Bracket Grabs. I just allocated the last of the ones which are currently being manufactured. However I am willing to have some more made when I design a new

Thanks Pierre, I appreciate that and Peter if you want to email me off line my email is; srrfan1401@.... Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC

Peter posts on this list from time to time. Maybe he's watching right now. Pierre OLiver