I read on another list that Des Plaines Hobby will soon offer this product imported from the UK. Looks like a lot of useful stuff for STMFC modellers, with copper and aluminum tube as small as 1 mm

I am finishing a Smokey Mountain Model Works kit of TC 40 foot, 40 ton boxcar in the 7900 series and need help in identifying an appropriate HO scale truck for use with this model.  The proto info

I got a bit further by using a US proxy server to pretend I was in the US, but it wouldn't let me download the PDF file through it. I'll have a another go when I get home. Tim

<While I can find many of the editions in Google books, I don't seem to <be ably to actually read the text. Could anyone point me in the right <direction? Th only thing I can think of is that they

Hi: A 1946 CBC is available from vintage reproductions for $14.95 on cd. Easier to read, easier to hold, fits on a shelf. Marty Cooper

HI George, Contact me off line if you're interested in a 1906 reprint Rich

I tried cerrobend only once -- when it "splashed" as I poured it as carefully as I could, bits of it immediately hardened all over the extremely well detailed underframe (this was a Detail

While I can find many of the editions in Google books, I don't seem to be ably to actually read the text. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Th only thing I can think of is that they might

George Keep an eye out for "Trainshed Cyclopedias" -- many of these contain reprints of the photos and drawings from Car Builder Cyclopedias and a professional publication -- Railway Mechanical

Thanks for the information, Dennis. Exactly what I wanted to know. I'll be on the lookout for a nice original of the 1953 edition. George

I have one of the resent Westerfield 2900 undec, USRA steel box car kits, and would consider trading it. This is a one piece body kit, and comes with door, detail, and underframe parts cast in a

Pieter, Now you see why I wanted to duck for cover? I guess I mistook the original "slack chain" question to mean the one from the power brake housings. The chain from the cylinder to the

Whew, that is good news. Now I don't have to go back and photoshop all the photos I have showing slack in the chain. Bill Welch

No, the point Bud was making was that most stationary cars would have their hand brakes applied, therefore, if the car isn't moving, the chain should be taunt. But I disagree. I guess I live amoung

Dear Group...    With all the talk about the Car Builders Cyclopedia, I thought the new members of the Group who are unfamiliar with just what is inside the Cyclopedia would like an idea, so here

Hi Bud; Just so I'm clear, the chain connecting the cylinder to the hand brake should generally be under some tension in all cases? That's good news, in that now I know how to model it, and it will

Information (and photos) were cumulative. Each edition contained much new material, but much data and photos from previous editions was reprinted, sometimes two or three times. The 1953 edition

<Anyone, < <It appears that Car Builders Cyclopedias (Dictionaries) were published <every three to four years with each new publication being a new edition. <I've read so many references to them that

Yes. No. New info was added, old info was dropped when it was no longer pertinent. Since the Cyc. basically published what the vendors supplied, how long something remained in the Cyc varied by

Paul: I appreciate your caution. I must admit that I have the same concerns. The suggestion to use CerroBend, however, did come from a producer of resin kits. I will certainly try this on a scrap