panels for my 1953 date. 25 postwar photos I have of these cars, only three show up without patch panels. All are in older schemes, including one (107127) in 1947 with a black herald background. The

Gee Richard, I don't know whether to say thanks or not : ) Like a friend of mine says: "The more you know, the less you can model." Clark Propst

There is 52 links per inch chain available along with photo-etched 72 lpi chain although it is two-dimensional: http://www.traincat2.com/ Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

--- On Wed, 6/9/10, pullmanboss <tcmadden@q.com> wrote: I learned that lesson > in my narrow gauge days, when I realized that very fine > chain could be represented by twisting two lengths of >

Clark, in 1954 virtually all of the NYC box cars had their original roofs replaced. Most of the replacement roofs were Murphy rectangular panel, but a small number (on cars re-roofed in 1948 and

Richard Hendrickson wrote: [snip] Frank Ellison's "Art of the Illusion", just as valid today as it was 60 years ago. I learned that lesson in my narrow gauge days, when I realized that very fine

Just read through this thread. I have a Westerfield model. I model the first week of May 1954. Should I replace the roof with a d/p type? I have Intermountain spares. Thanks, Clark Propst

I strongly endorse Andy's method. I tried it myself some years ago on an X29 model and it worked very well. Remember, what we're about here is creating the visual illusion of the real thing; we

Ben mentions, almost in passing, a technique that I think works great. I will elaborate... Scribing a fairly light line at the top of where you wish your patch panel to terminate leaves a "V" furrow

Barry Bennett wrote: "My patch panel plans are to use thick (ie Champ or left over Walthers) decal sheet, which should produce enough of an edge to the panels without the add-on crudity of thin

I know that whenever I see Sunshine kits for sale, they are usually at or over list price. I was visiting Green Bay this week, and found a hobby

Gene, having worked with BLI on the development of these cars, I can say that the models are accurate for the post-WW-II period, after NYC equipped all of them with new rectangular panel roofs in

As others have speculated, those were bodies only en route from the body manufacturer to an assembly plant. Note that the NKP car has an auto parts loading symbol on the door, NOT an auto loader

That's a GATC Type ICC-105 high pressure 4,000 gal. high pressure chlorine car of 30 tons nominal capacity. AFAIK there are no drawings available for a GATC car. However, Diamond also owned AC&F

Note: In the Diamond Alkali equipment listing of the January 1953 ORER, it states that ICC regulations prohibited the loading of any tank car with more than 60,000 lbs of chlorine. Since chlorine

They're both small tank cars, so the dimensions are somewhat similar; in addition to the differences you mention and the tank mounts, the DAX car is pressurized and insulated so the tank has a jacket.

Chris, If an HO model already exists at a reasonable cost, that along with prototype photos might be a viable alternative to scale drawings since you are scratchbuilding the N scale tank in any

I can vouch for the use of Bare-Metal foil. I used it to represent patch plates on a Westerfield Canada Southern car. Even under a layer of Scalecoat, the thickness of the foil is obvious as a

Adding that coating for old decal paper, with one or more applications, might be a way to thicken up the decal sheet! :-) -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax--Chief/Zephyr

Champ Decal film does work as does, Bare metal foil, (never tried that on a painted car), also I plan to try an Archer fine weld bead to see if it will suggest a patch panel. Brian Carlson