As their old ads said for years, your dealer can get it from Walthers. BIll HIrt On 3/6/2022 4:01 PM, frograbbit602 via groups.io wrote:

Bob, On some/many layouts scale draft gear would result in derailments due to not having enough swing in 'tight' track areas. Yes, scale draft gear such as the Sergents looks good. If operational

Nicely done model of an usual car. Sent from Mail for Windows

ahem.. correction. bad cut & pastes. :-[ the file name is -- blog.resincarworks.com-slash-swift-40-foot-reefer-sunshine-models-kit-46-17 (obviously "-slash-" is for

Cool. Good article. I have recently started saving bookmarks as FILE NAMES in my photos archive. This way if I want to search for "Sunshine Swift", or "resin blog", or whatever,

Good morning. Earl's comments about draft gear got me thinking. There are accurate scale parts available to model virtually every component of a freight car, at least in ho. The one exception is

A Sunshine Models Swift reefer is featured on the latest Resin Car Works blog post. Chuck Cover shares his work on a classic freight car.

Jack, The current online catalog for Micro-Mark shows a picture of the item for sale as a Robart shaker. Of course, buying from the brand-name manufacturer will get you the

If the rubber bands aged and broke could you substitute the plastic ties used for some brands of garbage bags? You pull them tight and they lock, you pull out at 90 degrees and they release. I

Tim, Thank you. Ken Montero

The model armor guys are using this paint/test tube stirrer. Thicker paints they put a metal ball in to help. There are tons of YouTube videos of people using them for model paint. Mini Vortex

I have recently grit blasted a GN and a D&RGW IM 1958 hopper. The lettering acts like a mask and i ended up with a shadow of the previous lettering even after priming, painting and decals. It is

I have been using a plug-in Robart shaker for decades. I prefer paying items from the original developer rather than MicroMark... Jack Burgess

Brian I haven't stripped the covered hopper but I did strip 2 IM FGEX built wood reefers. What a mess. I lost parts that flew off and the paint was like old molasses, very gooey and sticky as I

I believe you are remembering the Robert product line. The Robert Company has several models available. https://robart.com/products/hobby-paint-shaker-electric-100-240v Lester Breuer

haha yes I did - Bill described it perfectly - it launched the Scalecoat bottle On 3/6/2022 4:26 PM, Kenneth Montero wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

https://www.shapeways.com/product/DR4W43QNN/ho-ab-brake-system-kit-with-regulator possibly these (or a version of them?) mentioned on here a few weeks ago.

Thanks To All Who Responded. I also use the Micro Mark Stirrer. As a matter of fact there was an article in Model Railroader on the top 10 or 20 most used tools. This item.made the list. I still

Tim, From your email, it sounds like you are speaking from experience. Did you use the Robart shaker on a 2 oz. Scalecoat paint bottle and have a bad result? If so, what was the

Brian, I have not stripped the paint from one of these, but I have repainted some. It is best to remove the lettering so it does not show through on a repaint. This can be done on most of them