Hi, I'm well started along a project of adding marker lights to a large number of cabeese. For the brass ones it is pretty simple to "isolate the trucks electrically from the frame/body and pick

From the October 1919 ORER series 31200-34198 XM Box, even numbers, (Steel Underframe) Inside 40' 0", 8' 9 1/2", 8' 4 3/4" Outside 40 4 3/4, 9 7 3/4, 12 5 3/4, 13 3 3.4, 24 8 5/8 doors 6 0, 7 8 2/3,

Paul, I'm puzzled as to why you wouldn't use Archer for this purpose? I cut single rivets off of Archer strips and use them all the time. Much easier than worrying about making rivets

Kadee (and now IM), on occasion, paints their PS2 covered hoppers in schemes that are far away from my modeling geographical area of interest but yet charm me with their paint and graphics. While I

I don't think that the 8-panel 42-foot gon(s) in N (Atlas/MiniTrix/Rivarossi/Bachmann/Model Power) were made to fit a underframe common to house cars. Roco (who tooled the first one for MiniTrix)

Paul,   Why not make gravity work for you and turn it upside down to cure?   Dennis Sautters

Tim (no last name) asked: "I was looking at the Library of Congress photo page and came across pictures of CMO boxcars 32800 and 3233x. What series where they in?" A pointer to the photo may help

Excellent! Thanks, Tony!

I was looking at the Library of Congress photo page and came across pictures of CMO boxcars 32800 and 3233x. What series where they in? Thanks for the help Tim

earliest days. It has been made by several manufacturers, and has been available in both wood-floor and steel-floor versions over the years. An image of one can be seen at the url below. > > > Michael

I know, it was all I had before the Archer rivets came out other than shaving them off of a donor car. Aaron

True, but the smallest is .020" -- Archer makes them down to about .007" (5/8" in HO scale) Tim O'Connor

The Missouri Pacific Historical Society commissioned two new Missouri Pacific Drover Caboose Kits from American Model Builders. Kit #883 for the as-built 1930 Drovers Caboose version which

I have used the thicker gel CA's before for rivets. As long as it is just a few. I use .008 wire to apply the CA.   Rich Christie

Tichy makes several sizes of rivets that come on a sprue. You cut each one off individually and can use styrene cement to attach

Rich Orr makes a point...although the message should have been off group: I have rewritten the rule to better cover the situation: "Announcements of products for sale as part of a commercial

Rich, I’d point out that there are other lists for precisely the purpose of “the dealer with a few items languishing on his shelf who wants to announce them here fall” The Backshop list is one,

There was some recent discussion about Archer Rivets. They look like a great product, as applicable. I'm going to try and use them where I can. But, has there ever been found / discussed, a method

Earl, ACL cars in the 47000-50699 series were constructed between 1922-1926. The cars were rebuilt with steel sides between 1939-1944 (classes O-16A through O-16-E). Classes O-16-A,-B,& -C were

Clarification please. I am not trying to be a smart a** here. I am really trying to understand this so I don't end up in moderator jail. What constitutes commercial products? Obviously under this