Bruce wrote: The logic of using a gloss coat is to eliminate the possibility of the decal "silvering" due to the flat finish which doesn't allow air to escape....wouldn't applying them to unpainted

Fred, thanks for your reply. I'm modeling 1951, but I don't think that the brakes were ever modified once the class was created in the early 1940s. Of course, it's entirely possible that more than one

Can you provide or guide us to a photo? There are some folks on this list knowledgeable in the field of hand brakes. Someone may be able to help. Of course, the second problem would be finding the

Rob,         Be sure to check out the Universal and Miner brake wheels before you apply cement. If I were a betting man, I would go with Al Westerfield's use of the Ajax with one caution; what

Brian,          In a word > none.  You will like the results of these decals. I just had to order 6 more sheets for more projects. Fred Freitas ________________________________ To:

OK, any problems will disappearing details, with the glosscoat, decals, paint, glosscoat, decals, flatcoat combination? Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Brian, They seem to work fine without a gloss coat and I have used them on bare plastic with no problem... which certainly goes against conventional wisdom! Regards Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

I just read on the ChesapeakeAndOhioRailway Yahoo Group that a deco-end car, on the ground as a shed, is visible at the Russell KY yard. It's between two other sheds/cars with PS-1, and two-section

Hello group, Can anyone tell me what type of brake wheel/housing was used on the PRR GLCA hopper? The Westerfield kit uses Ajax, the new F&C kit uses an Equipco wheel (like the Kadee version with 6

Brian Carlson wrote: They're still decals, Brian. I wouldn't try it. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

It's too modern for you Jack -- it's a War Emergency box car.

I am going to try my sample archer decals shortly. Decals are normally best applied to gloss surfaces. Are there any problems using them directly on unpainted (undec) models without a

They wouldn't have to buy one. There are a number of companies who will make models from your CAD files on a contract basis. KL

While this wouldn't work for the smallest manufacturers, Atlas could certainly afford to buy and use one of those rapid-prototype 3-D laser printers to produce a sample prior to cutting the

Brian, IMHO, you and the hobby would be best served by consulting with a few from this list with some expertise in the particular road/car/vehicle/etc you are considering.? Since only a select few

The roofwalk on the car #19797 specifies US Gypsum. Would the Plano walk be proper? Just finished the car two nights ago and looked at the email Mr. hawkins sent and realized wood was not

The acl cars were riveted. The new car from Atlas appears to be a welded side car. It is hard to tell from the photos so I may be wrong. Regardless though, the acl cars were riveted

Paul, you sound like Rip Van Winkle. What you say may have been largely true twenty or twenty-five years ago, but today a tremendous amount of research on rolling stock has been published in

Jim Mischke wrote: Jim, small libraries and archives have to eat too. A reasonable fee for photo reproduction and use is far from unreasonable. And if you look at it as your contribution to

It does have model trains. The kids go to the department store and see the train display in the window. Jared Harper Athens, GA