Richard - any chance I can get those pictures as well? IIRC, the old Mainline Modeler article on the rebuilds didn't mention any with diagonsl psnel roofs... Paul

I use colored shrink tubing. There are lots of colors available. Mike Turner Simpsonville, SC 29681

Thanks, I'd appreciate that. I know the dimensions from the ORER but can use the additional info of a diagram. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Like Ray, I also have a small tackle box with a subset of tools for travelling. I found it easier to just buy anoter X-Acto, bottle of glue, tweezers, and so on than to keep swapping them back and

Hi Armand, My OCD doesn't actually like color-coded tools, since they then get mixed up too randomly and the paint gets worn and yucky-looking (VBG!) I've found over the years that I rely on about

Thanks very much, Bob. That's about what I expected. I'm reasonably familiar with both Signode grain doors and, to a lesser extent, the wooden ones. But it is still good to see the Rock Island

Don't know about Micro-Mark without checking our their catalog but I have used these same triangular rubber pieces on pencils, Xacto knives, dental picks, scribers and and other tools for some

Bud, I'm presuming you are looking for the cars in series 18000-18099, 100 cars built by AC&F lot no. 4698. The reason you are finding two length dimensions is because the inside length is specified

While not sure about heat-shrink tubing, electrical tape is sold in colors, can be found in any good hardware store.    As for the triangler shaped sleeves, at one time office supply stores sold a

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Gee it's great to belong to such an august group.I am glad I am not out there all alone.Thanks for all your help gang.Armand Premo

I built a workbench specifically for model building. It has a plywood top and three side boards of 1" x 3" to catch those parts that seem to roll off the bench and disappear into never-never land.

The 1/43 ORER gives the series as MILW 500000-502954, 795 cars. The 1/53 ORER shows a single car left: MILW 502055. There's a photo of MILW 500219 in Krause and Crist's NYO&W book, p 95, in a

Hello, I am looking for info, or plans for the Lackawanna RR 18000-18999 series covered hoppers blt in Oct '56. I have conflicting information on the length, one source says 41' another 47'. Any

These boxcars were ubiquitous, but seldom photographed. These were the boxcars that were largely replaced by the large orders of SS cars in the late twenties, and they were to be completely retired

Robert Federle gave the first answer, here's the second: You have paint, I'm sure. A dab on the tools you want to keep straight will assist. Since I am forever picking up the Phillips screwdriver,

Some are. I recently bought some smaller Phillips screwdrivers and they had different color bands on them. I think some manufactures are just now thinking of this. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time

Micro-Mark (I think, but there are certainly others) sells a rubberish, triangular section tube that fits over the No. 1 handle and keeps it from rolling. I found a small rubberish protective cap for

Not sure about color coded tools (but I am sure they are out there somewhere) but the round tools.....there are sleeves that fit most x-acto tools to keep them from rolling. I believe they are hex

Hi Tony,   According to the Milwaukee's 1937 freight car diagram book, 500000-502954, built 1913, and 92482-93480, built 1912. Let me know if you'd like me to email you a copy of the