Friends, I asked this question when most of you were away at Cocoa Beach, and didn't get a single nibble. So now I will try again since this thread is relevant. I recently bought one of the

<SNIP> Ned, I used EZ-line from Berkshire Junction (http:// www.berkshirejunction.com/) to rig my crawler crane. It has the advantage of being flexible so I can have the boom up or down. It is a

Suggest you go to a local yardage store and look for rayon or nylon thread. Pick a weight and color of your choice. eric ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2

I have a Barnhart log loader (a type of crane) that I am working on. Does anyone have a good suggestion for what to use to model the cable? I bought some thread for model ship building but was

One paint I usedthat seems to fit the bill is Scalecoat graphite and oil. It is a flat grayish silver. Jerry Michels **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: Sounds about right. I like to have a few areas near the paint edges a bit reflective, areas farther from those edges dead gray. Tony Thompson Editor,

Dave and List, Someone has posted a segment of a DVD from the PRR Power series that is currently sold by Railroad Video of Leola Pa. The locomotive in the video is an L1s Class 2-8-2 that is

Do any of the old Lindberg Line freight cars, specifically the wood stock car, reefer, flat car or gon have any redeeming value as a kitbash/update project anymore or have they been surpassed by

I almost never use spray bombs (aerosol cans) on rolling stock. There's just too much paint!

Elden - that's the Susquehana! Quoting "Gatwood, Elden J SAD " <elden.j.gatwood@...>:

That "somewhere" looks like Enola to me. Quoting Dave Nelson <Lake_Muskoka@...>:

My best success for this color was Floquil Old Silver and Reefer Gray, 50/50, maybe a little more gray. It looks gray but there is a bit of reflectivity to it. SGL

--- In STMFC@..., " Westerfield" <westerfield@...> wrote: ...But now that we're semi-retired... That reminds me. Need to take a complete rolling-stock inventory and see what vacuumous

New book about PRR flatcars (I received mine in the mail yesterday): "Pennsylvania Railroad Flat Cars, Revenue & Work Equipment, 1881 to 1968" by Elden Gatwood & Al Buchan It's a 118 page book with

frames per second in film does not match the number of frames per second in video. 16mm was shot in 24, 32, and 48 frames per second. Your local movie theater uses 24 frames per second. When footage

Chuck Hladik wrote: Probably newly exposed galvanized has this look for as much as several weeks. It then gets pretty gray. Personal opinion: modelers who portray bright, silvery galvanized roofs

I wish to sell off my last 4 Nickel Plate HO 1958 cu ft ACF covered hoppers. If any reader wishes to purchase one or more at $20.00 each, contact me off-list at

The great thing about this site is the things we learn. As a result of what Dennis and Jim have written(whose work I have the greatest respect for) it is now clear that the issues are not the actual

Tom Madden wrote: All of the resin kit manufacturers, as far as I know, came to the business through the hobby. Thus they have a bias towards keeping costs as low as possible. Nothing wrong with

In the house, formerly in the extra bedroom (no a/c), now in a closet (some a/c). I'll see if I can find the kit. Walt Lankenau