Walthers 933-1009 in the 2014 catalog. I have two sets of old Walthers 933-1003. Al Smith Sonora CA

Kadee now has these in their HGC solid side frames. #1572 HO Scale Bettendorf T-Section Self Centering Trucks with 33 Ribbed Back Code 88 Semi-Scale Wheels - HGC [1572] - $10.55 : Kadee, The

Try Walthers920-2007. Nelson Moyer

I agree, the old Kadde truck springs look poor. Kadee makes a HGC (high gravity compound) version of this truck where the springs are solid, # 571 or 1571 with the semi scale wheels. They look much

Anyone know of a HO source for the T-section trucks? I know of the Kadee version, but those flimsy springs and operation are a non-starter (plus look just silly) The T-Section trucks look unique and

All- I recall seeing such CB&Q cars in (probably) company service during the late 1950s and maybe into the early 1960s. Don’t recall the number series but it should be able to come up with them

RE: sugar beets to 3D printer. What I would do… In 3D CAD, make one or 2 individual beets (probably a “profile” spline and a revolve would be enough?) Then make a bunch scaled up/down

RE: High-platform tank cars Note that anyone modeling a WW-II period “oil” tank car train could use a couple. They weren’t many, but they did stand out in the pictures I have seen. --

I made a mistake writing my email address it’s cepropst@q’com Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Ray, I suspect this would need to be a labor of love. While some prototypes lasted into the 1940s, they were not common. Modelers with an earlier focus, like me and several others,

Tim, This was not my picture--I simply copied and cropped it from the earlier post, focusing more on the narrow gauge gondola(s).

I think Aaron was working with Bill on those patterns. It definitely wasn't me. Would be both a tribute to Bill and a gift to the hobby if those patterns could be completed by someone with Aaron's

Tony I'll look for the Chooch loads. I wonder if a realistic sugar beet load can be done in 3-D printing. How would one specify a highly irregular 3-D

Andy and all - I fed your photo of the men in the narrow guage gondola to two different image search engines - GOOGLE and YANDEX The Google search was

Hmmm. So it seems like you are telling us this is all Ted's fault your model took this long to complete. <wink> Good job, Brian! Your model looks very nice. Much better than the

I think Bill had a couple of test castings made. He had shared images of the masters and prototype in a couple of emails a year or two ago. IIRC, he wasn't quite satisfied and was going to add a

Ron, Pop that model into a Ziplock plastic bag and set it in your freezer overnight. That should weaken the CA bonds so you can remove detail. Of course, it will weaken all CA

The Bill Welch auto box? Anyone know how far Bill got with that proposed kit? Clark Propst

>One thing I am still not sure if I screwed up is the side ladders. Tichy really doesn't describe how far to locate the ladders from the end and of course remind you that they are at the same

Ron, I built a SR (Sunshine) box early on and thought I had done a good job. Then I saw the same car built by Craig Zini and realized that I had not applied the roof correctly. The kit is no longer