Hi RJ, you’re achieving nice results, so what follows may not apply to what you are doing. But my recent experience with turpentine and oils used for weathering washes was paint on two models

Tim, Turpentine, or the odorless alternative, Turpenol, are effective on all artist's oil paints, regardless of brand. It is not an appropriate solvent for other types of paint. Regards, Bruce

Days to go, Tim, days to go . . . Schuyler

Turpentine? Does it matter what brand of paint this is applied to? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Clark It seems like sales were much stronger before Christmas! $200+ in December but just $45 in January? :-( -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I'll send you the photos that go with the steps. It is actually rather quick & easy. Over the last 3 decades I've tried most methods and really like this one. Hardest part would be to find a Floquil

Tim & Group; I just love that pic for so many reasons. The “SPOUT” lettering is probably for the crew welding the ladle together. The ones face down further down are teeming ladles for

Lots of interesting chalk marks on that one. "No good for ingots" is different. Scott McDonald

Got reasonable offers on the last cars I posted, so I’ll offer three more... https://www.ebay.com/itm/114612774682?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/114612780340?ul_noapp=true

Nice. I think you've also just described the standard for steam era weathering for 2021 that many of us are using. The only tweak I'm currently doing different is after painting and before the Pledge

Doug, Is Cudahy 5557 a Mather car? It’s marked for return to E. Chicago where Mather had their plant. The car ends are a different design from later Mather cars. Eric

Clark One great build by Your friend. I built one and have it on my blog http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/search/label/tank%20car I would not sell sell it for less then $200 plus. Lester Breuer

On the Burlington, the main purpose of the enlarged Mather cars was to haul hogs from western Illinois to Tobin Packing in Rochester and Albany NY. These cars could hold up to 200 hogs, so

Here's a 2016 blog post on the Walthers T-section Bettendorf sprung trucks that I converted to solid. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2016/09/09/t-section-bettendorf-trucks/

Someone else can verify but I beleive Ted Culotta's went for about $500. It seems a lot, and it is, but I know some who have done this car and it can be 100 hours of work. That makes the price less

My good friend Bob is an old curmudgeon that doesn’t partake of any social media including i o lists. So, he was not aware aware of that fact that this kit is at the pinnacle of tough builds.

There is an excellent color photo of Swift 6544 in red paint and with 4 hinges on the back cover of the Morning Sun Refrigerator Car Color Guide. Bill Darnaby

Stan Rydarowicz sold a kit for this car. There are two finished models in a late friends estate. If anyone is interested in them I can put you in contact with the person doing the liquidating? Please

Ah, now that I know the question I can answer. Mont makes an excellent point. At many rural locations there was only one loading chute at the local stockpens, so car length was not an issue. Each car

Phil, they are what we commonly call 36’ wood reefers. Attached is the photo of the Cudahy reefer #5557 that closely matches the Atlas model. And at the photo of Swift 9863. 5557 was built in 1928