I agree for all but small areas where you might want to show massive rust and/or surface deteriation. Many of the "heavy weathering" guys (you know - the ones who sell $15 models for $200 on ebay) do

I'm not sure you want to go overboard on texture in smaller scales - my view is that no texture is better than one that is overscale If you look at a steel casting the texture is that of the foundry

Kurt, Thanks for the tips! What scale are those tanks? Fantastic finish on them. Exactly the appearance I'm looking for! Its not so much the "finish" itself but the way light reflects on those

The SLIM&S stock car was in Ambroid's 1 of 5,000 Series. My question is regarding the regular production stock car, kit K-2 in the blue box. Car kit was introduced in 1950 but the Ambroid ads in

Frank Brua asked: "Can anyone tell me the protoype railroad(s) for the Ambroid double deck stock car (kit K-2)?" Once again we've successfully muddied the water. There were TWO Ambroid stock car

There is a mostly built kit on eBay right now that is identified as an AMBROID 1 of 5000 SERIES 1 #11 St. Loui, Iron Mountian & Southern Stock Car. Another Ambroid or Northeastern stock car kit has

I have built it and you are correct. CJ Riley --- jerryglow2 <jerryglow@...> wrote: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation?

Thanks Walter for the info. Wish I could oblige you in getting your SS box cars, I have so many irons in the fire right now, lol! Rich --- wmcclark1980 <walterclark@...>

See STMFC archives, March 3, 2003

Hello again, Well, OK, my caboose question from a week or so ago was probably sent to the wrong list, so am trying this "modeling" question. Has anyone tried to simulate the rough finish of cast

I was always led to believe it was a St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway (early component of the MoPac) car. Jerry Glow

There are doubtless others, but my effort can be found at: www.nakina.net/aartype.html Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario,

Malcom, The "butterdish" cars were AAR "BMT" cars. Dick

Sorry to hear of his passing. I for one have been awaiting a book on FGE, is there a chance that someone else can finish the book for all the freight car historians out there? Albert Spor

Of course, EARLY in the 20th century it wasn't yet the AAR <g>. ORER of the period. It is the MCB codes that I'm talking about. The system was administered by the AAR in the late steam era. They

Malcolm Laughlin wrote: Of course, EARLY in the 20th century it wasn't yet the AAR <g>. The MCB oversaw the type descriptions before WW I. They are in any ORER of the period. I'm not aware of a

Somewhere out there is cyberspace is a web site that has the AAR car type codes as of various dates from early in the 20th century. Can someone give me a reference to that site ? That's something

Can anyone tell me the protoype railroad(s) for the Ambroid double deck stock car (kit K-2)? Thanks. Frank Brua

All, Have set up a new Yahoo Group to replace "TheVLBG Group". This is not designed to compete with any existing Group. My previous Group had suffered from a lack of direction and am trying to get