Walthers, BLI or Branchline releases of REA equipment. Ted, What is the consensus on the paint applied to either car by Walthers and BLI? If one wanted to use undecs. what is the best choice for

roof? It should be: > ... Mr. Carbuilder. -------------------------------- Easy to model? Manfred

Maybe I can help sum up the desirable characteristics of a box car roof? It should be: 1. strong - it has to be self-supporting as well as support the weight of snow and ice as well as the weight of

join and cars Just for the record, Pacific Limited imported BOTH types of SP gondolas in "O" scale. PL#1650 (came with brass T-section Bettendorf trucks) has no rivet row on the side sheets, and

I think Denny meant .950, .960, .970, .... Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT 06437 info@... www.speedwitch.com (650) 787-1912

Yeah, where the heck did I get 1/4" from? See what happens when you try to write something before the first cup of coffee sinks in! Such a car would've been quite a battleship! Looking forward to

This may apply to a limited number of modelers. As I'm pre-war gold leaf was pretty common however I would guess during and after the war it was probably very limited, if used at all. on both

But the minimum track gauge in HO is 0.649 (I just checked on the NMRA website), so what does one use an axle length of .500 or .600 for? Does Denny do narrow gauge? Interestingly, the NMRA

One - #2500. See RP Cyc., Vol. 8, p.10. St. Cloud it is. Sorry for the plug. Pat Wider how many, but it was not very many. Perhaps they were built in the St. Cloud shops.

Jon, Thanks for pointing out the lettering color difference. The BLI car definitely has more end lettering, and the car number only on the left side of the door. In message 35016 on Oct 18, 2004

Yes. Just one, the GN 2500, built at St. Cloud in 1944 and not scrapped until the early 1980's. Staffan Ehnbom

mind) that use axle lengths <1.000" > Yabut 0.500"? That sounds like H0n2 1/2! Manfred

Tom Baker asked: "Didn't the Great Northern also have some aluminum box cars. Right now I cannot recall how many, but it was not very many. Perhaps they were built in the St. Cloud shops." GN

due to What I understand is that a flexible roof made of panels has two properties: A) flexibility due to the individual panels joined at the (non- welded) seams, B) individual stiffening of panels

Didn't the Great Northern also have some aluminum box cars. Right now I cannot recall how many, but it was not very many. Perhaps they were built in the St. Cloud shops.

Manfred: There are trucks (the Kato ASF A-3 and Atlas "Bettendorf" come to mind) that use axle lengths <1.000" Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh Road, Guilford, CT

to And high fuel prices would affect aluminum production costs anyway. I think most aluminum is made by electric arc ovens. Not until one has cheap hydro electric power or coal that is not so much

Also, for those of you who like to re-detail things and prefer to work with undecs, Microscale makes a good set to letter the recent Walthers, BLI or Branchline releases of REA

I like to throw in a question about the models that P2k offered. I found that they had some issues with the locations for the ladder grab irons. The places where they are to be glued in, are not

There have been several comments regarding matters relating to different elements of ship design. Ship design? Am I on the right group? This still being the Steam Era Frt Car Group, I think we need to