I am still mastering the search feature for archived messages, so I may have missed something on the topic previously posted, but the Champ lettering guide says earlier PRR cabooses were painted

Thanks to everyone who responded. I now have lots of sale items for the Train show here in Jax in Feb. Since the P2K type 21's came up, which of the paint schemes that they sold are real? I have a

A sketch of the Holland RS-2 Ride Stabilizer Unit appears on page 848 of the 1961 CBC. It's a system of ride control springs and friction blocks installed within the truck bolster. Pat Wider

Rupert Gamlen wrote: Pretty likely a snubber in the trucks. Holland made several kinds. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Can someone tell me what sort of equipment "Holland RS-2" would be? It relates to flat cars, probably towards the end of the STMFC period, but the copying of the page has left the detail

The reason that message appears is that the address includes the TCP/IP address (in octets) rather than an alpha textual address. In other words, it provides the address as 138.23.124.164. What your

Well, everyone knows the prototype for the Walthers car: it's the Varney car <g> . Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

When I tried to download these three pix I got the error message attached. In case Yahoo strips my attachment, it reads: SECURITY WARNING It appears you are about to access a website

All these answers assume the original question related to the old Walthers tank cars and not to the Proto 2000 tank cars Walthers now produces. -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Since the SAL Orlando branch served an Air Force base that may have received avgas, does anyone make USQX decals? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. dedicated Goo service... carrying the product to Modelers

As a side note, the Walthers tank car can be converted for dedicated Goo service... carrying the product to Modelers Meets to serve as a raffle prize. Scott

In a message dated 11/18/2005 7:08:43 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, jimpick2001@... writes: When I tried to download these three pix I got the error message attached. In case Yahoo strips

Other than that, what's wrong with them? ;-) regards, Andy Miller

The Walthers car is a VERY rough approximation of a pre-war GATC car. It is not a good representation. The tank is too large, the underframe is crude, and the whole thing is mis-proportioned. Elden

No. The RC model represents a post-WW-II welded AC&F design which wasn't owned by Shell (or, for that matter, any other petroleum company). Most were built for the US Army Quartermaster Corps; a few

Ross, not sure about the ladders but the roof walks are pretty much a light press fit. I took the blade of an X-Acto knife and pried them off with no damage. They pop right back in place as well.

Obviously the acetal painting problem has been solved; just look at all the recent diesel models with painted handrails. I prefer the grit-blast approach myself. If you have not taken apart a Kadee

Are there prototypes for the Red caboose 103W Shell yellow and red tank car (Car number is SCCX 603) and the Walthers 10,000 gal tank car? Bill McCoy, Jax

Bill McCoy asked: Bill, As I understand it, the RC 10K welded tank car is only correct "out of the box" for the U.S. Army scheme as shown

I have had very good luck with Accu-Paint and acetal plus other enginnering plastics. It likes to stick to it if you prime the material with an acetone wipe or do a Al2O3 media blast to roughen up the