Ted Culotta wrote One of my favorites too -- but unfortunately models a Dupont tank car (in one of my Favorite tank car paint schemes) for which decals no longer exist (and the old Champ set was

SPAR LUMBER in Wilmington, CA, was NOT named for use in aircraft spars. It was named for the provision of boat masts - SPARs. Equally named is SPAR VARNISH, the common name for varnishes used to

Rob: It sure does. This was one of the articles I referred to last week as one of, IMHO, the best freight car modeling articles ever written. Regards, Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media 645 Tanner Marsh

Gene, can you post that diagram to the files section. I'd like to see it. Rob Kirkham

Richard, after reading your comments on bashing an older style ICC-105 from the Athearn model, I went through my file of old articles and found one by Mark Feddersen on modelling an ICC-104 car

box Never mind. I got my 1932 box car book back today and noticed that the rivets are on the cars although they are hard to see on many of the photos. It appears that some road's cars do not have

Gary E. Ray wrote: I recall and appreciated. My birthday today. they were Four versions, two tank diameters. 10K = long tank, large diameter. 8K = short tank, large diameter and long tank, small

Off the ground (water) and in the air for a certain albiet short time sounds like flying to me. Jerry Glow successfully it the it was (and hour's

Richard Hendrickson wrote: My understanding is that the Spruce Goose also was never successfully "flown." Although the plane left the water of Long Beach Harbor, it never rose far enough to be clear

Dean, Proto-87 website is at ... www.proto87.com -- Bill Keene

Scott replies... True but the Wings (massive in size) were made of aircraft quality Spruce with grain deflection of 1/8th of an inch in 12-feet... As Denny says quite fine grained... And the largest

I was surprised to read the note below, as it is widely documented that the "Spruce Goose" was almost entirely made of birch, specifically to avoid use of strategic war materials such as spruce (which

Thank you. Just ordered. I know I'll have to sit back and wait. Lots of other things to do. My wife was very kind. I would have sent a personal e-mail but only saw the STMFC address as

Dean, IIRC, there is a Proto-87 website that may have the itmes you seek. Can't remember the exect web address. Fred Freitas

Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> writes- It is also a beautiful straight-grained wood when finished "bright", i.e. varnished, filled but no stain. Prior to and immediately after WWII,

Gary, The IRC Type 27s are too long for your time period. The model you should focus on is the Life-Like Type 21 as they make both 8K and 10K gallon versions and are accurate models. The models come

I am looking for semi-scale (narrow tread?) wheelsets with ribbed backs. A search on Walthers and Reboxx's sites turns up only flat back wheelsets. I thought IM or NWSL might have some... I

From the Winter 2004-2005 catalog 62.2 UTLX X-3 short frame, large diameter 8k car in the 16000-17799 series $34 62.3 UTLX X-3 long frame, small diameter 8k car in the 18000-22999 series $34 62.4 UTLX

Our own Richard Hendrickson wrote both articles, and many of the photos in the Trix article show cars leased to the several makers of chlorine and painted in rather colorful schemes. My how times

Backdating AB brakes to KC on any car is simplicity itself. Remove all three AB components and mount the KC triple valve/reservoir/cylinder where the AB cylinder was with the KC cylinder in the