If it wasn't for the glare on the roof, I'd swear this was a real photo! ;-) Mike Skibbe www.cgwrr.com

wondering Without knowing your exact purpose, would an airbrushed layer of gray paint accomplish the same thing? It would have a more even application if it needed to be left on for molding. Or,

Ted, when you figure it out let us know! :o) I have always used soft lead pencil on styrene, but not for masters. The lead can be erased about 98% with a white plastic eraser. Tim O.

Thinking about this the alcohol we used to strip blue layout dye could have been methyl alcohol (methanol), not isopropyl. Methyl alcohol is poison; isopropyl isn't as bad; it's commonly used in

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Here's a swag -- Texaco? Sinclair?

Good observation, and although it is known to some students of the B&O, I suspect it is not widely understood why this occurred. It is because some of the later (1950s) rebuilds of the M-15s were

The only ones I'm aware of are the late '20s cars built for North American Tank Line, which have been discussed recently here as possible prototypes for a Tichy/Intermountain kit bash. The earlier

Where there any large numbers of PSC tankcars owned by the same company? Dave Nelson

I was reviewing the article in RP Cyc Number 9, and I noticed the varied placement of the billboard initials in the mid-1950s and the 1960s. They seemed to shift left if the car had been rebuilt with

--- In STMFC@..., Ted Culotta <tculotta@s...> asked: Has anyone tried using toolmaker's blue dye on styrene? I am wondering if: The old composition that I am familiar with (Dychem or

What is the difference between 'W' and 'Z' corner posts?Are they visibly distinguished? I'm thinking of using The Intermountain O scale boxcar for a rebuild program that the Great Northern did in

Ted, To my knowledge,it shouldn't attack the styrene,but the agents used to remove it would.Also,if your making patterns for RTV molds,any splotches,or other irregularities caused by the

Has anyone tried using toolmaker's blue dye on styrene? I am wondering if: -- it attacks styrene? -- can easily be removed once the work is done? -- or if it cannot be removed, will it react with

Not to be a nitpicker, but for a 300k file, it's pretty small still. Can you send me something larger, say 1280 x whatever? -- Thanks! Brian Ehni

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I thought it might be in the south, because there is an MP rebuilt box car among Jim Sands' photos -- unfortunately it's painted in a completely bogus style; but appears to be in excellent condition.

Eureka Springs is in Arkansas. Jay Bingham pacific Plaisades, CA

Tim O'Connor queries: Pressed Steel Car Co., 9-17 (the date is stenciled on the tank). See the builder's photo in the 1922 and 1925 CBCycs. of Boynton Refining Co. BORX 851. I suspect the UTLX

Any idea of the builder and age? Jim Sands photo, taken at Eureka Springs (wherever that is) in 2004. http://image07.webshots.com/7/9/28/65/178792865ThRUaD_fs.jpg