Although I model in S scale, I sometimes use HO scale Champ decals, especially in the case of dimensional data and sometimes even in the case or road name sets. If the size of dimensional data on

I have seen tank car ladders made of metal. I believe they were sold as a part. But I can not remember what manufacture offered them. Does anyone know who makes metal tank car ladders? These would

All, Ed has it right... I have worked around flat cars long enough to know that not many had much of an untreated wood appearance... Most are one of the 256 possible shades of black to gray. Modern

Charlie Vlk wrote: My respect for MicroScale has never recovered from them being given a meticulously hand-drawn set of ink-on-vellum drawings of Western Pacific freight car lettering (some of

Thomas M. Olsen wrote: Tom, I think you're wrong about this. First of all, "Dulux" was a whole line of DuPont paint, and there are many Dulux colors, not just the gold. Secondly, I have an SP

Edwin C. Kirstatter wrote: Depends on the railroad. I know of several that did NOT use creosote for flat cars. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave.,

Although they weren't used in interchange service and the decks didn't absorb any of the load, the YV log cars replaced the deck (and bulkhead) boards using the cheapest, green lumber available.

I also know that many flat car decks were untreated oak, which, when wet, will turn black because of the interaction of the chemicals in the oak with the water. Mr Thompson can no doubt explain that

During the Steam Era, very few flat car decks used creosoted lumber. Most decks were built from hardwoods, without any preservatives. Sincerely Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

They have listened to me . . . YMMV. SGL

It's possible that some were but many were not. The gray on the multilayers paint job is for weathered wood which will turn gray. This also may be an era thing. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has

Rob, Thanks, that's just what I needed to know. I'll be sure to check RPCyc when I get home (I had forgotten that they covered these cars). Thanks

Have any of you ever sat on a flatcar deck? Or really looked at one! I guess not! The wood used on flat cars decks were treated with Creosote just as are wood ties on the track. Look at them. When

Jack Burgess wrote: There was an article in RMC many years ago about this same process. It was shown as a to make plastic flat car decks look like wood and works very well. For flat cars, you air

Andy, You and some of the other Santa Fe modelers on this list have this poor "unwashed" Espee modeler very confused when it comes to the new Intermountain stock car kits. I have three kits, and for

Jeff; If I recall correctly, the yellow/green/BCR scheme came along in the early 1950's. Whether that would stretch to 1951, I'm not certain, but I'm pretty certain that you'd be on shaky ground in

I think this Group established earlier that the green/yellow paint scheme was mid-50's. Frank Brua

The instructions for the Tichy 40' 50ton flat car contain some very specific instructions for treating wood decking. Jerry Glow process. It was very that dries, to "scratch" even do adding

Tom- In this you are not correct. I am looking at a typical Styling and Painting drawing (for a B&O EMD E-7A) and the color is called out as "95-014 Dupont Imit. Dulux Gold" and this is typical

Rob, Thanks; I didn't know about the gray/red scheme. The one I'm interested in has a BCR roof, and yellow / green sides (CNW colors), with a small CNW