Hi Rob, Copra (the dried meat of coconuts) has several industrial uses, including as a lathering ingredient in soaps and shampoos, a source of coconut oil for food and magarine, and as animal feed

All: Are there any decals for LV gondolas where the LV is spelled out in small letters and the small black diamond is provided, or is there another LV set (boxcar for example) that would give the

Thanks Tim. That may explain why the cars being loaded are double sheathed cars GT13684 and a CNR truss rod box car: both starting to get older by 1925. By the way, the link is working again. Rob

Knowing that there are a large number of superior modelers on this list (along with those of us with lesser skills . . .) I'd like to read how some of you apply roof walks to the steam freight cars

Schuyler writes: Thoughts? Techniques? Recommendations? Alternatives? SGL Schuyler and all, Have you ever considered the Tichy see through running boards? As they come they are a bit

Schuyler, I just put up a post up a couple of weeks ago that Cyanopoxy(Cool Chem) does a great job without having to drill the holes. It is as "friendly " as slow drying super glue, just a lot more

Rob Kirkham wrote: According to Rule #18 of the Code of Car Service Rules & Interpretations, Copra was one of the commodities cited that could not be loaded into boxcars classed as suitable for grain

This is indeed a sad loss. Augie and I go back to 1970 when SCL transferred me to Miami. Orange Blossom became the center of my universe. I worked Saturdays at "OB" for the 4 years I was in Miami.

I've come across a couple of interesting shots of copra being unloaded from a ship in Vancouver harbour in 1925, and poured into the upper door area of a box car. The photos can be found by typing

Too new for most, but I have a 4 pac of these 70's cars. I can't use them(too new for me). Anyone want them for $39.00 including shipping? -Andy Carlson < midcentury@... > --- Brian J

Those are more correctly known as "Plow Bolts", from their obvious heritage and use, in providing a flush surface. Many specialty hardware suppliers still stock these bolts. Most are heated treated

I'm looking at the current Branchline catalog and they show a MEC 10'-6" car with 8' door and 4/3/1 ends, built in 1948, in a 1970 repaint scheme. Does anyone one know if they offered this car in the

I am looking for photos of the MEC 6100-6499 1937 AAR boxcar, built in 1942 by Magor, in the dark green and harvest gold scheme taken around 1957 (or at least with reweigh stencils from 1957 or

I have acquired from Terry Wegmann the last private stock of a special run of his PFE R-30-18 ice bunker reefer. When he was originally tooling this kit, he made a change in the car side-he added the

of $20,000 for a boxcar or other simple structure< Are you talking metal or Ceramic inserts made via the SLA process? Rubber molds are way cheaper than this but then you might be

That would be nice - a real win-win situation Jerry Glow interest in certain kits, a book of reprints would maintain that interest, and those kits might stay in production.

Styrene masters are still quite expensive to produce, and it requires an injection moulder to get any quality at all. If you expect to sell at least 2,000 kits, you might recoup the cost of styrene

Ted Culotta wrote: Be sure you gripe to Bill personally. He has respect for authors and wants them to like the final product. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

happen?< I was thinking short runs of styrene kits. While resin is fine I'm thinking styrene would have a more universal appeal. I think the real slow area here is the computer work with CAD

If you're just ordering the gons, they are certainly available. Asking about availability just adds 30-60 days or more to the time it takes to receive what you want. In the past I've even included a