I must correct this one statement. There is always shrinking in brass investment casting. It is 1 1/2%. Melted brass always shrinks I cast brass for 20 years and it always shrinks Thank you Larry

The car at Union is MILW 19331, Blt 1940. per the IRM roster. Bill McCoy Jax, FL horizontal rib

Mont, It's 19331. Blt 1940. Kevin Lafferty horizontal rib

Rob & list, I can HIGHLY recommend Valley Brass and Bronze for all of your brass casting needs. If you make a plastic master, a mold can be made to make multiple pieces instead of burning them on a 1

I read some where (do not remember where) but there is no pure water left on the surface of the earth. You may find some from under ground springs or from wells around Abilene Ks where it passes

Richard, I wonder if you might say a little more about this approach to getting parts. I've actually been thinking about brass castings for some parts I want to model. In my area I know there are

Rich Townsend, who's obviously been here, writes: No, Lithia water is strictly a curiosity for the tourists (for the uninitiated, Ashland was at one time promoted as a spa community owing to the

I agree with your conclusion. The DA grabs, whle very nicely made, are too long; the grabs on most steel box cars of the steam era were 18" on centers. Well, it's been done, but not for sale. Years

There used to be a MILW Rib Boxcar in very good condition in Edison (I think) east of Bakersfield, Ca. being used as a storage shed at a scrap yard. I have not been up to look for it in about 7 years

There's a few shots of these cars on Elwood's Fallen Flags site, but are there some other shots somewhere else on line? In particular, the versions modeled by "Rib Side Cars"? TIA SGL

Thanks all. Since the first model I plan to decal is a carload of PRR HB-1 containers for the G22B gondola. I may try Champ on one side and Mircoscale on the other since I plan to weather the crap

So, looking to improve the MILW rib-side cars, I've scraped off the 'shelves' on the left end of the sides, to replace them with some proper grabs. I have some left over from Branchline kits, and

Obviously you're not using water from Lithia Park! Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,

From Schuyler Larrabee: Schuyler's point is well taken, though I don't personally bother with distilled water. I use tap water with no problem because Ashland city water is very good to start with

Bill PHP stands for packing house products, as in Meat Packing. In my research I did not find it restricted to hog, or by-products, but could cover beef, lamb, etc. Some exchanges I had with a former

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Brian: In addition to Richard's comments. one thing I do that eliminates any marring of the decals is to not add setting solution until after the decals have dried completely. Then, I just touch the