Tony Thompson asks about the Harrimans: "I take it that this is the 60-foot car? We sure need 'em." Yep. Mike Brock

Smokey Valley Railroad products and Bowser does custom casting. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@adelphia. There are more important things in life than money - but they will not go out with you if

Brian, I have used all, but my experience with Walther's Solvaset was to dilute it with a little water as I have had decals shrivel up when using it straight from a new bottle. It can be quite

From Rob Kirkham: I wish I could be more help with this, but I haven't had brass castings made for some years now and don't know the details. To answer your questions, you would need to talk with

From Phil Buchwald: Both, actually. I have a bunch of them which have been around for years (and it's also possible that the MS film is better now than it used to be). The instructions on the MS

Well, a LOT of those are on the Fallen Flags website, too . . . Duplication. SGL

But there's no photo of it on the IRM website, nor even an acknowledgement that they have it. ??? SGL

Mike Brock wrote: I take it that this is the 60-foot car? We sure need 'em. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

It's probably stuck on a siding in Wyoming with a bunch of N&W hopper cars on either end of it. Ron

It looks pretty good that SC&F will have the tardy 2 door Harriman baggage car for sell at Prototype Rails [ Jan 7-9 Cocoa Beach, FL ]. This car works for both UP and SP and perhaps WP or even IC. If

If Guy wilber is still reading any of these lists, please contact me directly at englij at rpi dot edu Thank you - Jeff English Troy, New York

Thanks Charlie!

You have to select "print spot colors" from the printer menu. There the menu guides you between foils and colors. There is a selection for "white". If you go to Tango Papa decals

Use a coat of Future Acrylic floor finish. Many of use making decals with the ALPS printers use that as a top coat. Howard Garner modeling 1905

Larry Jackman sez: Larry is right, of course: the liquid brass which fills the mold shrinks on solidification. But if the parts are oversize to start with, as are so many model parts, one might

Charles Dean wrote: I know it's cold in the east but I assume that means 10,000 feet, not 10 degrees Kelvin. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2942 Linden Ave.,

There is a discussion group on Yahoo specifically for ALPS printers. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alpsdecal/ Gene Green

The artwork should be straight black - just tell the software to print white. Jerry in Fla

Sometimes you have to fool the printer into thinking it's printing a different color. Worst case is to switch the white label with a (black for example) different label and then print in that