Photo: MKT Boxcar 7405 (Undated) Photo from the State Historical Society Of Missouri: https://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/imc/id/41044/rec/3 Scroll on the photo to enlarge

I have one of those Globe 2 compartment cars running on the railroad and it is lettered UTLX 87xx if I remember correctly. No doubt a foobie but I still like it. I also have a mint kit of that 2

Photo: Southern Automobile Boxcar 311006 (1938) A photo from the Historic Pittsburgh website: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A715.3841794.CP/viewer Scroll on the photo to

I got to meet Mr. Miller some 40 years ago at the Miller-Felpax plant in Winona and he must have been about 90 at that time. I was the project engineer at EMD responsible for the wick lubricators

Photo: Applying Miller Lube Packing To A PRR H-21 Hopper (1955) A photo from the Hagley Digital

I remember Hoffman's character going under water with googles, but I don't think he was under water when he got the message about getting a job in plastics. He couldn't have heard the message under

I always interpreted the movie line to mean get a job in the plastics industry...If I remember correctly Dustin Hoffman was literally underwater when it was delivered at a party thrown by his parents

Interesting enough is Red Ball (type material, lead) seems to have lasted 70 years and is still going :-D! -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr

I’ve shared progress updates on a few models in my latest blog post. Details are from a couple months ago but some detail techniques may help you along.

Rob, There are two distinct mechanisms, each having a casting riveted to the door post. The upper is the door starter and closer, which uses a lever (the vertical handle) to force the door tightly

Tony, I think he meant invest in plastic, not turn it to trash!

And a third on the Mitutoyo. Mentioned in passing in this thread was the battery life question. One of the reasons I chose the Mitutoyo was it’s claim that it had better power management, leading to

Hugh Guillaume wrote: Hugh, here is a photo of a Varney underframe on a metal flat car. Is your B&LE car like this? Tony Thompson tony@...

Ken Adams wrote: The movie, of course, was somewhat prior to there being millions of tons of plastic trash in the ocean. Tony Thompson tony@...

Hugh Guillaume wrote: It was Zamac, NOT "pot metal," but it does fall apart if the alloy was a little contaminated. I'm sure in those days a manufacturer would have goggled at you if you wanted

Lets hear it for the Plastic Kits and remember the advice to Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate"..... -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek Owner

The Globe 2-dome tank car is not easy to find. Be careful buying one because the pot metal frame frequently falls apart. The Globe line of freight cars was state of the art at the time, as were Irv

Check Ted Culotta's freight car books they may have more info. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thanks Fenton - it helps. I can figure out the various upper pieces from that. But that large shape at the left end of the 18” long, horizontal piece of bar stock, remains a bit of a mystery.

Hi Folks- We have seen a history of over production of factory painted kits which were made in quantities that the increasing movement of modelers to RTR saw kits to be over produced. These gluts lead