Here is a color scan of a slide I bought off of EBAY of the FGEX aluminum reefer 40000. No photographer name on the mount. Certainly would be an interesting Resin kit (hint hint). Scott McDonald

Good-looking model, Rich. Nice job! Tony Thompson tony@...

Really like the finish. The CPR car looks nice and worn with that pan pastel treatment! Rob

Nice looking model! The rusty interior really looks great. Rob

I decided to build and detail some of the plastic boxcar kits I have left in my kit stash. The first two completed cars are CP 254714 and A&WP 37646. CP 254714 is an Intermountain Postwar AAR

Mel, Thanks for the comment on the scenery. The photo is a 4’ module I built to use for live demonstrations in scenery clinics. It was initially built for the Twin Cities Modelers Retreat

Matt, The Duryea underframe is part of the Sunshine Models kit. Rich Remiarz

nice blending of the scenery mel perry

Rich, Gorgeous car! Did the Cushion underframe coupler pockets come with it or did you add them? If you added them.... what did you use? Great work Matthew Hurst PRRT&HS #6799 PRRT&HS modeling

After sitting on my workbench for a couple of months painted and decaled while I worked on structures and scenery, I finally weathered and added the final details on B&O 262529, an O-59A gondola build

Not so sure about the infection part. Nelson P. Moyer, Ph.D., D(ABBM) Medical, Public Health, and Environmental Microbiologist

Been using them for about 40 years now. Sharper than Xactos, with multiple sizes and multiple blade designs. I buy them by the 100s. Plus, if you get sterile blades, you are less likely to get an

Thanks, Ben. I have no idea where my CV kit is, and didn’t think to look at the website. Schuyler

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: N&W Livestock Car 29000 (Undated) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Libraries: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/full/NS2777.jpeg Schuyler

Not the NP car; these cars were built from N&W Class BL https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=19339 and Class BLa https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=20702 boxcars. These boxcars

There is a very small date at the bottom right. Under magnification it appears to be 1935. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

Is this close to the NP car . . .??? Radial roof and all that. Schuyler

If you have an interest in new tools or a new use for an old tool, my new blog post on scalpels and other handles as Xacto with scalpel blades is available for your read. Photos and writeup of

 I actually felt the concept was pretty groovy... Claus Schlund

No Schuyler, It SEAMED like a good idea. Seriously, I was impressed by the detail of the roof construction. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville,