I have to say that the painted models look far better than the first batch we saw a while ago. Pierre Oliver

And that's the one place where the "u" was left in use. I always wondered about that. Perhaps that's because in this case it is someone's name? Pierre Oliver

John, I'm pretty sure that should be Pullman Green for those cars. Scalecoat or Floquil. Pierre Oliver

John, I was using Pullman Green until I bought the Railworks milk cars. They look to be Coach Green. Some one gave me a 3 car set of the Laconia cars and they are NOT the right color.

While we're on the subject -- I am working on an F&C Rutland milk car.  I would like to know what color to paint the car.  I'm pretty sure that the body was green with black roof and underbody. 

For those who don't have the decals, I've done artwork basically for myself to do the car using Clark's approach and could offer it if there's an interest. Jerry

Pierre, I have lots of Armour reefers : )) Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Thanks, Marty. A quick look at the paint rack suggests Scalecoat Boxcar Red #2. I've always wondered when America decided to shed the "u" in many words. Armour, honour, colour, etc. But I

Pierre, Would love to help, but not sure what a "colour" is????? If you're looking for color - one of Scalecoat's two "other" Boxcar Reds (Red #2 or Red #3) are what I used when I recently painted a

Can someone offer a suggestion for colour matching the tone of boxcar red used by the Rutland,circa 1945? Thanks, Pierre Oliver

Tim O'Connor wrote: "LOL. Very revealing Ben! -- you know Denny is a gynecologist, yes?" That's my point - he's had to do a residency, so he's still more far qualified to treat puncture wounds than

Tim O'Connor wrote: Um, I know Dr. Denny works on female body parts, but I thought they were those north of the reproductive region. Now, if Ben's mishap required a mammogram, he'd be well served by

LOL. Very revealing Ben! -- you know Denny is a gynecologist, yes? Tim

Mike, Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now we can get back to freight cars. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Mike: Thanks, you just saved my finger. Paul C. Koehler _____ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of mike brock Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:14

Had a nice long chat with Bill Schneider at the Rapido booth in Sacramento at the NMRA show. He had updated, painted samples of the new meat reefer. Last January he was hoping to have cars for sale at

Gee, I'm going to miss this. John B. Allyn

Well...It seems to me that we have just about exhausted the subject of the NMRA contests...again. My real concern, of course, is possible injury to some of our member's fingers while attempting to

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:44:54 -0400, Tim O'Connor wrote It happens somewhere every year around this time... I guess I felt motivated. I know more about the subject than I do about steam era freight

I attended a regional convention where a physician was to be installed as an MMR. He was true to his profession and his oath by first attending to a convention-goer who took ill. As for workshop