Tim O'Connor wrote: They certainly did, Tim. Look at the dust jacket photo on Kaminski's P-S book. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

It's kind of misleading to say there's an HO model for the Bx-52, even one that needs to be "modified" (rebuilt is more like it) a 1947 design "PS-1" (I'm not sure that Pullman Standard even

Your modeling choices for GATX cars are limited, but vegetable oils were typically carried in 8,000 gal. ARA III or ICC-103 or ICC 203 non-insulated cars. Sunshine has resin kits for these, and

I am modeling 1955. What model gatx tank car would be best for handling bean oil?

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I have found the Branchline Blue Print series to be good heavy weight models. I have built several kits, and find them not overly challenging, but they do take time. There are a few items one should

After removing mine I noticed the last section of the underframe toward the ends is blank allowing you to poke the floor out from underneath. Jerry Glow

There are groups specific to passenger cars <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PassengerCarList> being the best place to start. You might also try: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/passconsist>

I'm new to Steam era modeling and need some help. most of what I have so far is coal hauling rolling stock so now I'm looking to put my first passenger train together the layout is set in the 1930's

After Works equally well on painted plastic or resin. I haven't tried it on wood, but there's no reason why that wouldn't work as well. No. If you overdo it, you can take some of it off with a

Gene I often use colored pencils, or even Sharpie pens, to darken or highlight the roof seam caps on box cars. The pigment in the pencils will remain visible after a light flat coat although it is

Our leader comes through again. How about some photos and a little article in RPC?

Richard, Before or after painting the sides with their basic color? On wood, plastic or resin or some combination? Does it rub off or smear when handled? Does a clear gloss or flat coat reduce the

I used a single edge razor blade about midway the length of the car to pick the edge of the floor and start lifting it. Jerry Glow

Tony; It wouldn't surprise me, and they often were doing huge numbers of cars, and there had to be econonomies to be had in an industry that large. I have never seen any references to what type of

Bill; The shot of the GP20 has virtually no shadow, which would seem to indicate overcast, which has a dramatic effect on color in an image. Overcast pushes standard film toward blue, which many

Sometimes we thing too much. Brute force is always the answer : ) I pried mine out. Was so easy I don't even remember how I did it ! Probably the same as Tim mentioned. Car is much nicer weathered,

Rich; I sure can't answer the first part of your message, but interesting about the last part.... I am also incorporating consideration of loads in most of my modeling now. I spent a lot of time

Ed, I've attained a pretty realistic effect by coloring some boards with various shades of brown and gray Prismacolor artists' pencils. Richard Hendrickson