Eric, I would like to share a different technique using heat and a vacuum along with a steel plate. Hopefully the pictures will tell the story Hope this helps Jesus Peña Concord, California

Do you put the chain and rod from the hand brake on after you paint it so the chain doesn't get clogged up with paint? How do you glue back there? Scott McDonald

Rich, two groups: —3200–3449 41-foot GS gons —17000–17149 low side gons as done by ERTL Bill Welch

Which MEC gons do you need photos of? I might be able to help you out. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Some time ago I purchased a Resin HO kit that had Tennessee Central Decals with it. I have no use for those decals. I deleted the messages about TC decals and can no longer recover them. Whom ever was

Clark, I must have 5-6 of the Westerfield NYC kits in my stash. If you want a 'corrugated' door, contact me off list at sullivant41 ATT yahoo DOT com. Todd Sullivan

Hello Bruce Thank you so much for the photo of the brass car. Now we're getting some where. I was a bit confused at first about the placement of the brake equipment. I have never

Clark, To turn the car into the standard NYC car you’d need to replace the N&B’s 3-panel door with the reinforcement plate with the standard NYC three panel door or an appropriate NYC Youngstown

Clark, Both the HC and the N&B were chiefly cement carriers, so having their cars on your Iowa railroad would be like sending the proverbial "coals to Newcastle". I won't say it couldn't happen, but

Fantazmagorical Mr. Welch, Just say'in Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

At this point the project is a blank canvas in need of information. He initiated this at my request and I think that he would cover any era that he has the info for so if you want to send it to me I

Based on interpreting the photos I have examined, I do not think the HB or HC cars received new roofs. Bill Welch

Just spoke to Bob and ask him to look for photos for two groups on Maine Central gondolas, two groups of Central Vermont SS boxcars and two groups of Grand Truck Western SS boxcars. He appreciates our

Clark, If you saw a Hannibal Connecting car on your branch line, it would most likely be loaded with bagged cement. gary roe quincy, illinois (just 20 miles north of Hannibal)

Very nice, Bill. Schuyler

I won a Westerfield NB box car as a door prize at CCB. Started on the kit this morning. Beautiful one piece body model BTW. Chances of seeing one of these cars around here are slim to none.There's

I would hope that he will produce the decals in such a way as to cover many variations over time. Schuyler

It is interesting to note that the "S" on the Protocraft Decal set (as well as the prototype!) seems to be upside down. Steve Kay

. . . "I love the smell of Microscale's Micro Sole and Micro Set in the morning." For example here is my kit-bashed Missouri-Kansas-Texas Company Shops 1943-built War Emergency boxcar. It was primed

In the FWIW department, The Pullman Library has a Pullman drawing of Lot 5655 series7900-7955 TC Box cars stencil drawings. That includes the side, end, bolster, cylinder &interior lettering.