brass is fussy Remove any factory clear coat, worst part of the job Wash Soak in white vinegar wash Prime Bake Colour coats, bake Don't touch

Claus Schlund wrote: Note in that photo (the second one) that there IS no bonnet. It has been removed. An installed bonnet has no manway at all. This car must be being repaired. And I think I

Tim and Friends, Well . . . I'm wondering if you are serious about this statement. The black cars with white or silver lettering are obvious. The cars with orange ends and the black band at the dome

I notice a worker is about to enter (or perhaps has just emerged from) the interior of the chlorine tank car via the dome (or should I say bonnet?). I wonder what procedure they followed to make sure

Clark Propst wrote: Clark, I almost always use a light gray primer, sometimes even from a rattle can, but with good paint, such as Tamiya. And I let it sit for some time to be ENTIRELY dry. Tony

Very nice model, Fenton. Always good to see a UP car modeled well. I have a couple minor nits to pick, that I expect very few people to know. First, the UP began putting the solid journal Repack data

Would like to know what prep work folks do before laying on color? Thanks, appreciate it! CW Propst

It looks like a drawbar from the trailer hitch of the truck to coupler of the car for the purpose of moving the car around the facility. Mark Landgraf

I'm going through my Rapido pre-orders, and trimming those that look like they might have problems. I just examined the photo Rapido has

Hi List Members, A nice view of Utah Coal Route steel gons in log service...

The orange and black Hooker paint scheme is shown in builder photos from before World War II. Of course the photos are all black & white, making this less obvious. :-) -- *Tim

Friends, Yesterday someone asked when the orange paint scheme was applied to Hooker tank cars. I'm not sure anyone answered. A clue is in the photo of GATX 24784 at

Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for these great links. I notice in the image of TELX 224 that there appears to be the tailgate of a truck. Two items of interest... (1) The truck bed appears to

Photos: Hooker Tank Cars These black-and-white photos are from the Tacoma Public Library Digital Archives: HOKX 606 & 614 Plus

Photos: Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company Tank Cars These black-and-white photos are from the Tacoma Public Library Digital Archives: TELX

It's not uncommon to see mothballed flattops in Tacoma Tideflats air photos from the 40s, 50s, and maybe even into the 60s. They were escort carriers built by the shipbuilding company at the tip of

It's not uncommon to see mothballed flattops in Tacoma Tideflats air photos from the 40s, 50s, and maybe even into the 60s. They were escort carriers built by the shipbuilding company at the tip of

A little to the left, which would be east, is where the USN used to have three Minesweepers live. They were tied up next to a group of warehouses and were just down (west) the tital cut from a power

That would be the USS Intrepid at what would have been, I believe, Pier 86 @ W. 46th Street which is a few blocks south of the Manhattan Cruise terminal (today) which happens to sit on

I just checked out Mather meat reefers on Ebay after my Mather post just minutes ago. There are a good number of both Red Caboose RTR and kits offered, almost all at much less expense than mine. I