Rich, Thank you for the great info! What did you use for the rod that the brake chain “slider” rides on while connected to the chain? Brass strip? Size? It connects the brake cylinder to the

Attached are photos of a KCS Interim AAR boxcar I just completed. It was built from a Speedwitch kit. The flat finish dried less than 2 hours before packing the car and bringing it to the Twin

**** I must have mis transcribed the GN group. **** Welcome to the group! (GRIN) I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve made that mistake in my life! **** I mentioned the flat bottom of

Tim writes: **** Thanks Steve. You're right but I have ignored the treatment of the flat-bottom top major rib because EVERYONE in the hobby biz has ignored it (in HO scale) with one Accurail

Hi John and Group Yes, I frequently get taken to the group home page instead of the attachment I had clicked on in an e-mail. This is primarily .jpg's in my case but I have also come across .pdf's

These are the AMC version of the 1920s ARA steel-sheathed box, with the "innie" version of the early Dreadnaught end. This drawing shows the taller Dreadnaught end on N&W class BT, but the general

I'm inclined to think this is someone's outside metal roof, and not any sort of all-steel roof. David Thompson

Yeah, it does, but I don't think the Viking name was in use in 1916, being a trade name Chicago-Cleveland transitioned to some time around WWII. Dennis Storzek

Elliot, I used Campbell Scale Models chain, which is 42 links per inch. I used 1x6 styrene for the brake levers, and 0.012 wire with clevises made from Grandt Line turnbuckles for the brake

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It appears to be a Viking roof similar to those used on SP boxcars Gene Deimling

The Valley Forge RPM has been cancelled due to Corona virus. -- John

Nice looking build Rich, like the finished product. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

you are correct, it is a chicago-clevrland,if memory serves me right?, bob hundman in MM did an article on how to build one of these radial roofs from scratch, and one of the prototype illustrations

Group/ moderator, Lately I am unable to open pdf attachment to received messages and instead land on the group home page. Seem to happen about every other digest. Anyone else having this problem?

I agree that it's a radial roof, but it doesn't seem to match the images of the Hutchins "camber" roof in the 1916 CBC. I don't know who made that roof. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

the radial version mel perry

Hutchins Dry Lading Roof? A photo taken in 1916: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ssave/39075615572/in/album-72157689846832316/ Is this an example of a Hutchins Dry Lading roof? Thanks. Bob

Great model! What size chain and brass strip do you need for the brake cylinder pulley assembly? My sunshine kit of the soo sawtooth did not include either. Thanks, Elliot

A "recommend" from me for the Toronto RPM. It's relatively small but has been growing. Several historical societies are attending this year. This is the geographically closest one to me