Anyone have or know of any photos of a B&LE 82000 series box car? Supposed to be a double sheathed 100K ton car off their roster in late 1940 early 1941. 25 became M&StL 50300 series. A photo of one

I have found that Tamiya jars are absolutely air tight. I even transferred contact and canopy cement to the jars and they remain perfectly fresh.

Hi, Don. I purchased 5 of the conversion kits several years ago and finally got around to doing my Accurail cars. They look pretty good to me and provide something different. My cars would never win

Hope you protected your MEK from evaporation. I bought a quart and decanted an ounce into a repurposed paint bottle. A couple of year later when I needed to refill the bottle, I found the can half

Actually, MEK isn't illegal in California. I suspect that buyers were using if when other products were available. I've heard that it is still available in places that sell automobile paint. I bought

Well... true. You want me to smuggle some in to you? Hmm? Matthew Hurst

Well it a reason it's hard to impossible to buy MEK, in CA, which is my favorite glue for polystyrene. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr

Your product was featured in a Model Railroad Hobbyist article. Can you remind me how to order your product? I did not see a link on the internet. Last time it seemed there was a ten unit minimum

It comes up because certain paints and adhesives are banned or hard to get in some places. To enforce the bans or restrictions a system of labels is required. It's about public health, a very hot

Sorry but I gotta ask.... What does this have to do with Steam Era Freight Car Modeling? Matthew Hurst

I am an industrial toxicologist by profession and was board certified until I retired. Until mid 2005, I was employed by an multinational corporation. My position involved making certain the company's

For years I've wondered where BN idler flats to their barge ramp in West Seattle came from, think these are them. Excellent work, thank you for explaining in detail how to improve the deck because it

Hi folks, I gather that someone must have presented an article in one of the modeling mags on converting some suppliers single door boxcar into a 1 1/2 door car judging from the number of

Lester That’s another fine build thanks for sharing it. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Steve, Ron Sebastian had those tooled after he bought my resin kit line to replace the white metal steps I mastered for my NYC double sheathed boxcars. That attachment was meant to mount to the steel

Thanks for all the fine suggestions. Here is what the Des Plaines Hobbies part ends up looking like. Close, but not an exact match. Probably needs to be longer with the attachment points vertical

Great job, Lester. For those with a copy of November-December, 1978 Northwestern Prototype Modeler, pages 12 and 12 feature an article by our own Steffan Ehnbom on kit bashing this class flatcar by

bare in mind gentlemen, this warning was created to protect the consumer, the rampant useage, is a result of shyster lawyers, who thought they had found a loophole, after losing the case, most

I have completed the build of Great Northern Flat Car 69958, class FM. If you are interested in the build of this flat car including addition of details not in the kit, photos and writeup of the

Group, I have an operating layout and need steps that will stand up to handling. I have attached photos of how I fabricate this type of “two rung sill steps” using A-Line type A steps and