Thanks Tom, very informative. This proves to me that Shapeways is just maxed out and still found wanting. It's no longer an issue of resolution, but designing around the "wax tracks". It seems the SLA

I've put together an explanation of why the "corrugations" are present and how 3D printing of highly detailed vertical surfaces is still problematical. (Sort of a warm-up for my Cocoa Beach clinic.)

G'Day Gents, I'm always on the lookout for photos of steam era freight cars that will fit my August - September 1979 timeframe, and the other night, I came across this photo of a GYRX

Thanks for sharing Ted Fenton

Yes, it is. The one I photoed was on a storage track in the B&O’s Indianapolis Belmont Street yard in late 1969 (I was home from college and on my way to a nearby hobby shop). It was in much

Here is the Kadee Gypsum: https://prototopics.blogspot.com/2018/10/kadee-us-gypsum-expanded-metal-running.html and on the finished

1c. Re: Brewery Locomotive ID From: espee4441 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:20:59 PST Was the brewery in Battle Ground or Vancouver? My quick search didn't yield an address. Never explored your neck

Guys, I have the O scale kit, but wonder if anyone has completed one in HO... I am missing some sheets and hope someone can shoot images of completed models. Thanks, Brad Andonian

In an effort to make sure any 1/87 size persons “living rough’ can “ride the rods” more safely I assembled the truss rod underframes of my GN and CB&Q models so that I could get a board to fit

I believe this is the type of B&O car that Bill photographed. Burnt-out, but one can see the modifications to the former class M-26 box car Bob Witt

I believe this is the type of car Bill photographed. Burnt-out, but one can still see the modifications to the original B&O class M-26 box car. Bob Witt

Was the brewery in Battle Ground or Vancouver? My quick search didn't yield an address. Never explored your neck of the woods but certainly been along the mainlines enough times. Funny thing about it

Total coincidence: I just found another photo of this

I’ve posted Eric Neubauer’s comments from the Early Rail list after my signature. He added quite a bit of history. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN A couple of comments: This

Garth: It looks like the P&R 24000 series was renumbered to 26001-27499 in 1926, coincident with the change from P&R to RDG. There were still 1493 cars in 1926, 1491 in 1930, and 950 in 1935. I

Garth Groff wrote: Like many of the very earliest steel gondolas, this car lacks a substantial top chord as well as a side sill. I would guess they readily buckled if overloaded, as did many of

Eric, An interesting model. Can you tell us how long they lasted in service? Were any sold off to other roads? Did any go into MW service or other uses? Yours Aye, Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge

I am looking for a ride from the Orlando Airport to the Oceanside Hilton in Cocoa Beach on Thursday January 9. I arrive in Orlando on United flight #293 at 1:22 PM. Please respond off list to

A new HO scale model is available for those focused on early 20th Century modeling. A Philadelphia & Reading GAc class steel gondola with drop doors is available as a 3D print through Shapeways. Bob

another choice for Gypsum roofwalks is available from Kadee since earlier this year...so far, i saw these roofwalks (in 4 colors, only 40', also for Morton) only at one vendor on ebay that might be