This is what is written on that site: NOTES FROM OUR TECH DEPARTMENT This is a 5"x9" Template with Five Scales of Shapes and Rivet Placement Lines. FEATURES: Makes perfect panel lines, fuel caps,

Thanks! Great scans!

I see... so what is the template made of? It must be very flexible, but also totally resistant to adhesives, and very very thin (.010?) Is that true? If so, I could tape down the template, and glue

Mark Heiden wants to know the following: Rock Island 27350-27849, 500 40ft PS-1 boxcars, built 1963. A prototype photo of RI 27560 is at: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ri/ri27560.jpg I'd like to

Tim, The goal here is to space the rivet_s_ evenly. A common problem with airplanes and railroad equipment. Was that your question? It is not about application of singles. But that makes me think:

Tim; I started one, but got disheartened when I tried to paste on those alternating rivets where the interior tank heads were located. Too difficult for me. I wish I had the talent. There are

Mark Heiden has a question about a car that is out of our time period. I'm going to permit it's entry into discussion but only with regard to this one car series and discussion will not be allowed to

Hello Garth, The 50 foot PS-1 with 8 foot door opening is, more or less, still on our "possible" future project list, which changes all the time. Doing this car would require a new body and

I photographed that tank car at Steamtown in August 1997 and have just uploaded six scans to the STMFPH <Files> section. They are in a folder titled "NATX 4753 Tank Car". The

Kevin; Thanks for that great scan! Tom; I agree with Bruce, and Kevin's scan indicates it is almost certainly an early GATC product, and the bolsters, tank supports, angled draft gear support

Manfred I don't get it... how do you place a single rivet using a large template? Tim O.

I would bet that the best tool for the brass rivets on posts that you and Dennis have referred to would be a good milling machine with an Albrecht keyless chuck for the very small drills. A digital

Placing rivets is probably as important as making them. The aircraft modelers use this tool: http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHZ25&P=0 Manfred

0.2mm need to through price :-( the Ted, These are offered by Fohrmann at Euro 6.50 ($7.70) incl. 16% VAT per 40 rivets. So send over your

Those CGW 50-footers are interesting cars. I think that the IH was not 10'6" but 10' 5" if memory serves me correctly. Of course, I cannot imagine that the difference would be significant in any of

On Wed, November 9, 2005 5:59 am, Kevin Lafferty replied: Tom, Kevin, This car is identifiable as a General American built car. The spotting feature is the lack of side and end sills and the

Sam, I keep hoping you will give us the 50' single 8' door cars. Lots of roads had these (including the WP and TS), and nobody has ever offered them in HO. IIRC, this car was originally listed in

Here's a link to a photo of the car in question. http://www.northeast.railfan.net/images/natx4753.jpg Kevin Lafferty "Thomas M. Olsen" <tmolsen@...> wrote: List, While we are on the subject

Eldon, The car is riveted, has wooden running boards, and has the parallelogram with the name within on the side of the tank. As I do not have the capacity to make scans I can not at this time send

Tim - The only error that I can detect in your statement is that the CGW 1937 AAR box cars had riveted, not welded Pullman-Standard ends. I have builder's photographs of all three classes of cars