Hi Tony, I don’t think we really have a disagreement here. I understand what is being called “shiplap,” but regardless of what it’s called, it has nothing to do with boat or ship building

Not quite that simple. Novelty siding is a generic category, and there are many sub-categories. http://www.woodsiding.com/pattern.htm Both clapboard and shiplap are sub-categories of novelty

Nice, Jack! Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

Ralph Brown wrote: Sorry, Ralph, not so. Clapboard and lap-strake have similarities, but they are NOT the same as shiplap. True shiplap is just a plain board rabbeted top and bottom for a snug

Hi Charlie, Most of the home improvement “shiplap” images I’ve seen are real more like the tongue and groove siding used on some wood freight and passenger cars. In the seafaring sense,

Google it and you’ll find that Novelty, Dutch Drop, German Drop, Cove, and Drop siding are all the same thing. Tony Thompson

I would like to purchase an HO Overland Models Palace Poultry Car for $400.00 plus $10.00 foe shipping. This is for an unpainted model. If painted and decaled, will pay more. Dale Florence

I guess there aren’t all that many Dutch immigrants in Southern California compared to the Midwest. Here in Iowa, siding that’s vertical with an inward curve and a short flat at the top is Dutch

Gosh, Nelson, SP called “this stuff” Novelty on their structures . . . Tony Thompson

that's awesomely cool Bill... very well done Did you write an article about this door? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Evergreen Novelty Siding is actually Dutch Lap. Nelson Moyer

Car siding is T&G with a V-grove. Floor material is also typically T&G without the reveal…the advantage of T&G is that the boards will stay flat (for floors) or even with box cars. You can

I misquoted Nelson when I said Nelson said Scale coat was a mix of xylene and toluene. He said that about Diosol rather than Scalecoat. My error. Forgive. Lester Breuer

Time of day/angle of the sun made getting a good photo difficult but here are four angles, some with aid of flash showing my Sunshine model of Warrior River Terminal 1932 car with Sunshine interior

Randy Hees and all- A question not directly related to Freight Cars other than being a load or possibly mislabeled car siding…. One of the cable TV home remodeling shows has an interior designer

A little work, but builds up a foundation of skills which can be very useful in the future. If I wanted an inside piece of a Youngstown door, I would make a quick mold of a door with either the craft

Many years ago I questioned a Floquil representative about why colors purchased years apart looked so different. He told me they didn’t have standards (drift cards), but simply compared the new

My oversight

I noted that in my post on April 13 I cut the door in Sections and re-assembled to get the proper look of the corrugations. Bill Welch

Uh, maybe yours was (or is), but mine is a faint yellow color, nearly clear. Still works fine and must be over 30 years old. Tony, The choice of words might not have been accurate. I'd agree that