Paolo, Welcome! I see you have received many excellent tips from the Group. You indicate that your resin kits are mostly F&C kits. It is well known by this group that F&C's instruction sheets are not

Given the Missouri caption, my first guess would be St. Louis, Iron Mtn & Southern. Rich Gibson Golden, CO

Claus I would agree with Dennis & Ben. The stockcar is most likely a St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern car. One of the other photos I posted came from this site

Andy; I wholeheartedly agree! I understand they were originally contemplated as steel carriers (like the P&WV ACF cars, and the B&LE XM-5's), and so, got wide doorways for forklifts. Since there

Interesting photos Doug! I recall a friend telling me a story from his childhood about finding a watermelon left in a ventilated car by mistake. He said it was covered with straw...They must have used

The F&C people recommend "Shout" for cleaning their resin. I never tap, just screw it in...Only time I should have was on Westerfield's old brittle gun metal gray castings. Had struggled though

Wow, what a cool car, Eldon! If this is an 8' door car, a somewhat easy kit bash can be made by removing the outer two panels on each end of a Branchline #1000A Blueprint series 50' 16 panel box car,

I have photos of watermelons being loaded into interurban stock cars on the Indiana Railroad (electric) south of Indianapolis. Bill Darnaby

I tried a tichy decal once. I threw it out. Brian J. Carlson

Guys; I did one of those early early Sunshine kits of the rebuilt DS cars that included orange decals in the map scheme for the overall green car with black ends/roof. The later cars with wide

Hi Paolo, I'm going to commit heresy here ... but this works for me ... with respect to whether or not to wear gloves (yes, fingerprints are to be avoided in the final product) ... i have found

Tichy makes them. Tho they are a bit thick... Joe Binish

While we're on this subject, does anyone still make a decal of the iconic orange Chicago map and lettering on the EJ&E? -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Claus Schlund asked: "One image has reporting marks that seem to terminate in M&S, but I bet there are more initials on the left end the reporting mark that the photographer cut off - making the

Likely St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern which Became part of the Missouri Pacific in 1917. Dennis Storzek

Welcome to the club. Washing parts depends on who made the kit and what mold release they used. Some mold releases are hard to completely remove, and some paints like Tru Color have poor adherence

Paolo, One thing that I would add is to completely read the instructions and try to identify all the parts before starting. I leave the small parts together as they are easier to identify

 Hi Doug and List Members, Thanks Doug for the great images, they seem to span quite a number of decades between them all! One image (attached) has reporting marks that seem to terminate in

Here are a couple of photos showing watermelons inside stockcars. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Yes, watermelons in stockcars was very common. Typically laid in a bed of straw for cushioning. Attached are a few photos. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org