My Swift 4-pack is on my work bench (sorry, Mike but I'm keeping them), ready for necessary modification. By the way the parts were all fine, but couplers on two of the cars don't work at all. I want

I dropped by the neighborhood service center a few years ago and asked if they had any leftover used tire weights. I got a 5-gal pail half full of them for free. It seemed like the mechanic was glad t

Thanks, everyone. Knowing next to nothing about UP freight cars, I picked up one of these on a whim very cheap at a show, intending it mainly to add to my small collection of mainly post-steam freight

What's the verdict on this model: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-41657 with NEW stencil date 9-56? Thanks, Bob Sterner St. Paul, MN

Add this to the roster of homemade resin kit paint stands: http://www.bobsworkbench.com/Bobs-Workbench/rolling-stock/brass-paint-stands Bob Sterner St. Paul, MN

Hi Tim, I had the same thought as you when I was looking at the prototype bridge. It's not the only one (now gone) in that part of town that seems very thin to my eyes. It could be my model accentuate

I recently worked up some HO concrete railings (appropriate for steam era layouts) and described them on my blog: www.bobsworkbench.com Photos of the models are included there. Bob Sterner St. Paul, M

I've been using Barge for this. I bought my first tube of the new formula a couple of months ago and I haven't noticed a difference but I'll pay more attention now. I just bought my first container of

Sounds like a wonderful excuse to pick up some extraordinary Duha loads from JWD: http://www.jwdpremiumproducts.com/servlet/Categories?category=HO+Freight+Car+Loads-DUHA%3ACable+Reel+Loads No idea if

I don't have a blasting booth myself but have availed myself of a friend's. I'd like to have one, but there is another approach to surface preparation which as far as I can tell is not used very much

These TLT cars are good news for me. As a CP aligned road, the Soo received many CP stock cars for the South St. Paul packing plant. I was told this by a long-term Soo dispatcher who worked that line

While looking for the best track to put under your steam era freight cars, you might also want to pay attention to the spacing between the ties. I've used both kinds of CVT tie strips and the two type

Thanks, Jerry and others. It looks like there are some workable possibilities. Bob Sterner St. Paul, MN

Are decals for this car available? http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo/KAD/450/KAD5281-450.jpg Bob Sterner St. Paul, MN

I've been reading whatever I can on LCL for several years. Information of any sort on this subject is frustratingly scant. You're lucky to have found the MOPAC data you described! There is a yahoogrou

This is a freight car list, but I don't think anyone has yet mentioned Dennis's other superlative kits, namely the Soo passenger car series he did for the SLHTS. Sadly these too are almost all now OOP

Thanks, Tim. My question was more about overcoating not mixing per se but the additional information is bound to come in handy at some point. Bob Sterner St. Paul, MN

Thanks, Pierre. I can imagine that xylene is tough on styrene. It also occurred to me after writing my post that a primer undercoat might be contributing to the problems I'm having. I have a little mo

I'm playing around with some color combinations using paints of different types. To get a certain hue I dearly want to overspray a Tamiya lacquer over a Scalecoat undercoat. I know this doesn't work o

Thanks, all, and I accidentally left off the CP script car from my list. Bob Sterner