Paul, There is no Daylight Orange by Accupaint, but Star paint has such a color. If you use Accupaint use equal parts AP#17 CN Orange and AP#21 MEC Harvest Yellow. That is Lee Yeager's old formula and

schemes to an RR Now there is a thought for a quick, basic, entry level article. Perhaps someone at MR could do it in two pages since they seem to mainly focus on simple, not very in-depth articles fo

Anotyher one I'm not sure about! I found this FR car in storgae painted and lettered for ATSF 12369 BX70 with large DF logo and "Ship and travel" slogan with 7-56 reweigh and built dates. Any accurate

Rich, The latest issue of Model Railroader has just such an article by Tony Koester. I would also advise joining the Renselaer Model RR Society (nominal charge for access to their website) and perusin

I would concur with Andy carlson. My experience has been similar. It is not always necessary to coat both sides unless you have a large surface area to work with. Stefan Lerche' Duncan, BC

Todd, The MILW Rib Side cars were well covered by Richard Hendrickson in the December 2004 Railmodel Journal and by Mont Switzer in the March 2005 Mainline Modeller. Hope that helps with your question

Just wonderng when the this UP slogan first came into widespread use? I've got a Trix ACR 40' B-50-27 that I'd like to use, but I fear that my late 1954 era is too early for this scheme. Anyone stripp

Ugh! Thanks Al and Richard! Well THAT explains why this car wasn't listed in the RPCyc. I was kind of wondering why there wasn't any stenciling on the sides of the tank! Another one to strip and redo

To all who helped, thanks for the earlier info...interestingly the table in the RPCyc.#2 article doesn't exactly match the photo caption of the Navy Gas & Supply cars with respect to build dates for c

I'm in the process of upgrading some IM kits for cars #8443 and 8447 (IM stock numbers) as supplied with extra tank bands (should be four)and better underbody gear (RC to the rescue). My question is a

I think that sums it up well. They are a company that is more concerned with maintaining their market of rabid enthusiasts who will buy anything as long as it says Maerklin on the box. Prototype fidel

Walthers, BLI or Branchline releases of REA equipment. Ted, What is the consensus on the paint applied to either car by Walthers and BLI? If one wanted to use undecs. what is the best choice for the p

Yeah, even by his standards that must have been a windfall. The guy is fantastic, but that's crazy! Stefan

--- In STMFC@..., "Fred in Vt." <pennsy@s...> wrote: Without fail, you toss it out, and 3 weeks later an article appears which uses said dumpster fodder as the starting point. Rather be mo

Garth, These are what you need: http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/Athearn-Genesis-Trucks-70-Ton-Roller-Bearing-Trucks/item141-4598.html Hope that helps some... Stefan Lerché Duncan, BC bearing sugge

Tim, FWIW if you don't have them, you might want to contact John Greedy for his notes on the rib-side cars from the 2001 Napierville meet...they are very informative. regards Stefan

anachronistic, however. Sure looks neat though...http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/152-350 Stefan

With Mike's approval and given that we've discussed couplers in the past I have a question about this coupling mechanism. I came across a reference that SP pushers working eastbound out of Pt. Costa u

Tim, In addition to Ed's comments, Richard Hendrickson was kind enough to send me a photo of #8252 by Red Davis in 1962(repaint). As I understand it, the cars were built in 1950 with 1/3/4 Improved Dr

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Posted this message to the Wabash list, but did not receive a response: I'd like to letter a Wabash #8000-8299 series 10'6" 40' DD boxar for the early - mid 1950s using CDs dry trnasfers. Does anyone

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