Hi, To add to what Bruce is saying - cement service is rarely 'long distance'. Any routing longer than 100 to 200 miles would pass several closer plants/users. Cement is relatively heavy stuff. Most c

Hi, I think the problems people are having are related as much to "process" as they are to "products". I will provide my methods for doing decals - this process has never failed me. Caveat up front -

BTW - consider the difference between my example stock car ... and doing a stock pen with animals and ramps and "organic material" - in terms of how "noticeable" it is. Pretty much the same amount of

Eric, There are many times when the work we do is not noticed/rarely noticed and even more times when it might be noticed ... but we receive very little feedback. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't do

Steve and all, I've actually used a steam hose to clean - a salmon cannery in my case. This method did not significantly heat the surfaces being cleaned for any longer than the steam was directed at a

Ed, In re-thinking your decision above ... I think you might be better off going for "aged wood" than "weathered" ... but with hints/evidence/recent affects caused by cleaning. - Jim B.

Ed, I agree with your decision. You may want to use washes of very dilute white with overtones of grey and/or dark organic color to represent a car that has been cleaned in the past ... I've been able

This car is "too long since it was in service" for my tastes. And do we know the date or even decade this pic was taken? - Jim B.

Hi, These are the pics I've been waiting for ... interiors of cars that appear to actually be either in service or just about to be placed into service. Although one of them (all?) is pretty early to

Garth and Mike, If you have an image that you don't have/know the owner/rights of ... why not post it to some 'personal web space' (such as flickr or other such service) and simply provide a link to i

Owner/Moderators, THANK You for moving this dialogue to groups.io - I am very happy you did this. - Jim B.

Clark/Gary/all, My reference for the date for the front facing goat is non other than Scott Thompson's "Great Northern Equipment Color Pictorial" (book 1, page 73). Were there some cars painted in the

rwilson (please sign your posts), The GN stopped using the front facing goat herald in 1936. So any car that hasn't been painted since that time would be the only ones. That number would be 'relativel

Hi again, I just did some additional testing of mine. 1) The chuck wants to spin on the motor shaft. I suggest filing a little flat area on the motor shaft for the set screw to grab. I slid the chuck

Hi, I have one of these (it just arrived 2 days ago). I have mounted a small drill in it and hooked it up to a DC power pack and it runs very smooth. The instructions that came with mine say to put th

Hi, Most painted brass cabooses simply paint the roof walks the same color as the roof - factory or custom painted. Once in a while you will see one that is a different color but typically/usually tha

Bob, I've seen 2 or 3 dozen attempts to simulate "load damage" on gondolas (and even a few on box cars) - using heat from something like a soldering iron. I've never seen one that I considered to look

Schuyler, Actually that makes sense. When working with epoxies what I use to clean my hands is vinegar - it cuts uncured epoxy easily. And it's only a little bit smelly ... ;-) What I do is to put som

Hi, Thanks for the replies - they confirm that what I've been doing all along is a good idea to just keep doing it ... which has been to wait until the epoxy is fully cured. Typically I set 30 minute