Hi Gene, My experience matches that of many others who have sprayed plastic with solvent-based paints: no problems. I think problems could arise from wet paint sitting for a long time on the plastic;

Hi Folks, Four photos of the GPEX car that I asked about have been uploaded to the files section. While taking the photos and being in a little less of a hurry, I noticed that what I concluded yesterd

Can't find an answer to my question by searching the archives. I would like to have (in O scale) a model of the Chateau Martin wine tank cars. Recently I came across an Overland import whose box label

No, here it is http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm Rod timboconnor@... wrote:

Note: this thread is about cars with several tanks placed transversely on the deck of what appears to be a modified flat car. After finding a photo of PSMX 1016 in Vol. 12 of Gregg's Cyclopedia reprin

Three photos of O scale chlorine tank cars have been uploaded to Rod Miller's Pics in the files section. Two of the cars appear to have an older style lettering with no dimensional data, while the thi

Another way to protect the wheel treads from paint is to put o-rings over them. A 1 or 2 inch long piece of heat shrink tubing (may have to shrink to fit) will protect the axle ends (may not work for

An alternative to the sandpaper is to use a Bright Boy. Lightly touch the end surface to a bench grinder (a carefully applied cut-off wheel in a grinder may also work) to put a sharp corner on it whic

Thanks Andy. Rod Andy Carlson wrote: I have see this commercial on the ABC channel between 7PM

I have see this commercial on the ABC channel between 7PM and 8PM. It shows a group of people in a car at a railroad crossing waiting for the train to pass and while doing so discussing what to have f

Around May 1, 2006, Tony T. wrote here (message # 54267) that RI was considered for membership in the PFE "tent" (read Tony's message). I had always liked the RI herald and PFE, and thought an RI PFE

Thank you Richard. Rod Richard Hendrickson wrote:

This car is on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/2lo6oq Note the red underframe. I have another Mobilgas car, bought painted, that has a black underframe. I am curious to know which one is correct. Perhaps bot

A little over a year ago this was discussed IIRC on this group. Someone posted two photos which I saved for future personal reference. I just uploaded to the files section. Rod John Hile wrote:

[snip] I live in a pre-WW II built house. The medicine chest in the original bathroom is all wood. The manufacturer's brass tag on the inside reads "Chicago Lumber Company of Oregon, Oakland, Californ

Photos of my "mystery cars" have been posted in the Files area under the folder "What Roads Had These Cars". There is a sub-folder for each car. Some of the links yahoogroups automatically posted to a

Thanks Tony (and Ben for your response). I'll post photos of the models I need to identify. Probably over the coming weekend. Rod Anthony Thompson wrote:

Starting IIRC in the 1980s, Precision Scale Co. imported brass freight cars in O scale, possibly in HO too. In that era, all models were unpainted. At the time I bought the models, my purchase was bas

The tanks 15 feet away in my shop are green (oxy) and red. Rod

Pacific Locomotive Works in San Jose, CA http://www.pacificlocomotive.com/ makes custom parts using the RP process. The web page explains the process. Of interest is that once a drawing has been made