Well done builds. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

I have added a new post on my blog focusing on prototype ladder standards for freight cars and how I add or make ladders on my freight cars. Photos and writeup are on my blog I started to share photos

I have finished two Red Caboose Pennsylvania X29 box cars, 503920 with a Creco door and 504222 with a Youngstown steel door. The cars have AB brakes located in the correct position as discussed on thi

Bruce Thank You for the correction on the “car builder’s door”. Lester Breuer

Fenton, fine looking cars. Running boards not always perfect on the prototype either. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

After receiving a request from a friend I have added a new post for West India Fruit & Steamship Company (W.I.F.) Box Car 323 to my blog. If you are interested in viewing photos of finished car and wr

On Railroad Picture Archieves ther are six photos of New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co. steel box car 501 in the “Susie Q” scheme. Two good photos. Can someone provide the build date and ser

Denny in message 146746 on this list Randy Danniel states, “I copied the Diosol formula posted in one of the yahoo groups several years ago by a chemist who lab analyzed and posted the formula. This i

I misquoted Nelson when I said Nelson said Scale coat was a mix of xylene and toluene. He said that about Diosol rather than Scalecoat. My error. Forgive. Lester Breuer

The Athearn enclosed pickle tank can be reworked into a reasonable Heinz Prototype. Lester Breuer

Bob a fine model. Thank you for sharing your method to replace molded on details without carving. Clever! Lester Breuer

Lester Breuer 10:09am #3327 I have finished a Funero & Camerlengo one piece body resin kit of rebuilt USRA Pennsylvania X26c Box Car with Youngstown steel door. I scratch-built the ladders and special

What roof type is in the enclosed photo? My best guess is a Chicago-Cleveland Flexible Outside Metal roof. Thank You for your time and effort to help in advance. Lester Breuer

Bill Welch wrote, “Lester, it looks like a kit roof. Maybe if you tell us which kit, the someone may know which roof it should be. What I see looks like a F&C casting intended to be a Hutchins roof.”

Bill I agree. I thought about the Acccurail roof; however, changed my mind. This afternoon, I installed the kit roof and scribed grooves between the roof ribs and in the grooves installed Plastruct .0

I checked the drawings ( I was using) in the August 2001 Model Railroader drawn by Harold W. Russell where the center rib stamping looks to be to the roof edge, maybe an inch off; however, in the 1922

A little more work to get the Hutchins DL roof right. It will wor for me. Lester Breuer

I have finished F&C resin flat kit of Grand Trunk Western SS Double Door Box Car 585034 with scratch built Hutchins roof. I have posted photos and writeup of build, details added, paintining, letterin

My post did not take the blog correctly. Please use the following: http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/ Lester Breuer

If one were to attempt to build a model of one of the Swift Line tank cars, what would be the best model to start with? Lester Breuer