As noted previously, National Scale Car now carries the Speedwitch line of decals. These include Ted's most excellent X31/32 set. Set D122, PRR X31/32 is currently out of stock, but I am sure that eno

Folks, I'm slightly amused by this whole discussion. With some frequency, I slice and dice pieces of decals, including Ted's decals, to make the reweight dates and other data I need. On my recent SnT

Ken, Previously on this list we have discussed this, and I believe it was Richard Hendrickson who did a study of his own photo library that indicated that around 10% of boxcars were weighed off home r

Steve, You can also use 300 or 600 grit sandpaper, which I have done to good effect as well to weather lettering. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Rob, Disclosure #1 - I advised Rapido on this project as a member of the PRRT&HS Modeling Committee team for the X31A. Disclosure #2 - I am chair of the PRRT&HS Paint Committee, so I have access to th

Bob, Coal tar chips. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...> Reply-To: "main@RealSTMFC.groups.io"

Chuck, The scheme is well represented in RP Cyc, volume 4, if you have that. Regards, Bruce Smith temporarily in Boulder Co.

Tom, Folks Correct. And I want to stress another thing... even loading a car to the Load Limit is not "pucker" inducing. That's the SAFE maximum load. As with all engineered structures, there is an ad

Chuck, I ordered set D6602 less than one month ago. I would not go by the decal code on the kit listing. Instead you can just type "NWX" into the search window in the store. That will get you both the

Ed, Excellent question! Here's what that data on the side of a car means. CAPY (or capacity) is the nominal weight allowed by the truck bearings, axles, and of course, car construction. On the F30A th

I'm not sure that there was any "pucker" factor involved. The T43 at full up combat weight was 60 tons. The load limit of the PRR F30A was around 158,000 lbs, so plenty of room there. BTW, this is T34

Hudson, While size may have played a role (in addition to offloading capabilities, there were concerns about mobility, infrastructure strength, etc… with heavier tanks), probably the biggest reason th

Bob, To add to some of the other comments. Your era is pretty broad, so it is tough to narrow down specifics. In part beccause your era includes the Korean conflict, but also includes years outside th

Folks, The PRR T&HS is planning a virtual PRR evening on November 20, 2021, 7:00pm-9:00pm (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) , through Zoom. Thanks to Auburn University, we will be able to host presentat

Rapido offers undec kits as well, which is where this part of the thread started. 😉 Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Gary Roe <wabashrr@...> Reply-T

You are trying too hard! Or rather pushing too hard. I use a simple push pin. A sewing needle should work just fine. You just need to break the surface, to have a place for the drill bit to rest and c

Scott, A large group of two-dome, single compartment tank cars were built in the US during WWII for service in Europe. This was done to provide enough dome capacity while allowing the domes to meet cl

Charlie, While multiple dome tank cars are reasonably rare, there’s a clear explanation for this one. It was originally build as a single dome car, and then modified by compartmentalizing it into 3 se

Ed, et. al., Thanks! That pretty much “seal’s the deal”. I happen to have the hobby paint match for SFRD on my bench, a bottle of Poly Scale Maine Central harvest gold. The Branchline car sides just n

Tim, Any idea where and when this photo was taken? The car clearly has a worn NORTH AMERICAN logo, but freshly stenciled NWX 6834 as if it was part of the original series. If I had to guess, I would s