I am sure the notation on the glue bottle refers to the glue in that liquid form. It certainly does not refer to the glue when polymerized and set as an adhesive. I have had some challenging material

Bruce Smith wrote: Like many states, California outlawed bobbers early in the 20th century, and SP quickly complied. In the early 1960s, for another example, the state Public Utilities Commission (des

Canopy glue! I use it all the time for paper onto models. Tony Thompson tony@...

Two points. First, the banner would not have been allowed in transit, so was obviously applied in place, to publicize the sale. Second, there is no reason to believe the reefer shown necessarily broug

The comment on this topic, made in passing, about obsolescence of storage media, is far from trivial. Museums and libraries which began to store information on various kinds of disks had to transfer t

I think you are misinterpreting the edges of the brake shoes, Nelson. These aren’t Andrews. Tony Thompson tony@...

Yes. Tony Thompson

Awfully nice Class A-50-4, Charlie. I like it a lot. Tony Thompson tony@...

I have found canopy glue to be really excellent for dissimilar materials — plastic to wood, metal to plastic, in fact any combinations of hard and porous surfaces. Despite what some say, it is most ce

These kinds of painted assignment legends were usually near the door on the left. One SP employee told me that sometimes they were even taken into account in car movements <g> Many sorts of cars that

Um, Hubert, the SP part of that book is by me. Dick wrote the PFE part only. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tim O'Connor wrote: Good photo, Tim, thanks! But this is the mid-1950s lettering, not the 1950 scheme when the car was built, so presumably a repaint. Do we know how they were ORIGINALLY painted? Tony

I know that NYC orders of PS-1 box cars circa 1951 were painted with black ends (such as cars 170500–171499). Is that true also for the earlier PS-1 cars they ordered, such as 167000–167999, built in

Well said, Nelson. My perspective and practice entirely. Tony Thompson tony@...

... that our fellow modelers would be highly likely to Some of our fellow modelers might even comment on the state of our running boards. <g> Tony Thompson tony@...

RJ Dial wrote: I think this is a bogus distinction. SP drift cards from the 1930s, 1950s and 1980s are indistinguishable. Of course, that doesn’t mean that PAINT colors were identical. Little by littl

Charlie Duckworth wrote: Starting soon after WW II, SP stopped painting underframes black in its own shops, but some orders from builders continued to come with black underframes for a few years. SP a

I’d say it’s quite a good match to the SP drift card. I use it. Tony Thompson tony@...

Clark, most of the T&NO cars used Ajax hand brakes. The first 200 used Klasing, a few used Universal. Tell me the class you want to model and I can be specific. Likewise on trucks. I have some photos

Clark, definitely BCR. Tony Thompson tony@...