Beautiful car Charlie! Jim Brewer

Rich, Another nice build and weathering. Great job! Jim Brewer

Nicely done Danny; great weathering! ZigZag makes rolling papers...https://zigzag.com/ Smoke 'em if you got 'em! Jim Brewer

Paul, Good job; you have gons that smell good! Jim Brewer

Very nice Lester; I was so impressed with all the detailing on the B end I hadn't noticed the grabs on the covers. Merry Christmas to all. Jim Brewer

Lester, Very nicely done! I particularly like the piping from the retainer to the AB valve, a very nice detail. I have a Bowser kit for a Western Maryland covered hopper in the stash and your post wil

George, Amazing and beautiful work....and what Clark said!! Jim Brewer

I have one of the RC tank kits in the stash lettered for UTLX but it is numbered 85352. Jim Brewer

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You might try ProCustom Hobbies, http://www.procustomhobbies.com/ or Mainline Hobby Supply, http://mainlinehobby.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=K%26S+brass+shapes Jim Brewer

Well done Charlie! Jim Brewer

Outstanding work Charlie! I'd love to see a live demonstration of your technique, perhaps on a future 20/20 Hindsight event. Jim Brewer

I believe the Tichy model is based on a NC&StL prototype. Jim Brewer

Could they be a variation of a Crown truck? I've attached a photo of a Bowser Crown truck for comparison; I know they would not have the "bars" from the frame to the journal boxes. Jim Brewer

N&W Class G-3, No. 70500-70524, built 1941 by Virginia Bridge Company. For more than you want to know, here is what is available in the NWHS archives: https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs/select.p

Bill, I can't speak for the accuracy of the model. However, in my July 1958 ORER, Western Pacific has a number series 9101 to 9400 which is described as AAR Class GB, "Gondola, All Steel, Drop Bottom,

Brian, I've no experience with Vallejo but many years ago, in an article by Mont Switzer, he recommended a 50:50 mix of silver and reefer grey. I followed his advice, on a Monon steam era freight car,

Nelson, Trucks and underframe (car cement) were black. Jim Brewer

Nelson, Yes, that is the one! It has been so long since I had that color I forgot the correct title!. Jim Brewer

Nelson, Regarding N&W, their boxcar color was toward brown; way back, I used Floquil (?) Southern Boxcar Red;; when that went away I now use the Scalecoat II Boxcar Red (2013 a/k/a Boxcar Red No. 1).