In the Midwest and West gons were used for coal, sand, gravel, and other loose loads. Fixed ends were less likely to leak commodity, get damaged or disappear. A gon without and end is useless for a lo

Question? What if it’s a chemical reaction, but not with the things you are using or your process? You say you are painting in an open garage. So anything in the air could be settling on your models a

I actually put tape on the caps with numbers, 1 for set and 2 for Sol, so I know which order to use them. Doug Harding https://www.facebook.com/douglas.harding.3156/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC

Just to clarify, Livesay was the name of the car, LPTC 2501. Live Poultry Transportation Company was the name of the organization that owned the car. Most poultry cars carried names, ie people, places

Clark I’m glad to see you bring this thread back around to modeling. Intriguing concept of just “dumping” some parts in front of someone or raiding the “parts box” and seeing what they produce. Your m

Some great images for weathering. Doug Harding https://www.facebook.com/douglas.harding.3156/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK8X8Yb8NEAZqbZjHT5z0sA

Attached are some Jim Sand’s photos from my collection. The few color photos I have of FDDM&S boxcars appear to have black roofs, or more likely roof cement, and underframes/trucks. Ends look to be bo

Buses https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/s-new-to-san-francisco-buses-roll-off-of-flatcars-after-train-ride-picture-id1298949269?s=2048x2048 Some photos/ideas here https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/flat

Bob busses are one commercial vehicle and large trucks. You could expand and think construction equipment, ag equipment ie tractors, anything to large to fit into a boxcar. Mobile homes are another su

Here are some drawings of cattle guards, one for the PRR from 1911. And a photo showing one from 1915. Doug Harding https://www.facebook.com/douglas.harding.3156/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK8X

Cattle have a poor depth perception vision. So the painted lines appear the same as bars across a pit. More than you wanted to know, with photos, at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_grid Doug Hard

It follows an early basic design of the Live Poultry Transportation Co drawings. See attached. Later LPTC had a car design with all diagonals pointing the same way. The only other company to have much

The elevator looks like it is in the process of being recovered with corrugated metal. Part of the job is completed, ie the roof and dump shed, but the main body has been stripped of it’s wood siding,

Looking at other Mini-Lindy kits, the instructions are copyrighted 1968. So I suspect that is the date the kit was released. The prototype is probably early to mid 60s. Note the box art does not show

Tim here is the link to the collection where the photo resides https://www.concreteheritagemuseum.org/griffiths-photos.html Says Photos are generally of the construction of the Concrete cement plant i

HO mixer body from Shapeways https://www.shapeways.com/product/QWQKTHWMM/ho-scale-horizontal-drum-transit-mixer And a more modern Promotex that perhaps could be backdated https://www.truckstophobbies1

Here is a wonderful track side photo https://www.brunswickmdhistory.com/images/c/ce/Concrete_plant_for_the_new_bridge_in_the_railroad_yards_in_the_early_1950s.jpg And another https://www.concreteherit

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ho-hon3-blaw-knox-concrete-plant-538417560 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Not aware of any decent models, but a quick google image search “concrete batch plant 1950s” and “redi-mix plant 1950s” produced photos that could help with kitbashing something. Most were company web

I have been using plastic wrap on Model-Flex bottles with great success. I make sure the top of the bottle and threads are clean after each use. Then place a piece of plastic wrap on the bottle follow