Sanding the round model bolt heads lightly makes them look more like flat heads. Mark Vinski

When I worked on the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh as a car and air brake repairman at the Mon Jct. car shop we would use chalk to list on the car side the parts that were used to repair each car . A c

"William is right, beat me to it. There are two boxes but they were used in sequence,, oldest one replaced with every repack" Tony Thompson So does that mean that there are two repacking data sets pre

At least the collapsed car with a frame could be moved to a scrapper. The frameless ones would have to be cut up on site. Mark Vinski

The Protocraft link goes to an HO set .https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=1127&Categoryid=36 Mark Vinski

It was for automobile furniture; the front and back seats. Mark Vinski

What I think are chalk guidelines used to keep the lettering straight look like decal edges. They apparently did not help to keep the reporting marks and stripes straight. Mark Vinski

I wonder if it would be possible to photo etch an HO stencil for the dimensional data so we could avoid the use of decals. Mark Vinski

There cannot be any blocking between the cradles that carry the load on the outer flatcars as the load must pivot on them. Mark Vinski

When decals float off of their backing paper in water I use a wide tool such as a large Xacto blade, wide paint brush, or a styrene strip to retrieve them. The film does not curl around a wide tool as

Is the truck being used to move the car with a connection to the coupler? Mark Vinski

Nice job on the car Fenton. Where did you get the Kadee brake wheel? I can't find it on their site. I wonder if making that part means a flatcar model is in the works. Mark Vinski

For very small diameter wire without any insulating coating strip the insulation off of stranded wire used in decoder installations. This should accept chemical blackening. Mark Vinski

Use the Advanced Search box at the upper right. Mark Vinski

Cut some styrene sheet of the proper thickness into strips of the appropriate width and roll them into coils. Use something round of the proper diameter for the center hole to roll them around. Mark V

I believe glaze was meant to be added to Floquil paint to produce a glossy finish I have used it that way. Mark Vinski

B&O cabooses did not have retainers. They had a whistle on the retainer pipe that would sound when the brakes were released. The air coming from the brake cylinder would blow the whistle. Mark Vinski

Most small chain has circular links. The chain can be made to appear smaller by squeezing the links to an oval shape. Mark Vinski

Different nozzles are available that may make spray cans more suited to model painting. http://artprimo.com/catalog/art_primo_caps-101 Mark Vinski

Is it really a weathering pattern? It looks to me like there could be an extra layer of metal welded onto the roof to prevent denting when the hatches are flipped open. Mark Vinski