Brain Banna has been using their products for a while - they produce remarkable results. I haven't tried them yet though... Craig Zeni Cary NC

I'm putting the final assembly touches on a Speedwitch kit for these cars. The decals include Colorado & Southern heralds; the instruction sheet gives the C&S number series but no info on when the her

Gary, it's Scalecoat II box car red #3 I believe...and Scalecoat's flat finish. I'm bringing the model to Savannah next weekend if you happen to be coming up. Craig Zeni Cary NC

I'll throw mine into the pile. I used Speedwitch decals on mine. It now needs a good layer of weathering and crud applied; I like to give the flat finish a good long time to cure before weathering. <h

I had the paint job go wrong on a SMMW Tennessee Central car. I stripped it in Chameleon which seems to be less aggressive than Scalecoat's product. The glue on resin details - doors and running board

Latest issue in now on line for download. http://s-clmodeler.aclsal.org/ Articles include ACL Despatch Ventilators and a Georgia Railroad PS-1. Craig Zeni Cary NC

I built several of Al's early kits in that dark grey polyester material. Tough on drill bits, and like you said, brittle. One took a dive off the layout and exploded, shattered like glass... Craig Zen

Thanks. I knew I'd seen them discussed someplace. The rudimentary search capabilities of Yeehaw foiled my efforts at finding the previous discussion. They look to me almost as if the cable runs down u

These photos are in the Cornell University Library Flickr photostream. I know I've seen them before, probably even identified, but I can't put my hands on that info. It's marked as Gould on the lids S

At least that much...I paid $75 each for Bob Karig's hopper car and the Postwar Freight Car Fleet books. The info in each is worth way more than that to me. Craig Zeni Cary NC

And the Kadee HOn3 truck has the plank across the bottom. Hey, it's steam era :) Craig Zeni "Bother..." said Pooh as he chambered another round.

Or my clinic as well...Mr Aley are you listening? :) Craig Zeni Sent from my soup can with the string pulled really tight.

So I'm building a Sunshine 93.1 kit, a NYC rebuild 1 1/2 door car. It has separate drop grab ladders on the end. The kit comes with the stile to glue over the corrugations...fine, except that the bolt

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM, <STMFC@...> wrote:> 2b. Re: Freight Forwarding What Brad said. In paper manufacturing it's used as a paper coating - think fine paper with a smooth surface

Just wanted to 'report' that my first order from the new owners was placed on August 16th - one kit and couple of sets of decals. It arrived today. The quality of the castings looks great, the packagi

Saw that. Was perplexed. Presumed that the owner's spousal unit told him to sell some trains or some such…and he can now say, "Look it's on Ebay…" And I bet you'd get the end decals on straight :) Cra

Jerry, add my name to this request as well… Craig Zeni Cary NC

AB still has a very active yeast production business, albeit for their own use in beer production. Which fires another synapse in my brain - nowadays the spent yeast slurry is sold off to animal feed

Why not use the ones designed to fit - the Kadee Code 88 wheels? http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page530.htm http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page533.htm With the HGC sideframes the Kadee trucks roll as well

Mike, many thanks...after the comments about the ends being different I took a closer look and yep, the DL&W ends almost look like the ends of the ridges are planed off at that 30 degree angle. But as