I was at my local Home Depot in Bloomington, IL and they had all the MEK on clearance and had MEK substitute fully stocked. I bought 3 quarts at $6 a piece, should last me til retirement. MEK may not

Here are the YSD in gondola, I'm sorry I don't recall the source of the photo.

The folks that model "early" times need some love this morning. Nice little snapshot of car loadings on the IC in Maroa, IL and few other small IL towns circa 1920. https://books.google.com/books?id=w

Great shot of freight cars but many more contextual pictures of freight yards, siding, grade crossings etc. Very valuable for modeling even if the subject is not your "home" road. Thanks for sharing t

Here is where I got mine. This is the one Pierre recommends, I think he even had a few for sale at the Chicago RPM https://thesmallshop.com/collections/photo-etch-bending-tools They're also available

I bought one of the reprints of #20 recently . With the price of what people are paying on ebay for #21-24 there is definitely a market. Anyone on here have any pull to get that done? $143 for #23 $12

Elliot, I used Microscale rivet decals. Look for a line of rivets that has similar spacing to ones you need to replace or you are trying to match in the prototype photo. Once its painted and weathered

Definitely NOT a tractor/steam traction wheel. Size, thickness of rim, weight and design are not feasible for a steam traction engine of any era.

Also another link using the Speedwitch 41’ 6” gondola which were used for auto frames as well. This series ended up on the GM&O. http://prototopics.blogspot.com/2017/05/building-dt-7000-series-gon-or-

Here’s a link to modeling auto frames with a DT&I car. http://dti.railfan.net/Model_Building_Articles/Freight_Cars/DT&I_9100s_Model/G31DFrameRackInstr.html Matt Smith Bloomington, IL

Here’s an article describing the conning tower tube of the Iowa class. https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/iowa-class-battleships-had-vault-like-conning-towers-bu-1737002503 The description appears to j

Similar to the former WLE cars that ended up on the NKP. Here is one in NKP MOW paint. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LkKs4G77yVrZonjynNKU1N-DTSFPWnAq

Mike, You can get an Accurail version with the logo you are referencing. Here is the link. http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/3700/3703_2.jpg

Ed, Thank you! That is exactly what is needed to complete my build! Matt Smith

I've seen some variation in the colors of the CGW 92,000 Boxcars people are building. Some are more brown and some are more red. I don't have a lot of knowledge of CGW paint practices circa 1951. Can

Clark, well that’s some news. Mine came in a C&BT box with no paper work. Well that’s good because there should be plenty of parts around. Cutting the ends off was easy and the resin ends fit flawless

Does anyone know of a source of ladders for CB&T shops boxcars. Working on the Chicago RPM mini kit and 3 of the ladders are broke. I’d use other ladders but the CB&T kit pieces have the nice curved p

Thanks Tim O' Connor The B&W picture I have appears to have a lighter base color so I was thinking a shade of freight car red. I didn't want to assume though being its a builders photo and sometimes t

Looking for information on the GM&O 72,000 Commonwealth Flats as built 3-51. I only have one grainy picture and its hard to tell, #1 Color #2 Type of truck used. Any information or data is appreciated