If you are a modeler be sure to catch Ryan Mendell's clinic about Machinist's Tools. He is in charge of the Univ. of Toronto's Engineering Dept. Shop and knows his tools. I should add that my checking

These are very small. I leave a small section of sprue on to help me handle it, then trim it off after glue has cured. Needs a #77 hole for mounting on an end in my experience. Bill Welch

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I have one of these to paint also. I am usually "All Acrylic" but in this case I plan to use Scale Coat II in their Spray can option. Ordinary I would use my airbrush but with Scalecoat II I have had

I think my question about USRE rebuilding business awhile was prompted by a model I built many years ago of a Columbus & Greenville rebuilt steel boxcar based on a photo I saw in the Henderson Boxcar

This is good news, great to see new people developing models. Speaking of gondolas, according the the Lisle/Chicagoland RPM, Steve Furnaro will do a presentation on building a Monon gondola, which mea

Just a reminder that the excellent Southwest Scale Productions' doors are very much available through their website: http://www.southwestscale.com/Freight-Car-Details_c3.htm Just keep in mind that the

A link would be helpful Ben. . . Bill Welch

Very nice model Ryan, I really like the grime. Bill Welch

I forgot to mention that the inspiration for this model came from one of two "Rail Model Journal" reprints did where they compiled several of their freight car articles. I think Richard Hendrickson di

Very glad to see these EJ&E decals. Notice they are not offering the set for the Green & Orange cars. The EJ&E had very interesting steel cars. In addition to their USRA steel rebuilds, they build 10'

Or people can do as George ask to email him at the address he gives for the a copy of the list. I did and it came immediately. . . Bill Welch

OTOH, maybe it had been delivering perishables. Bill Welch

Ron was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot and was stationed somewhere in the south—Ft. Stewart I think—which is where I think his interest in southeastern RR's developed. He owned many SE RR drawing I know

Correction, I spoke before coffee, the NC&StL owned 25 65-foot mill gons easily modeled w/Athearn model and Speedwitch ends and decals. Bill Welch

NC&StL owned no gondolas with Dreadnaught ends. Bill Welch

With patterns by Steve Funaro Central Hobby Supply offered the X31 and X32 but as with Sunshine when Bowser offered them in styrene their sales plummeted and they were dropped. I have built one of my

This little kit is very clever. It includes two versions of the half door, one with the metal brace to match position of the brace on the Accrual door. The second door version has the brace in the cor

IIRC the minimum order is $30 so you may need to recruit some people to fill out your order. This is fun and easy build to get to a GTW car. Richard Hendrickson had an article in RMJ on building one o

Be aware that the TH&B cars acquired from the NYC and rebuilt in 1943 had their doors and associated hardware replaced with doors and hardware similar if not identical to those on 50-ton USRA SS cars.