Those boxes likely contain cold finish bar or small diameter tubing; probably imported. We used to unload tonnes of that material from salt water ships here. Dave Lawler Marine surveyor, retired. Avon

Good day all, Years ago Tomalco, McCracken, Kansas offered cast brass HO turnbuckles, part no. T-3031. they are cored to about .015”. I have never used them as clevises but they look like they would w

I agree with Richard Hendrickson, sandblast everything; resin, styrene, brass, cast white metal, except maybe wood! Get rid of the shine. A matte finish accepts and holds any type of paint very well.

Thanks Doug, Is there any evidence that some of those rubber block springs ever got out on the road or were they simply tried at the manufacturers plant and the idea abandoned? Does anyone still remem

What kind of springs(?) are in the trucks on CRLX 5557? Dave Lawler

Clark, The Accrail 4200 series kit can be reworked to represent a fairly accurate model of a CNR ex GT, Canadian Car and Foundry rebuilt automobile car. This is covered in an October 1993 article in M

Clark, The Accurail 4200 Series kit can be reworked to represent a fairly accurate CNR ex GTR 1920-21 Canadian Car and Foundry rebuilt automobile car. This is covered in an October 1993, Model Railroa

Paul, I have several dozen of the bronze leaf spring sets left over from our kits (The Car Shop). I'll certainly never use them all and I will be glad to send you what you need for your project. Also,

Thanks Tim,You've confirmed what I thought. I dug through my limited archives, books and saved articles, and found no cars even close to these. I think I'd rather work on something I know is correct (

Good day all, I have 2 old Front Range “40 foot ACF rivet side, double door, 13 foot opening box car kits. They are lettered for CPR but I don't believe they had anything like these. They are pretty n

For top of the line, prototype specific accuracy, try resin kits from Westerfield and F&C. Both have web sites. Dave Lawler

Greg, I'm primarily Canadian National with a fictitious railway "Ontario Southern" that connects with the Wheeling and Lake Erie by cross lake car ferry at Huron,Ohio. My layout is set in Ontario in t

Thanks Bruce, I'll quit trying to match up the P2K hoppers with the Pennsy and look to other roads for reletering projects. Dave Lawler Avon Lake, OH

Thanks Bill, As it turns out I may not even need to borrow the book. I've been digging a little more and find that the Pennsy composite hoppers were quite a bit different than the Proto 2000 models. H

Thanks Ben, I have a friend who is a lifelong Pennsy fan. I asked him about the book, he has it, I can borrow it. Saves 20 bucks. Best regards, Dave Lawler

Thanks John. I'd be especially interested in the hopper article and at the risk of sounding totally numb, is that a book or article in a periodical? I model Ontario in October, 1944 so I'm trying to r

Thank you Richard. That's exactly what I was looking for. Dave Lawler

Good day all, I'm trying to find a list of all the roads that had the 50 ton composite war emergency hoppers like the Proto 2000 kits and RTR. So far, I found a reference to an article in the January

Good day, All of the messages I receive now, under the New Format are single word, vertically down the left side of my monitor. Am I doing something wrong or is this how it's supposed to be? Very hard

Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:31 AM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: Attaching Kadee running boards to plastic roofs I always grit blast styrene and resin materials before assembling with any t