Bill makes a valid point about drilling on the sprue, and that’s the way I do it as well. I use a #79 bit for the wire, and there is a molded dimple on the retainer valve to help you start the bit. Bi

I recommend plastic as they are easier to drill for 0.008 in. wire pipe. Nelson Moyer

Dan, you are right, a few wipes of lacquer thinner won’t remove the insulation, however, you are also wrong, soaking wire in lacquer thinner for several hours does soften the insulation, and then it i

That works, but you can remove the lacquer insulation from magnet wire with a few wipes of lacquer thinner and do the same thing. The large array of wire diameters available as magnet wire give you mo

Never mind. I figured out that I need to use the Permanent Ling to This Book URL. It’s now working. Nelson Moyer

I downloaded and installed the download helper program, and when I enter the book URL, I get an invalid URL message. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/102184919?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Rules%

I love it. Every time we get a definitive answer to a question, new material surfaces to disprove it. I guess I’ll keep my steel strap aka chart tape. Nelson Moyer

Oh well, just one more incongruence on my railroad. Nelson Moyer

I haven’t actually done wire tie-downs, just the 1/64 in. chart tape and chain on log loads. I’m getting four FM-11 flat cars from Jerry Hamsmith in Lisle, and I’ll need loads for them, so I’ll let yo

Here’s a link for magnet wire in many gauges down to 44 AWG. Convert AWG to your scale inches and you can get close to prototype dimensions for whatever application you need. https://www.remingtonindu

I use black 1/64 in. chart tape for the steel straps. For wire, I use 32 AWG or 42 AWG magnet wire. Nelson Moyer

And don’t forget the SFRD book recently reprinted by the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society. Nelson Moyer

That’s overspray from painting the roof seams. There is overspray on the running board at the center of all of the roof seams as well, as seen in the earlier photos. Apparently, the seams were sprayed

Plano offers etched metal running board brackets that you may wish to check out. Nelson Moyer

Amazing what one extra methyl group will do to change chemical properties ; ) Nelson Moyer

Bob, you forgot the distinction between swing plug door and sliding plug door reefers ; ) This topic has been thrashed to death, and to my knowledge, nobody has changed their usage based upon learned

For anyone stocking up on MEK, don’t leave it in the can you bought it in or it will evaporate long before you can use it all. I refilled my working bottle today, and the quart can was two thirds empt

I bought a quart of MEK at Menards about two years ago, but I haven't look for it since as a quart goes a long way. Tenax is methylene chloride, and I found an online chemical supply company that will

I’m finishing up two ART reefers as 12645 and 13657. The photo of 12248 in the ART book, p. 134 appears to have a long sill step extending the full width of the door and suspended from the bottom of t

That suggests that since a concentrated load in excess of 50000 lbs. can't be distributed or placed over one of the trucks, the shipper would need a car with a higher center load capacity. For modelin