Here are some photos of a "stretched" Tangent underframe from their 6K acid car. It's a Type 30 and much more detailed than the Sunshine Type 30 underframe. Here's the underframe along side of a resin

Mike Bauers pleaded: > Please post at what point an image is out of copyright and > available for general use? You post we must own the copyright > and there are those outside of copyright that have n

It's been years since I watched "Picnic", but I can't imagine watching it, even now, and not giving all my attention to Kim Novak. Saw it when it was first released. I do remember the freight train ro

Would it help to spray the model with body color first, then do the shading, then a final, lighter coat of body color? That way when you spray the final coat you can pay attention to the degree of sha

A Westerfield PRR XL boxcar in shadow keystone? Westerfield #1304 Pennsylvania Railroad PRR XL Box Car Custom Built Rare Tom Madden

Tim asked: > What do you use for a forming fixture? Can you post a photo? Forming > the curved hand rails for tank cars is definitely a challenge! Here's a photo of the cast resin forming fixture. The

Scott Haycock asked: > Could you tell us about this fixture? Or, maybe post a photo of it? I posted a pdf file showing my method to the Files area last week. It's titled Cutting_Stainless_Tubing.pdf I

---In STMFC@..., <riverman_vt@...> wrote : > Why the use of the two different types of wire, Tom? Is the stainless wire > to stiff/difficult to make the required curvature for the end and

---In STMFC@..., <fgexbill@...> wrote : > I really like the stiffness the SS wire would bring to the sides, a vulnerable area. > I ordered my .019 ID SS tubing from "Small Parts," now "Ama

Here's a link to a photo of a stainless steel tubing union joining a brass end handrail to a stainless side handrail on a Resin car Works acid tank car shell. The union is 0.020" I.D. and the handrail

The old blue box Mantua reefer kits had paper sides. You'd buy the kit and then select the sides from the dealer's supply. The problem with the one on eBay is that one side was trimmed wrong. The prin

Detail Associates 0.019” brass wire is D.A. #2506. Their stainlessequivalent is #3506. They also have SS wire in 0.010”, 0.012” and 0.015”diameters. 0.020” I.D. stainless hypodermic tubing is availabl

Those tank handrail splices are structural, not just cosmetic. If you're making the handrails in four pieces (two straight side pieces, two curved end pieces) with the splices outboard of the last sid

Thanks a lot, Tim. You have just planted a really bizarre image in my brain. Tom Madden ---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : I didn't know you were from Hollywood!

Jon Miller wrote : > Also I really, really would like an accurate [Santa Fe] Tk-L. ThatBettendorf? cast > underframe if done correctly is neat. I thinknow that 3-D is here and there are > some good dr

> And then there was that oil-rock in Utah that moved in > hopper cars...I forget now what it was called and can't > find it with Google anymoresince the flood of "shale oil" > articles has drowned it

Tim wrote : > I'm REALLY hoping that Frank will want to do any of > the Ethyl, Dupont or Dow "antiknock" tank cars

> .... unlike some other Yahoo Groups, the STMFC list does not permit > attachments. All photos must be posted to a group album in the group > photo section, and then approved by the head jailer, er I

> ... with the passing of Terry Metcalf I do not know who fills that roll today > for UP cars. Does anyone come to mind? > Bill Pardie Dick Harley would be my guess.Tom Madden

Another thought... Clark, look at it this way. Suppose you found out the quiet, dull and uninteresting guy in the next office was dating Scarlett Johansson. (If you don't know who she is, insert the n