Ho folks, I’m hoping that Marty McGuirk of some other CV modeler can steer me in the right direction for an appropriate model paint color for Central Vermont boxcars in the immediate postwar period, p

Dave, Take a sharper look at the B&M’s USRA boxcars from 1940 on. I’m thinking that this may be a matter of semantics with some roads in that rather than using the EXT H or EXT W nomenclature it seems

The BAR r,w & b scheme seems to have been found on some wood sheathed reefers as well. I wonder if it was not first used on some wood refers but really would like to know if anyone has the date of whe

I can’t say anything about Star brand paint as I’ve never seen it or used it but I think you’re all wet when it comes to Tru-Color. As I’ve stated on this list before, I knew Accu-Paints George Bishop

TJ’s Hobbies is Teresa Prantle and her family. Can’t remember her husbands name but from my experience I’d say they ship fairly quickly. YMMV Cordially, Don Valentine

Hi Bruce, What I’m seeing certainly looks like and 18” x 18” square to me and seems to be in keeping with records for such ladders. I wonder of the shadow of the left-hand style is giving you an optic

The heck of it, Ben, is that when compared to Athearn Blue Box kits 15 years later at $1.69 these Early Varney kits were expensive for their era. Oh well, at least one had a steel box car with operati

Unless a kedge anchor was so large that it might overhang the sides of a flat car and thus become a special move as a wide load why would they be shipped on a flat car instead of in a gondola in which

Ken Akerboom wrote: “Note the end doors on the PM”. Thanks for that observation Ken. You may be correct but I’m not certain given that I can’t see as much in the shadows and cannot find such a car in

Such a door arrangement would certainly seem to have helped the poor fellows who had to unload that fire truck, assuming the doors on the opposite side were positioned in the same way. Before you poin

In addition to being a B&M photo to being a B&M photo it is from Dane Malcolm who will sell you a reprint in almost any size you could want. A very pleasant fellow to work with. Cordially, Don Valenti

Given that the nominal width of a flat car deck even at this early era was at least 9 ft. I’m going to suggest that anyone who thinks those are “grain sacks” on the flat car is badly mistaken. The sac

Train Miniature sill of not look at the brake platform. It looks like some sort of stamped or cast platform with a curve on the outer edge the is bent downward I presume to give it more strength as th

“Weathering gone wild”? Frankly I think it looks great Bob. What was the date the car was built? Wonder if I can squeeze one in. Cordially, Don Valentine

Hi Schuyler, I think you are correct in that Accu-Paint and Tru-Color are actually a type of ink. When Floquil began giving George Bishop a hard time he went to the supplier of ink for his decals and

And I might add a standard CPR Dominion Car, Claus, with a more heavily built grain Door as Bob noted yesterday. My best, Don Valentine

Hi Bruce, Claus and all, I think you had in right, Bruce, in noting that every new paint has a learning curve. As noted earlier, I’ve been using Accu-Paint since George Bishop first introduced it and

Thanks for the PRR photo Schuyler. It proves exactly what I had posted earlier. I believe The car in your photo has no floor at all and has no need of one. Look at how the short, Cylindrical load is c

Frankly I am so pleased to have Tru-Color paint available in even more colors than my late friend George Bishop provided for us in his line of Accu-Paint that is the exact same paint from the same sup

After counting the number of ribs in the end it appears that this prototype could be easily duplicated from a Storzek/Des Plains NYC 1 1/2 door boxcar kit in only a few hours time. Cordially, Don Vale