YEAH! Now all I have to do is to figure out how to access "files", Technologically Challenged: Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

James the rivits on the Santa Fe car were done with an early rivit punch. When I resurrected the NKP car I used brass rivits from Scale Hardware. They are a bit oversized but so much better than the r

The above cars represent wood craftsman kits that I did back in the 70’s. These were my first efforts that I considered good enough to be a part of my permanent roster. The C&O well hole flat is a Qua

Morning All: There are several photos in this post that I would like to copy or purchase for my own modeling efforts. In particular they ae for the UP 50 door and a half car. I had posted a question o

Thanks Dennis: The .010 square is what got my attention and why I attempted to pursue it. It seems to be a myth. Bill Pardie. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

In addition to Andy’s kit there was an article on gthese cafs in Mainline Modeler. Bill Pardie

When I purchased the Westerfield kit of the S-40-3 stock car (the early cars with the deep side sill) I thought that I was ready to roll on this project. Not so. I felt that between Tony’s book and my

I pulled up the Slater site and found .010 X .020 strips but no .010 X .010 strips which started this conversation. Am I missing something? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Does anyone have a website for Slaters? Also how is international shipping for tiny orders? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

They are Gary. Thank you. Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

I have to admit that I have not followed this thread very closely.. This morning, however, something rang a bell. A Cardinal Rule that I adopted years ago in this hobby is that if you come across some

I posted this question a short time back an it is p mb e of the very few times that I did not receive a response. I am doing a Sunshine kit of a Southern Pacific A-50-16 40' auto car. It has been in m

Did the NYC use these segmented running boards on their USRA steel boxcars? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Ron And Others: I was not at home when the latest post came in and had to question my memory. The UP kit is definitely an S-40-5 car. My kit is totally painted with complete lettering. Richard Hendric

In addition to the ends and decals for the Central Valley N P stock car the NP Society also marketed a kit for an earlier version of this car with truss rods. The kit was excellently tooled by Armond

Tim, if my memory serves me correctly I got decals from the Northern Pacific Historical Society after learning that Champ's were inaccurate in some way. Now if I could only find them. Bill Pardie Sent

I did this kit ages ago when I thought that information on instruction sheet was straight from the burning Bush. I wound up with a car that was yellow yellow. Nowhere near color of the Santa Fe refers

As always I will defer to Tony's expertise on anything freight car related. I believe that many railroads built their own cars from the USRA design. Certainly the cars went through a number of incarna

Last week there was some discussion on the lack of drawings for the USRA double sheath box cars. I was rather tied up so I hope that this comment is not too late For anyone fortunate enough to have so

Nice comparison and great modeling. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone