To me, the only clue this is a model is the seam where the diagonal braces join the end. Bill Welch

My apologies as I know this message will only be of interest to those in Florida and is sent at the risk of shameless self-promotion. The following blurb from the Pinellas County Historical Society is

I have seen some posts on Military Modeling sites alluding to Tenax 7R, which was distributed from Hohenwald, TN disappearing from the market. (I wonder if I am the only person on this list that has e

I do not use a primer with resin or styrene kits, and use almost exclusively Modelflex or Polyscale paints. My routine for the last 3-4 years is Media Blasting the finished model with Baking Soda befo

The following is quoted from a letter that appeared in an Federal Trade Commission report in 1919 that was examining Private Car Lines. It was part of an investigation of the condition of the Armour o

Does anyone have contact info for John H. White, author of "The Great Yellow Fleet" and the exhaustive study of American RR freight cars. He was born in 1933, meaning he is about 83-84 years of age. B

I have used these as well and have a nice cache of them, as well as Grandt Line's sets of parts. PSC also does the more modern version which I accidentially got once so be careful about the Part #. Fa

When I was ask for input for the IM kit, I strongly urged them to design it so that two different side sills could be applied the cars in the 55000 series, which constituted about half of the postwar

I used this kit, all undecorated, to model four cars: WP, adding styrene to the door for the WP herald MP SL-SF, using a "Rocket Express" 3/3/3 Dreadnaught end on the "B" end T&P with scratch built 8-

To be precise however, the T&P cars with the 8-foot Superior doors were wood sheathed. Richard's article in RMJ was the inspiration for all of these projects. I think there were actually two articles.

My father was a career employee of the Army Corps of Engineers (Clemson trained). When I was about 5 years old, we moved from Albuquerque to Tullahoma, TN where the CofE would build for the still new

Dear Clark: I don't know if this helpful to you but with items that are secured with plastic solvents, the same solvent can be applied to the joint and it will soften it enough to back the part out, a

I finally found my notebook with T&P photos. For those interested in creating T&P models from the 50-ft. SS single door MDC kit, there are two photos available from "Bob's" to guide you. The first is

Are there any known photos available of the MKT rebuilds using the 10' 6" War Emergency boxcar superstructure design on a fishbelly type U/F? I have a vague memory of seeing a colour photo of one in a

I recently acquired through eBay a Pennsylvania Railroad ad from the October 20, 1928 "Literary Digest" entitled "A New Era in Agriculture." It heralds the increase of the output of fresh fruits and v

The comments my message generated have been interesting and at times amusing, but except for a couple of points, I don't think I saw an answer to the question "Was this lack of regular schedules the c

I have been fortunate to scan several "Perishable Schedules" published by the ACL, SAL, and L&N and anticipate accessing several more including a group published by the Southern soon. I also have one

I have suggested to Denis that the roof variations for the 3-Bay PS2 would be good to have. CB&Q, Wabash, Monon, and Southern were among railroads who owned cars with variations. Early on when Athearn

Can someone explain what the role and responsibilities were of the A.R.A's Car Service Division, or point me to a resource that explains them? Did they, for example, help a railroad secure enough auto

From their website it appears they are still in business. An impressive line up of parts! www.miniaturesbyeric.com/index.htm Bill Welch