You can only do this if your email is registered with yahoo and you used the yahoo groups web site to join the group. If you signed up using an email subscribe, you can't upload (or view) photos, peri

I enjoy the painting and lettering phase as well, it's when the model really comes to life and the results of your efforts are known. I use primarily Scalecoat II paint, and I've gone to using mostly

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Other pics of the same car exist with a different billboard. Almost reminds me of a Lionel "Aquarium" car. I wonder if that panel was painted to go along with whatever railroad the car was demonstrati

I've now come across photos of two different cars, TRBX 88 is a dark green color with brown or oxide roof and ends, and has the inside-bearing trucks and a "History of American Railroads" banner on th

Prototypically, I doubt even if a handful of such cars existed, there would have been much chance of running across them on any given line in revenue service. The topic came up on another list discuss

Found this pic from the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair: http://breitlinks.com/paul_breitsprecher/images/trkn_bx_88_op.jpg Definitely inside bearing trucks. And looks nothing like the ubiquitous models. Wh

ISTR that Timken did actually have one or more box cars painted in the "Roller Freight" demonstrator scheme that has been such a favorite of model manufacturers over the years. I can't remember where

http://www.intermountain-railway.com/reservationflyers/RF1211HO2BayHoppers.htm I'm looking at the graphic for Intermountain's announced hopper... and I see they are showing the W&LE car with flat ends

boxes, which are a drop-in replacement if you trim the top lip off the Kadee box. I used some conventional 58s with the spring plate, and I used the old style box with the "ears". Strangely enough thi

My roofwalk fell off just taking it out of the box. I just re-attached it with Cyanopoxy. Probably not the best but I got lucky. It's just as well that it falls off, since the supports on the crossove

to operate them on a layout? I took a close look at the trucks and the couplers of my cars and I am wondering how they will perform. The centering springs of the Kadee clones are much thicker and stif

have to be worked out, to mutual satisfaction, by the Craftsman, and each Craftsman will choose differently. The fact that "this can work" is clearly evidenced by the flat cars recently advertized by

willing to do the quality of the castings he produces. Well at the risk of buttering up too much, Tom is also an excellent presenter. I don't go to a lot of clinics but I always try to make it to Tom'

I feel the pain. I recently had some parts made. It was my idea, but other than that I had nothing to do with actually creating the part. I now own the entire production run, which will last me a litt

problem I have. I should have gone with the easier to spell underground" which was the other term people seemed to like IIRC. In addition we have some no-so-small up-and-comers like Fox Valley, Tangen

Like most of us, I've gone from having time and desire but no money, money and desire but no time, or money and desire and time but not enough knowledge or available material. I'm not surprised any mo

I was thinking the same thing, but I don't run in the Military circles at all, so I really don't have a feel for how many "serious" modelers there are, as compared to those of us in the market for hig

which too often was also overpriced, the food this year was excellent (excellent!) IMHO. I had kind of given up on the hotel food, so we didnt eat there at all, maybe next year I'll give it a try. Mis