Pierre, I've had the same issue, especially with Funaro kits. The Floquil paint beads-away from ribs especially. I've found a coat of dull-coat and then a second coat will cure this, otherwise the sec

np328 <jcdworkingonthenp@...> wrote: I gave a presentation in Naperville in 05 on this subject. At the time I tried to make clear that my presentation covered Upper Midwest operations. James, T

Brian J Carlson <brian@...> wrote: Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY DT&I? P2k Greenville Gon, However, most (all?) were in autoframe service Brian, (and Scott Heiden ?) I've seen Scott Hei

All, I noticed that Chad put up the Monon's 3000 series gons on his page that he cast from Mont's masters. These are cars from 1948 and have an unusual 9 panel side. MM ran Mont's article on them 4-5

All, Since "now" is past 1960, I'll tip toe on thin ice by pointing out that US Steel is still very much in operation in Gary. I have heard that it is one of the world's largest single site mills. The

Chet, OK with me if you post them everyday. I love this stuff. Was the LCL car next to the caboose for merchandise handled in route by the crew? I've usually seen this done from the head end, but the

Tom, Tell me what your laminate file looks like. It sounds useful. A google search turned up filing cabinets! Mike pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> wrote: This is not news and will no doubt pro

Armand, See: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/duryeacbc.html "A. Premo" <armprem@...> wrote: Can anyone point me to a source of Duryea underframe drawings?(Needed to get aw

All, One group to be applauded in the listing of the accuracy of models and paint schemes is the NEBW site. For someone like me, with limited knowledge, it is great place to look to see if I'm buying

Tim, Something else to keep in mind with stockcars is that they were often used for things other than stock "off season" I've seen everything from railroad ties to watermelons listed. I use this as ju

Tim and all: The effect this can have on a modeled fleet is important. For example in the 1948 Monon conductor's logs I was surprised at two predominant home road car types: covered hoppers and side-d

Tim, I'm not familiar enough with the PRR in that area to know. According to a map I have, the Van line to Vincennes is only 15 miles south of the Monon mines at Midland IN., so it is likely there wer

Tim, Thanks to the work you did on the Monon Query conductor logs I can offer a midwest perspective on how prevalent these cars were. I was surprised that half of the 28 HTs recorded off the log so fa

Mike Barone said: "If you have flat kits, this is not necessary for the one piece bodies, form the basic body of sides and ends only, then make an inner roof from .030 or .040 styrene that is an exact

Andy, I don't know if this is the same car or not, but Sylvan makes a GTW rebuild. See: http://www.isp.on.ca/Sylvan/ho-scaleproducts.htm Regards, Mike I have just screened a color slide I recently pur

Thanks Doug! I'll add that info in. Mike --- Doug Rhodes <farronhill@...> wrote: __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http:/

Tim, Thanks for the information. I haven't done it, but it will be interesting to see if the Monon boxcar percentage in this log matched the national despite being on the home road. The log covers the

Tim Gilbert asked: Tim, From the 1948 Monon conductor's log I have the following Canadian cars: CN B 476658 XB Southbound to Limedale (PRR) CN B 523832 XB Northbound to Laf. Jct. (NKP WAB NYC) CN B 52

Mont and all, One thing I've noticed about the 1948 Monon conductor's log I'm going through is the lack of Monon boxcars in general. Plenty of gons and hoppers, but boxcars are under represented as a

Bill & Tim, The other movement that caught my eye (since I'm a Monon guy) is the traffic to Sheridan Indiana, a mere 20 miles away. I've seen waybills for short (even 10 miles and less) movements from