Hi Charlie, Most of the home improvement “shiplap” images I’ve seen are real more like the tongue and groove siding used on some wood freight and passenger cars. In the seafaring sense, “shiplap,” is

Ralph Brown wrote: Sorry, Ralph, not so. Clapboard and lap-strake have similarities, but they are NOT the same as shiplap. True shiplap is just a plain board rabbeted top and bottom for a snug fit. Th

It is NOT tungsten. Please reread last year's conversation as I suggested. Dave Parker Riverside, CA

Very fine response Tom! Jerry Michels

Scott: I have often split Pierre's styles in order to get a flat side for the ends. If you are using the bending tool try clamping the style in the tool with the side to be removed outboard. Then use

The GJc were scrapped in the late 1930s (class GJ was built 1909-13). The later 98000-98631 were class GUb (also #s 91000-92599); class GU gons rebuilt with corrugated ends. David Thompson

The two Sunshine kits from posting 153548 are spoken for, pending payment. Thank you so much. Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Mike Schleigh wrote "John's referenced photo shows no 'weight' related stenciling. Why? Are these two cars in some sort of captive service? Tim's prototype is similarly stenciled." Mike if you enlarge

I highly recommend the Funaro kit Mike references. It is one of Steve's most recent efforts and builds up easily producing a beautiful model. I built mine as a Union car. Bill Welch

Courtesy of Michael Gross I saw a red-orange placard withthe word "Penalty" in large letters and below this in smaller letters" Home Route"with a line for entering information. The placard was issued

I must confess that I don't know what an "ICC penalty defect" is. A search of the group archive for that phrase gives no hits at all, and a general search of the 'Net gives hits about penalty kicks in

Schuller, I feel your pain. My other active hobby is woodworking, so I fight the rust war on two fronts. Over the years, under various conditions such as seasonally damp basements and unheated garage/

Schuyler - I have been happy for many years with Starrett M-1 lubricant for prevention of rust on calipers, parallels, rules, and other tooling. In addition to being a lubricant, it also has a compone

When starting a Bowser covered hopper which entails removing molded on drop grab irons and installing new ones. I thought maybe plastic rather than wire. We have excellent Kadee bracket grab irons. Wh

I am offering four steam-era freight cars: Branchline Trains Blueprint Series 1001 50’ AAR Single DoorBoxcar, Santa Fe Car #17288 BX-69 Class, Built 1955 Mineral Brown, “El Capitan” $16.00 KIT Intermo

Nice, Jack! Ralph Brown Portland, Maine PRRT&HS No. 3966 NMRA No. L2532 rbrown51[at]maine[dot]rr[dot]com

I think the Bowser covered hoppers are mucho improved over their old ones. I just got 5 ACF covered hoppers and am in the process of assembling them. Besides the grab irons, I also noticed that the ru

---In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, <Jeff.A.Aley@...> wrote : [QUOTE] I have countered numerous times that 1) onetrain does not make a sample and 2) the distribution hypothesis has nothingwhatsoever to say a

George, If you are only modeling a small quantity of cars, the probability that the car you modeled (assuming it is a prototype) would appear at that location, on that day, is about the same for any c

---In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, <smithbf@...> wrote : > > Yes. The way it works is the you get a few tickets for registering, > and then more tickets are available for sale. You drop tickets into > cups