For clarification, I confused the CGW mini-kit build with the YMW B-5 build, both of which are on the workbench. Ed Hawkins answered both questions off line, indirectly through George Toman’s CGW clin

Thanks, Jim. I found George Tomans Chicagoland presentation, and according to Ed Hawkins, the roof also go car cement, so I’ll paint it black along with the underframe and trucks. Since the color phot

When I inquired about freight car red paints for N&W B-5 boxcars, I forgot to ask about the trucks and underbody. I have one color photo of a B-5 with what appears to be freight car red paint on the t

The camera is not only a valuable tool, but it’s your worst critic. The XM-1 turned out fine despite the Tru Color travails. With Tru Color, it really important to check everything by taking pictures

I have a bottle of Floquil Southern Freight Car Brown. Is that the one, or is there another Floquil color for Southern Boxcar Red? I haven’t seen the Tru Color Southern Railway boxcar color, but I hav

I’m putting together a Tru Color paint order, and I have four YMW kits for which there are no designated Tru Color freight car colors. The roads are D&H, DT&I, D&RGW, and N&W. the instructions suggest

Clever solution! Nelson Moyer

I tried pasting the data into Excel, but it all comes in on the same column. Apparently Clark used the space bar instead of the tab key, so the only way to sort the data by date is to retype it in Wor

Yes, I missed that distinction. I wonder why the GM1/2 series weren’t covered in the data sheet, since they were composite gondolas, and the title implies that the data sheet covers ‘Burlington’s Comp

Check the BRHS data sheet titled, Burlington’s Composite Gondola Fleet. Page 8 and page 10 contain information on modifications to GS-1/2 gondolas. Some had the sides cut down like the GA-15 USRA gond

If it’s a bottling problem, and I have Scalecoat I in a bottle labeled Scalecoat II, that's easy to fix, because I have Scalecoat I thinner, and I can run a test. I tried thinning with lacquer thinner

I’ve been mixing Scalecoat II two parts paint to 1 part Scalecoat II thinner and spraying at 20 psi with a gravity feed Iwata with a E3 tip and needle. Today I mixed a small amount of Scalecoat II Alu

I’ll upload the file to the file section. Nelson Moyer

Yes, that was my eureka moment. Nelson Moyer

Correct, and they were combined into a single pdf which was circulating some years ago. If it’s not in the archives, I will upload it. Nelson Moyer

I attached Gene Green’s paper to my last email to the resinfreight car builders io Group, so you can get it there or search the web for “Freight Car Underbody Detail.pdf”. Search “Modeling AB Brakes o

Athearn isn’t the only victim of misreading engineering drawings. I’ve encountered current models from two companies who shall remain nameless with erroneous underbody brake diagrams in their instruct

Since posting my AB air reservoir question, I've reread Gene Green's paper on freight car brakes. A study of the photos and diagrams in this paper suggest that the AB air reservoir has an up and down

I posted this to the resinfreightcarbuilders group but haven’t gotten an answer yet, so I’m expanding the pool of expertise by posting my question here. I’m working on the 2018 Chicagoland FGE mini-ki

While it may sting at first, I think gentle constructive criticism could be more common for model photos posted to io groups. Too often, responders to posted model photo call cars ‘great’ when in fact