Another source for “Floquil” bottles is Testors 3502X Liquid Styrene Cement. Same bottle. Its my preferred styrene cement and I do lots of scratch building using styrene. So I have a replaceable small

The bottles are still listed under Testors stock number 9356. Current list is US$2.49 per bottle, so Brian’s suggestion looks all the more inviting (grin). Cheers Dave

I purchased a variety of his cars and have been less than impressed with the quality of the finished products. The cad work was excellent, but the resin parts have been problematic. The MILW caboose r

Rob, BTW, nice work with the model. Cheers Dave

Hi Rob, Looking at another photo thumb nailed below the pic you pointed to was this one – https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsac.1a34786/ and while I think they are all there, the numbers on the ends of th

Hi Johannes, The second one from the top is a #178 and these were factory installs on some Intermountain cars (and maybe other brands). The coupler box has a heart shaped boss or post, with a flat slo

Thanks Dennis, I really appreciate your comments and suggestions. I’m planning to scratchbuild some coal hoppers and would not have thought about many of the things you have mentioned until I was too

Hi Bob, No idea how that photo got my name on it, as I’m certainly not the photographer. I wasn’t born until Nov 1952. Maybe I shared it with someone privately and they have shared it with Utah Rails,

Hi Tim, Yes, you are right. Many of the 3000cft cars were modified to increase capacity. Taking the Cabot car pictured, it began life as part of series CABX 107-146 built in Dec 1949 by GA. Similar ca

A big thanks to Jim E and Jim K (and others who may have had a hand In it) for allowing us to one again access this awesome resource. Awesome. Cheers Dave

Thanks to everyone who replied to my email re Swift tank cars. cheers Dave

The article in RMJ Feb 1993 issue mentions 499 Swift tank cars in 1948 with SWTX reporting marks. Car numbers were from 5000 to 9999 and were both 8,000 & 10,000 gallon cars. Does anyone have a photo

Dave I’ve checked the newspapers (through the National Library’s newspaper collection) for the 20’s and 30’s and found that there was a company called Nash Motors NZ Ltd. having the sole agency for Na

This might be a red herring, but Bennett & Woods were the Australian distributor for Kelvinator in the early part of the 20th Century. They were a leading company in the motor trade here in Australia,

Try this link may be the one you want: www.alleghenyscale.com Matt Herson Matt, Thanks very much. That is the very one I was looking for. No idea how I got “Vern” – talk about a red herring! Anyway, I

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions as to the brass dealer link I was chasing. The link I opened was to a dealer who handled used (and new?) brass, but also had second hand undec Intermountain

Someone recently had a link in their post to a brass model train dealer. I can’t find the post now or remember the dealer’s name(senior moments abound.) Does anyone remember posting or seeing said pos

Hi Sam, I had the same problem. When I clicked on the attachment I went directly to the RealSTMFC homepage and could not find the notes. If someone could send me the correct URL I’d really appreciate

Ben & Bruce, Thanks for the information on the PRR stock cars. I thought as I typed Tuscan that it might not be right so thanks for providing the correct name. Cheers Dave

I checked Bowser for HO models of the K11 stock cars and they have two paint schemes. One is all Tuscan and the other is Tuscan with a galvanised? roof and doors. Are either or both these variations s