Is there a readily available correct HO plastic alternative to the Tichy underframe? IM says it no longer sells parts. Another 3 D printed part in need of development?

I fell into this Micro Mark trap several years ago and bought several Vallejo Rust bottles mislabeled as Box Car Red. It was before Vallejo Model Color line became widespread. I dilute them and use th

Awwwk, just ordered in case i miss the D&RGW 15 foot door boxcar.....unusual but I am always interested in double door 40 foot cars.

I keep both the Tamiya red oxide and light grey primer handy and use before any rolling stock painting. I have a bin of Tr-Color on hand but these days use it and PBL Star Brand for matching to Vallej

We also could charge a destination carrier for detention for holding a car over the time allowed in the tariff. It was up to the destination carrier to deal with the consignee over the cause of detent

Bob, I worked for PFE in the Auditors office 1970-73 and one of of my jobs was tracking car movements for missing per diem and mileage payments from railroads so I am not sure that statement is correc

Not sure if PE boxcars and PE flat cars are the same airbrake arrangement but Jason Hill's Owl Mountain F-50-xx flat cars included the instructions and parts to build the PE rigging. The instructions

I enjoyed the first one enough I would be more than willing to attend another.....even if you charge a modest "convention fee." And have the same quality as this first effort. I would hope this type o

Oops "switched" in my list of Carquinez south shore refineries to be switched by local power from Port Costa in the early 1950's. The correct locations for the period are: Shell at Martinez - predomin

Thanks to all who responded so quickly. My suspicion that the car was not geographically appropriate is confirmed. As the handrails are broken so I have no problem removing them and repainting a nice

I picked up a slightly damaged (handrail busted) Proto 2000 8K Gallon Type 21 Riveted Tank Car at my Local Hobby Shop (open by appointment and you must wear a mask) from the used shelf. The paint sche

In response to the original message, I would assume black trucks as they are probably wrought iron.

On a whim I just ordered the HO decals from K4 Decals for this car. It is a totally offline project from my 1950's Port Costa layout but one of those I just could not refuse. There is a picture on the

I am not too sure about some of the equivalent colors indicated in the MRH Acrylic guide. Some do not agree with what I see when I actually use the paint. Also Vallejo is introducing new colors all th

As it is 1943 they are probably military tank trailers being taken to docks for loading to send to buildup in England for Normandy invasion.

If you build or look at the instructions for one of the Owl Mountain's SP F-50-xx kits you will see Jason Hill's very ingenious design for small straight side sill flat car weighting that would be ide

Modify the um-usa url's to HTTPS so you won't get nasty messages about unsecure sites. Very interesting stuff. There goes the last of the $1200 virus giveaway. Tool stuff that Micro-Mark doesn't do. W

According to Rapido the X31a boxcar is still in design status. I would expect them in 2nd quarter 2021 at earliest.

And here I thought KD's were model couplers.....

Hindsight presentation was enough for die hard early 1950's SP modeler like me to order one for interchange traffic. DD as those are harder to come by.