I know the thread is old but I finally ordered the 3D printed Resin Car Works Equipco Brake Wheel and housing and it arrived today. As I am primarily an SP modeler I need a good supply of the brake wh

I had to resort to eBay and high prices and shipping to get some critical freight door sets that were not duplicated by Tichy or any other supplier. My local hobby shop has all but given up on SJD as

I could see a few new railroad modeling uses for those makeup swabs. Larger than the largest tiny paint microbrushes for adjusting weathering powders and not as clumsy as using the standard bathroom c

My go to color for the past two years is to use a spray can of Tamiya Red Oxide primer. After that it it is tint washes of Vallejo paints brush applied till I get the shade I want for a specific car.

On the NMRA PCR group Bob cited a layout that had cow sounds. But a full stockyard as in the photo's might be deafening....plus the bleating of the sheep.....not to mention the distinct aromas...

Paul I know you are located in the UK so may not have been able to pick up a copy of the SPH&TS Southern Pacific Freight Car Painting and Lettering Guide by Tony and Dick Harley. About 40% of that vol

Some time ago I purchased some of the Tichy PFE decals. Unfortunately the lettering was way to thick to look good. But the SP and UP shields could be used for the period when PFE used metal shields ra

Unfortunately this photo appears to be from the Japanese relocation to give it context.

That image is well worth saving as a point of reference when building models. It is so clear and clean an image.

Will be buying the kit undecorated version (38000-1) as I like to diddle around with plastic models and improve them if I can.

Ed I like your suggestion of USAX 26912-27231 as my currently planned replacement layout includes the SP Avon, Contra Costa (junction for the San Ramon Valley Branch) which is 1 mile west of the Port

I made a blooper bidding on some IM boxcar kits at an NMRA division meet. I wound up with 3 1957 built B-50-52 PS-1 cars instead of cars I could use built as is in my pre-1955 model era. The kits only

After a private exchange with Pierre, it turns out none of the Carmer lever etchings he currently offers closely matches the Carmer levers as used on my ex D&RGW, Ex USN boxcar. Levers closely matchin

Some years back (2015) I built a B-50-25 from Andy Carlson's IM parts kit and other parts such as a Kadee Apex roofwalk, (I subsequently fixed the wavy look in the photo) brake wheel and South West Sc

I just gave away about 25 issues of MM 1983-1987 to Just Trains in Concord (my usual LHS no other connection) for their old magazine rack. Now to find anyone who wants 20-25 years of Narrow Gauge and

I'm looking for a supply of the sharp or acute angled top SP caboose ladders. No help available from Walthers on spare parts for their SP C-30 caboose. I have bent the Athearn sheet metal stampings in

Ah the joys of X2F couplers. Early Kadee's were way too expensive for me as a teen modeler in the late 1950's.

Thanks for everybody's input. Looks like I am left with a choice of removing and replacing the doors with steel panel doors and building it into a proper WP car or cutting off the fishbelly side frame

Tony I realized that a while ago when I was looking for older 50' SP box cars in SP Freight Cars Volume 4 only to find them in Volume 3. Still looking for a prototype for the wood door MDC SS 50 foot

Thanks Garth "All of the WP 50' SS boxcars had steel doors their whole lives." I guess that leaves me with an attractive foobie unless someone knows of a close prototype with wood doors. best Ken Adam