Thank you to everyone for all of the nice comments on my model of GN 3592. I am also working on a model of a GN 3000-3499 series 40’ double door boxcar. I will post photos when it is completed. Rich R

Greetings, I just finished GN 3592. This is an old McKean kit. The roof was replaced with a shortened Branchline 50’ overhanging diagonal panel roof and the side sills were modified to match the 3500

Bill, Yes, this is for the Intermountain 12 panel 10’ IH kits. The cars built in 1948 and 1949 had the grab irons with a bracket on the left side and a drop grab on the right. The 1000 cars built in 1

Bill (and others), I am very excited about Ryan’s mini-kit. I wrote a two-part article on these boxcars that was published in the December 2021 and March 2022 GNRHS Modelers’ Pages. These became the s

Fenton, I am happy with the color. I think it matches the photos people sent fairly well. RPCYC volume 3 suggested a 50:50 mixture of Accupaint Oxide Brown and Rich Oxide Brown. It also suggested Rich

Just over five weeks ago I posted a question about what color to paint a Texas & Pacific boxcar. A number of you sent me color photos of the cars and additional information. I was finishing a model of

Tim, Red Caboose must have made more significant changes to the tooling. The Front Range 8’ door car had somewhat narrower panel sizes than the Red Caboose version of the car, so the Front Range cars

I just looked again, and did find a Red Caboose 8700 series kit unbuilt. Maybe this says something about having too many unbuilt kits. Attached are photos of the Branchline doors with the Red Caboose

Tim and Andy, This has been an interesting discussion. Thanks for reminding me about the RC-8700 series kits. I thought I had a good use for some old Front Range cars I had on the shelf, but looks lik

Another way of building the 3000-3499 series is using the Front Range 4070 boxcar kits. These also had an 8’ door, resulting in narrower panels. As Andy said, putting an 8’ and 7’ door on the McKean/A

The model is a combination of two prototype cars. The roof, ends, and side sill match the GN 3000-3499 series built in 1955, while the sides, ends, and doors match the 3500-3999 series built in 1956.

I have received color photos from a number of list members and was reminded of the color photo of one of these cars in RPCyc Volume 3 (along with paint formulas for T&P). Thank you. Of course, the mor

Thanks Tim. Rich Remiarz

Thanks Fenton. I don’t have much in the way of photos from southern roads. I just heard from Ed Hawkins and he said there is a color photo in RPCyc volume 3 so I will check there next. Rich Remiarz

Fenton, That is the first place I looked and TruColor doesn’t have a T&P paint color. Rich Remiarz

Greetings, I am looking for some help. I am building a model of a Texas & Pacific 1937 AAR boxcar using a National Scale Car MK102 mini-kit. I will be lettering the car as it would appear in the mid-5

Great job Charlie! Rich Remiarz Sent from Mail for Windows

Bill, The GN boxcars painted in vermillion had mineral red underframes and trucks. The trucks were ASF A-3 Ride Control trucks. The photos I have of the earlier repaints show that the running boards w

Stic, Yes it is the same prototype as the RCW kit. The Sunshine kit is an older kit with separate sides and ends and a two piece roof supported by gussets added to the body. The RCW kit is much easier

I just finished the last of the resin cars I was working on this month. This is GN 51527, a Sunshine Models GN double sheathed boxcar. This is the most common boxcar on the GN in the time period I am