Bob, Sorry to take so long to respond. I was traveling and didn’t bring my computer. I apply Pan Pastels over the entire car. I use paint brushes and not sponges to apply the Pan Pastels, and this all

Greetings, Next up from the AZ built cars is CB&Q 15508, a Speedwitch XA-9 Auto Car kit. I finished this car earlier today. and brackets. The cars was painted with TruColor TCP-240 CB&Q Frt Car Red. W

Greetings, Earlier this year we headed down to AZ when the weather got cold in Minnesota and I brought a handful of resin freight car kits along. I built several cars and was able to spray them with p

Charlie, For mineral red I use Tru-Color TCP-214. During the 1950’s, until October 1, 1956, the entire car including underbody and trucks would be painted mineral red. After October 1 the GN began rep

Great job on the car Bill. I really like the weathering and the contrast on the reweigh stencils. Rich Remiarz Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Clark, The ladders came with the kit. There are a number of etched brass parts in the kit including the ladders, running board end supports, and lateral running board supports. The kit goes together v

Eric, Thanks for helping on my request for information on the brakes for the RCW Soo Line boxcar kit. Ed Hawkins emailed me yesterday off-list regarding the brake gear on the Soo Line 50’ boxcars. Aft

I am in the process of building the Resin Car Works Soo Line 50’ boxcar kit. Two different type of brake gear are provided, but I couldn’t find any information that shows which series of cars used whi

I just finished GN 52631, a Resin Car Works model of a GN wood sheathed boxcar. The model is primarily built per instructions. I modeled a car with Universal brake gear. To more closely simulate the r

Greetings, The Great Northern Railway Historical Society Modelers Committee is considering developing an HO scale Dalman-Andrews truck as one of our upcoming projects. The first thing we are trying to

Thanks Richard. Rich Remiarz Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Yesterday I completed NP 5418, a 50’ single sheath auto boxcar built from a Speedwitch kit. I adding Intermountain 0.088” wheelsets to the TMW Dalman trucks, Kadee #178 coupers, and HiTech Details 603

Thank you everyone for the nice comments on the two boxcars. Finishing next is a Speedwitch NP 50’ boxcar. By tomorrow morning the flat finish overcoat on the decals should be dry and weathering will

Clark, The CNW car was built based on the article in RPCyc Volume 1. Now that I found a PS-1 underframe I will build another more modern version of the car, and won’t have to sand off the end panels o

Greetings, I have been trying to clear off my workbench by finishing various freight car projects by the end of the year. I just finished two boxcars. CNW 107734 is a riveted side PS-1 boxcar. It was

This is the complete URL. http://magazine.trainlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mrr_199105.pdf Rich Remiarz Sent from Mail for Windows 10

I spent a good part of last night downloading various issues based on these URLs. You can find all of the Railmodel Journals, 10 years of Model Railroading (1987-1996), but only a small number of Prot

Andrew, It adds more problems. The molded center sill and bolsters on the IMWX/Red Caboose underframe are much thinner (~ 0.050") than on the Intermountain cars. The lower 0.045" of the center sill an

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Tim, As Andy Carlson already stated, the issue is that the height is incorrect with the trucks that come with the cars. It is a fundamental issue with the underframe casting. Since this underframe is

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My posts on lowering Intermountain boxcars generated a number comments. Jim Brewer was kind enough to combine all of the emails into one document so that it could be posted in the files section. I mad