I am building an SP&S USRA DS using the Westy kit and I am editing photos of my build at the moment. Will post some photos here in a day or so along with a couple of prototype photos. Bill Welch

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For about a year now i have been installing the Dirt Collector to the AB Valve. The Dirt Collector is included in the Tichy "AB" Brake Set and on the Styrene Sprue of the discontinued Grandt Line/Deta

Here is my underframe as requested. This is from the Sunshine instructions. Bill Welch

. . .this link will take you to photos on an unpainted Sunshine kit of the same car: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VobZE8Ywfi0a74ME97BaSVwzIlnk7Br1 Note the flange along the bottom of the sill Bil

Southern open top cars were Black. Bill Welch

I don't remember what options there were when I ordered my 100-foot reel of .4mm x .4mm that is .019" x .019" from Kidney Puncher. The wire is steel and comes off the reel pretty straight and it is ea

Only reason I knew there were two is because on Facebook Rapido was alerting potential customers that reservations for the Yellow TH&B cars far outnumbered reservations for all others and alerting peo

Assume you are talking about the TH&B yellow and black scheme Mike. I do not know the date but I do know there were only two such cars. Bill Welch

Several of us who attended Chicagoland 2019 were gifted pairs of these ends by a friend. I plan to use them with InterMountain composite gondola kit to make a Monon model. Another reason to come to RP

Bill Welch

I am very interested in the history of the Forty-Foot boxcar, the car type that composed the bulk of America’s freight car fleet from at least the early 1920’s into the 1950’s and one of my goals is t

https://www.prototypejunction.com/?m=1 Anyone meet John or Randy at Lisle? Let the speculation begin? Bill Welch

I tend to doubt it but no way to know for sure until the modeler can be found. Bill Welch

I often use Evergreen's 0.005 sheet styrene cutting it into any number of widths of strip or shapes (I have no actual life) and have through the years developed a feel for it. Recently while handling

Does anyone know who had the wonderful Consolidated Freightways truck and trailer models at Chicagoland RPM26 last week? Going directly to jail for being off topic. . . Bill Welch

I am using the version with the arched "PIEDMONT & NORTHERN" on my model for 1955. Bill Welch

Clark Propst shared this photo with me a few years ago: ATSF 90725 found in Manly, Iowa on 7-13-67. Bill Welch

If you are a modeler be sure to catch Ryan Mendell's clinic about Machinist's Tools. He is in charge of the Univ. of Toronto's Engineering Dept. Shop and knows his tools. I should add that my checking

These are very small. I leave a small section of sprue on to help me handle it, then trim it off after glue has cured. Needs a #77 hole for mounting on an end in my experience. Bill Welch