Thank you Peter, you've laid my fears to rest. Dave Lawler

Thank you Mark. I have some Floquil Boxcar red and Reefer White in my old paint stash, more than enough to paint a HO caboose. I guess I'm good to go. Dave Lawler

Todd, Thank you for the link to the NYC Historical Society file. In there they describe the color as a "reserved boxcar red". I think that Mark Rossiter's suggestion for Floquil Boxcar red wit a touch

Thank you Rich. I forgot that I had noticed that color in their list but I was not sure, it appeared too red. I have always wondered if those NYC cars are really red or sort of a brown. I’m no a rivet

Good day all, I'm preparing to paint an older brass HO model of a New York Central 19000 series caboose. My modeling period is 1944. I use Accupaint/TruColor almost exclusively and they have several f

Good day all, I have several very old packs of Champ Decals that were: “Mfd. By Champion Model Co. Cleveland 2, Ohio” Here’s where it was founded. Best regards, David Lawler Sent from Mail for Windows

I really like those cars. They have lots of “personality”. Great looking model. Dave Lawler Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Thank you to everyone who aimed me in the right direction for Standard Car Co. I've been in contact with Don Valentine and sent an order for some half door conversion kits this morning. Fenton that is

Ben/Doug, Thank you for the info. I've looked around on line to try to find New England Rail Serv. but no luck so far. I hope Don Valentine reads these messages. Thanks again, Dave Lawler

Good day all, I recently read a James Six blog on weathering where he showed an example of a door and a half conversion on an Accurail SS box car. The company he mentioned that made the add-on half do

Good day all, I'm thinking of buying an Atlas Master Series NE-6 caboose but I would need to strip and repaint it. Has anyone taken one of these apart? Is it simple like screwed together or is it all

Paul, Excellent model of a very unique prototype. Well done! Dave Lawler Avon Lake. Ohio

I bought a pack of the Clover House chalk marks a couple of years ago and found that they would not transfer from the backing sheet no matter what surface I tried to put them on. I contacted Clover Ho

I believe the Athern, ATSF offset cupola steel caboose is a reasonable stand in for a group of Grand Trunk Western cars. Dave Lawler

In my memory, those cars cars were pretty nice for their time except their running board castings were quite brittle. Dave Lawler

Thank you Ben. That would certainly make an interesting modeling feature. Dave Lawler

What was the purpose for the stake pockets(?) on the outside of the side boards? Best regards, Dave Lawler

If someone takes over I hope they’ll make it more like the old (Carstens) RMC with more historical articles, scale drawings and remember that there were railroads East of the Mississippi and also Cana

Good day all, About 25+ years ago The Car Shop produced an etched brass model of these cars in O and HO scales. Occasionally, one shows up on EBay. Dave Lawler Avon Lake, Ohio

Good day all, Does anyone out there in Steam Era land know when the ACL changed the lettering in their circle logo from serifs to the block style? Dave Lawler