I would have sworn I recently saw an announcement of a upcoming release from someone (Rapido or Exact-Rail or ?) of the classic Milwaukee rib-sided boxcars in HO RTR. I even recall perusing a website

Anyone else read the Oliver article in the voice of Jack Douglas narration from the old educational films that we endured in school? ..."With the tractor delivered to Mr. Bell's farm in Mississippi, w

Been pondering this one. What would posses someone to start that many kits, get only so far each time, then put them back in the box without the PDS, decals and instructions? Only story I can make up

Love the roof (and the whole car). That is the next thing I was going to try after the recent topic on color rooftop photos. On a 40' car what would the running board material lengths have been? 12'?

Thanks! The few pre war color photos I've come across didn't look to be different from the post war photos, with lighting and sun fading and weathering driving the real differences in color from car t

Tru-Color says this is for 1945-1960. How would the pre-1945 color differ?

Guess I'm the outlier here, I still crank out a ton of surplus items each month that I've accumulated. Funds my current endeavors. There's no other market with that worldwide exposure and convenience.

The flatcar on he right is available from Owl Mountain: http://www.owlmtmodels.com/2000-series/F-50-Series.html I built a couple as PE from the kit.

I'm surprised the cat let Bill put it on one side as it is.

Based upon a recommendation from this group awhile back, I started using this adhesion promoter on all my trucks after a quick clean with IPA, including the HGC Kadees. Eliminated my paint chipping pr

Found 7 from recent builds. Additional ones from years past are still packed away in the basement. Will put in the mail tomorrow. If you ever end up with extra KC brakes, let me know as I can always u

I model 1939 so rarely use the resin reservoir castings from the Sunshine and Westerfield kits. If you end up short and those are OK, just let me know.

Here's some present day photo's of the linkage from a -14 at OERM with AB brakes. The original K Brakes were attached in the same location as the present brake cylinder.

Here's the Sunshine Flyer for the PE B-50-14 boxcars and photos of the finished model with the outer sill mounted hand brake linkage. The instructions in the kit included info on how to model it. I to

I was really into the PE in the early 1970's (having been born in SoCal), Let me see if I can find my ETT from the 1930's that contained the restrictions. I also purchased photos form the Huntington a

How about the older Funaro & Camerlengo Resin Kit #3603 "37' Wood Meat Reefer Wilson Car Lines"? They show up on eBay from time to time. It says it is accurate, but then it is from the era when close

Was Richard Hendrickson ever able to do the followup article on modeling rebuilt PFE Reefers in the Rail Model Journal? Here is the initial article on the pre-rebuilt versions with a closing teaser sa

Westerfield has PE S-40-5 stockcars and Owl Mountain flatcars come with PE decals and instructions. I'm adding some into the SP fleet mix.

What Al said. Hogs and sheep. From what I've been able to determine, the double-decks were relatively late to the game, usually modified conventional stockcars. The concept of long distance hauling of

Paul, now you are talking my early era and California traction focus! In the teens, 20's and early 30's, industry was centralized in and around south & central Los Angeles. The tracks in LA were not d