Meant to include the lineage of the plaster car photo in the original post but hit send just as I remembered. Was hoping Fred Jansz was going to chime in and he didn't disappoint. As for the old SN an

We've discussed the Single Sheath boxcars over on the WP Modelers FB site a couple of times. Bill Kennedy has decals that cover the 26000 series with the proper medallion. Here is an image of the cars

Aaron, that is one good looking gondola. Is that the Westerfield G22 twin-pak flat-Pack version? I'm keeping your pictures for reference for when I build mine. RJ Dial Burlingame, CA

Huh? Gotta love it. What's a poor modeler to do. Step 23 of the Owl Mountain SP F-50 flatcar instructions says "Paint Specs called for SP Flatcars to have decks painted flatcar red". The instructions

Dennis, you can see the crossbearers? All I can see is black! Except for the Truss Rod underframe, which also looks fun to do. The Tichy underframe is $3.39 ea, so will use those. Bob, I searched all

2 last questions before I get started on kitbashing. The Mainstreeter stock car article reflects different ends than the PFE reefer end, was that because of the extra bracing the open-sided stock car

So you don't think I'm like my grandmother, sweet lady, but she would always leave out some part of a recipe she was asked to share. I forgot to mention that one needs to really gouge up the surface f

The Airhose bracket on the SSW is rubber Hi-Techs and the DL&W is plastic Kadee with those crappy flimsy hoses replaced with black wire. As for the deck, that is a strong point of the Tichys. Attached

This sounds interesting and a way to salvage these beautiful looking paint jobs. Andy, when you say narrow the roof by 1/8", do you mean remove the running board and split the roof under the running b

Couple of pics of the SSW and Lackawanna versions I made. I recall the RMJ article and pics was important as it covered body color, trucks and uncoupling devices. I included a closeup showing the Tich

I checked my large supply of LEDs. Would work for a flat car. The longest leads are still waaay too short for a boxcar. I also had bought some of that .024 Nickel Silver beading wire wrap awhile back,

You definitely want to read the RMJ article before proceeding. Use that last link from Eric. If still doesn't work i can send a PDF. I built 3 that required little modification (SP&S, NC&StL, SSW). Tu

Interesting. The Monad was in use in 1931? Man, I've had to discard the Monad decals on all the NP Boxcars I've built (1939) per the Sunshine data sheets, and you tell me that the reefers had it all t

Duoh! I shoulda known that having built 7 F&C T&G NP boxcars. And as Andy pointed out, the underframe was fishbelly too. I also seriously doubt that Monad herald is appropriate for 1930's either. Two

I was culling through my stash of Reefer kits and came across 2 Red Caboose kits (now Intermountain) in the following paint and car number. Checked the NPRHS site (http://www.nprha.org/NP%20Refrigerat

Which reminds me, I recall someone found a source for square brake wheel shaft material. Search of the archives has lots of results, but none specifically relevant. Anyone know of a practical source?

Eliminated Gould/Tichy as the tooling source of the ERTL USRA cars - I was thinking of their USRA steel rebuilds and USRA SS. RJ Dial

Mel may not have had one, but here's mine I did last year from a Westerfield kit as NWP #1957. Since I model 1939 had to leave off the cool NWP herald and roadname (shown here from Andrew's site). Dep

I concur with the Rapido wheelsets (all metal). I build one resin kit a month, and no matter what trucks, they get the Rapidos' (Code 88). They run $35 for 50 at Hobbylinc.com RJ Dial

Thought I had some square styrene that would work. At a scale 2 1/2" square, looks waaay too big. What source did you have for small amounts of the stuff? Thx, RJ Dial Burlingame, Ca