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

Thanks guys! Note to self, when attaching photos in .io groups, use attachment instead inserting as a picture as that makes a tiny pixilated photo. Trying again here. Fenton, assuming it is the RCW ki

Finished up 2, one the recent RCW kit and the other a Red Caboose RC-4231 kit with a Tichy dual center sill riveted built-up underframe. Pretty similar, each having pros and cons. I like the lower sil

In sorting through all my stash of trucks, I came across a pair Accurail Andrews (#203 w/metal wheels) trucks that are probably 70 ton but are like size gargantuan compared to Tichy and TMW Andrews tr

Got all my trucks classified now. Sure a lot of interpretations and versions of AAR and ASF type cast frame trucks. Richard's list is 8 years old now, many more trucks since then from Tichy and Tahoe

Thanks to a kind soul here on the list, I was reminded of Richard Hendrickson's treatise on HO Trucks. Man, we all miss that guy. Is an early Life-Like product of a "AAR 50 Ton Double Truss Self-Align

I came across in my stash a half dozen pair of these. They look better in person, but I can't figure out what they might represent. 5 springs and some big-ass journals, 6"x11", so maybe in the 70 ton

Thanks guys. Didn't mean to hijack the UP thread with my WP double deck. Working on the next one (of 11). Will post some more views/info later. ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

Thanks for the photo link! This will help when time to build the ramps to load my Westerfield double-deck WP stockcars.

I'll send you the photos that go with the steps. It is actually rather quick & easy. Over the last 3 decades I've tried most methods and really like this one. Hardest part would be to find a Floquil F