I’ll scan and e-mail the instructions. I’ve built that kit. Get Outlook for iOS

Here you go, Nelson

Here’s a photo of the Chief Wawatam taken 12/29/1978 at the dock in St. Ignace, Michigan

The Santa Fe would run multiple express reefers in the Fast Mail for fresh fruit, e.g. strawberries. That would have ended in the 1960’s, maybe even the late 50’s as that traffic shifted to trucks.

Check with an art museum or art dealer and ask about folks who clean and conserve old paintings,etc. Get Outlook for iOS

Jared. Search on Shapeways. I’ll bet somebody offers something similar 3-D printed. Get Outlook for iOS

The symbol on the right side of the car in the first photo is for Zinc concentrate loading. The printing on the left of the door in the second photo is Hide Loading Only …..

When you are on the Plano Model Products site click on the link for “Customer Photos” then look for Jeff Eggert’s C&NW 4427. There will be a photo of the etched pieces on a Walthers PS2-CD 4427 low hi

Thanks, Bill! I got one of those plus a couple other dental tools from a fellow member of a model railroad club 2 decades ago, but I never knew it had a name. Get Outlook for iOS

That’s the one I use as well. Nelson, do you also use it for resin kits?

I use Tamiya light gray primer in a rattle can. So far, I’ve had really good results on plastic. I have not built any resin kits lately, so I have no results to comment on there.

Great photos, Jeremy. Thanks for sharing. Get Outlook for iOS

I’ll second your motion, Tim.

Does anyone have the URL for Southwest Scale Productions, the producer of the HO doors Bill Welch noted in his presentation on on ARA and AAR boxcars at the recent St. Louis RPM?

Use your curser to highlight the text you want to save, click “Copy”open Word (if you have MS Office) and “Paste” in a blank document. You can save it in Word (.doc) or as a PDF.

C&BT is out of business. I believe Kadee offers separate ladder kits.

If you are using a Windows PC try using SNIP. You can locate SNIP by clicking on the Windows icon (lower left corner of your Task Bar), then opening “Search”. Start typing “snip” and it should pop up.

Typo, should read “I have not tried it on an assembled car”

I had a bad paint job on an unassembled Sunshine kit several years ago. I painted the sides & ends of a reefer kit different colors prior to assembly with disappointing results. I did use Chameleon to

Is it possible that some railroad colors are in fact a blend of several Pantone colors, i.e. 3 parts this + 2 parts that + a dab of something else? Robert J. Miller CFA Saginaw, MI Tell the truth, wor