I'd say if Jack has a digital photo collection that he intends to go to the CSRM Library, why not donate it NOW? Then the rest of the world can have access and use it. Or maybe see something that gets

I just apply Future to the general area where the decal will be. Whatever you use to top-coat the decal (gloss, semi-gloss, flat) will be much thicker than the Future and will give a uniform finish. T

I have never airbrushed Future, and I see no reason to take the time to do that. I apply it where I intend to decal with a Q-tip, and then throw it away, i.e. no clean-up time or trouble. That stuff i

Hello Don, I am not a frequent reader of Groups.io. I just have many other things that I think need my attention. So I rely on other folks to alert me to this kind of question. I did a lot of research

Thanks to Mel Perry for pointing Irv toward me. I am not a frequent reader of any Groups.io. I do not yet have a copy of RP CYC #35, so I don't have the photo Irv referenced. So I will do some educate

Those Repack stencil rectangles are also discussed in the SPH&TS book on painting & lettering SP and PFE freight cars (page 127). The drawing for the stencil was issued in March 1938. I have never not

In December 1959, PFE compiled two listings of their Wood ice reefers - one for cars still in service, and one for cars out of service. Copies of those listings were obtained from the California State

I should have added that since the WP reefers have a unique version of the Built-Up underframe for reefers, with their brake cylinder and brake levers placement, I think it is even more likely that th

AFAIK, the current thinking is that all the WP reefers had Built-Up underframes. I do not know of, and have not heard even rumors of, any photo of a WP reefer with a Bettendorf underframe. My recollec

Tony knows more than I do, but the RR Design did not "replace" the 30-ton Bettendorf underframes on PFE reefers. They were a means to increase the number of cars PFE could get, without being limited b

In case anyone missed the link to my SmugMug site in Steve Hile's thread about correcting PFE brake gear placement, I have put a lot of photos, drawings, summaries and explanations in captions in this

Well, I received my samples of these reefers and was quite relieved to see that they used my new artwork on all the models. Several people, including myself, were making judgements about the models ba

Another thread hijacked by a different subject(s). WAY TO GO GUYS !! Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA

Bill, For the past 20 years or so (maybe more), I believe most Korean factory lettered brass has used what I understand to be a "thermal" decal process. In that process the lettering is on a film whic

Most Chinese assembled cars are pre-painted and glued with CA, so a little bit of torque will break the glue bonds. Disassembling a model is not difficult. For those wanting to know what the correct l

Todd mentioned earlier about possibly a yardmaster snagging a single UCR car, but all four of those cars look very similar to me. And I'd say that three of them are clearly lettered Utah Coal Route. C

Very nice model, Fenton. Always good to see a UP car modeled well. I have a couple minor nits to pick, that I expect very few people to know. First, the UP began putting the solid journal Repack data

Hate to say this, but I think I am done traveling until there is a proven vaccine for COVID-19 - or it stops on its own (seems unlikely). Freight car research does continue. Just finished a full roste

Tim, Care to give me a page number in Terry's book? I can't find your data in it. I did notice that even the diagram in Terry's book (p. 145) for the S-40-12 class lists both AY and FCR side Color Sch

Tim, Where did you get the data about, "All of the S-40-12 cars were delivered in yellow." ? Or, "In 1958, the decision was made to paint NON-roller bearing stock cars freight car red so only 'high sp