I use the same technique as Ron. A few things. First, get the low-tack painters' tape. It is green or purple (I forget which) and comes off very easily. Second, I use either Floquil Rust, Rust #2 or S

If you think the plastic is ABS, methylene chloride should work fine. If it is a plastic more like delrin, I would suggest the primer-glue combination of LocTite 770 primer and 401 cyanoacrylic cement

I have. It works well, however, the glue must be visible to the UV laser LED or it won't bond. Also you must hold the parts in alignment while you zap it, an extra hand would be helpful, but I only ha

Groups IO won't let me upload this file to the files section so lets try it this way. -- John

As a follow-up, I model c-1955 so I have a detailed NYS&W freight roster for that time period (1954-1958) with notes. The notes indicate that Suzy Q originally had 500 Fowler box cars listed as manufa

In January 1948 NYS&W had 49 - 36' IL boxcars. The number series they were in was 1500 to 1563, so they probably had 64 or more cars originally. My understanding was that Erie bought over 1,000 of the

C'mon Tony, tell us what you really think. -- John

UP 4-8-8-4 4014 made its first mainline run on Wednesday pm and Thursday am from Cheyenne, WY to Ogden, UT for the sesquicentennial of the Transcontinental Railroad. As a UPRR aficionado and stockhold

Scott: Maybe or maybe not. Several of the car builders had proprietary parts such as doors, ends and roofs. ACF and Pullman Standard come to mind. Also, some of the smaller builders got more than just

You can buy caboose ladders already made with the loop in the top as parts from Athearn. -- John

Kadee??? LMAO -- John

Oops! Sorry, it was Tangent that made them as detail parts when they first came out with the AC&F welded gondola. They had 2 Equipco and 2 Universal brake levers on one sprue (now listed as "Sold Out"

Not sure (they are in one of my parts drawers) but I think it was Moloco that I ordered a bunch of different lever hand brakes from. Or maybe it was Tangent, but I know I have about 4 or 5 different s

The order form is for dealers and large orders (sent in via US Mail). Accurail is handling all their small orders through the website. Go to the website and look for the item under the parts menu. If

Andy: I sent you an email, but it apparently didn't go through. I am interested, so contact me at: johnsykesiii at yahoo dot com -- John

Not specifically aimed at Tony Thompson, but . . . the model railroading community really needs an FGE reference book. Similar but smaller than the PFE book. There is John White's GYF work out there,

My bad. I mis-typed. It is Elgin Car Shops. Y'see I live in north Florida and am used to Eglin Air Force Base. So, force of habit. -- John

Bill: I agree with you, but my fave is Paasche. I have 2 VLs and a VLS (note -- all internal mix) that I use with a manifold to handle 3 weathering colors at once (rust, grimy black and grime -- obvio

I was looking for Sylvan detail parts with little success, then found out that ECS/YMW had acquired that end of Sylvan's business (Duh, I'm probably the last to know!). I went to their website and fou

Doubt it. Right now Intermountain is struggling to get their finished products out of China. They have contracts with new factories, but need to backfill orders for wheelsets and pre-announced product