I’ve been off the list for a few years, getting involved with some other issues, not model railroading related.  But I am happily getting back to building things in HO scale, including a few freight cars.

 

Years ago, Bill Welch posted a source for obtaining new, empty, Floquil-equivalent bottles.  I promptly bought around 20, maybe a couple dozen bottles, in two sizes, both using the same caps (and not incidentally, fitting my Binks airbrush.

 

I carefully saved that information in a very safe place.  So safe I cannot find it.

 

I’ve tried to figure out what bottles would serve, but there is a rather bewildering array of bottle sizes, and the threads on the bottles and caps come in a wide variety of pitches.

 

I am in need of new clean bottles.  I searched the list archives tonight for a couple of hours, without success.  Anybody have information on where one can buy such bottles?

 

Schuyler Larrabee

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

Here’s your 2oz bottle with 28-400 neck.

https://www.containerandpackaging.com/products/204/glass-rectangle-and-square-bottle/G268

THANKS very much, Fred.  I got another link, off list, for this same note, and maybe I can get what I want from this link.  I will talk to the company this leads to and see if they can provide a 2 oz. bottle, which I believe is the size Floquil used back in the day.  I need for that because I know that will fit my Binks airbrush.

Yeah, yeah, the Binks company no longer makes airbrushes in useful for modeling size (but they do much larger equipment today).  But I have used my Binks Wren since about 1974, and am asked what kind of brush I use, because the questioner wants to emulate my results, so . . .

Schuyler

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

I make any bottle fit my Binks bottom feed airbrush by drilling whatever holes are required to mount one of the lids to the Binks paint suction fitting. I have made longer suction tubes from copper tubing for deeper bottles. A piece of silicon tubing pushed onto the existing tube would probably work and be easier.
Mark

On 03/05/2023 5:50 PM Schuyler Larrabee via groups.io <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote:

THANKS very much, Fred.  I got another link, off list, for this same note, and maybe I can get what I want from this link.  I will talk to the company this leads to and see if they can provide a 2 oz. bottle, which I believe is the size Floquil used back in the day.  I need for that because I know that will fit my Binks airbrush.

 

Yeah, yeah, the Binks company no longer makes airbrushes in useful for modeling size (but they do much larger equipment today).  But I have used my Binks Wren since about 1974, and am asked what kind of brush I use, because the questioner wants to emulate my results, so . . .

 

Schuyler

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Swanson via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2023 12:55 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] New paint bottles

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

THANKS very much, Fred.  I got another link, off list, for this same note, and maybe I can get what I want from this link.  I will talk to the company this leads to and see if they can provide a 2 oz. bottle, which I believe is the size Floquil used back in the day.  I need for that because I know that will fit my Binks airbrush.

 

Yeah, yeah, the Binks company no longer makes airbrushes in useful for modeling size (but they do much larger equipment today).  But I have used my Binks Wren since about 1974, and am asked what kind of brush I use, because the questioner wants to emulate my results, so . . .

 

Schuyler

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Swanson via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2023 12:55 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] New paint bottles

 

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

THANKS very much, Fred.  I got another link, off list, for this same note, and maybe I can get what I want from this link.  I will talk to the company this leads to and see if they can provide a 2 oz. bottle, which I believe is the size Floquil used back in the day.  I need for that because I know that will fit my Binks airbrush.

 

Yeah, yeah, the Binks company no longer makes airbrushes in useful for modeling size (but they do much larger equipment today).  But I have used my Binks Wren since about 1974, and am asked what kind of brush I use, because the questioner wants to emulate my results, so . . .

 

Schuyler

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Swanson via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2023 12:55 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] New paint bottles

 

Link to Bill's post
Fred Swanson

O Fenton Wells wrote:
Schuyler, I believe the standard round Floquil bottles were 1 oz
bottles. I would love to find a dozen or so of them. I can't buy
240 plus caps.
Fenton

Check these out:
https://www.amazon.com/Wheaton-Capacity-Phenolic-Poly-Seal-Diameter/dp/B003G2ZY1E/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2V8WR2QUV32X&keywords=28-400%2Bbottle&qid=1678126346&sprefix=28-400%2Caps%2C482&sr=8-4&th=1
They're more each, but have lids.
Scott Haycock
Links:
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[1] https://RealSTMFC.groups.io/g/main/message/199448
[2] https://groups.io/mt/97379298/645454
[3] https://RealSTMFC.groups.io/g/main/post
[4] https://RealSTMFC.groups.io/g/main/editsub/645454
[5] https://RealSTMFC.groups.io/g/main/leave/11334620/645454/765963421/xyzzy

Check these out:

https://www.amazon.com/Wheaton-Capacity-Phenolic-Poly-Seal-Diameter/dp/B003G2ZY1E/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2V8WR2QUV32X&keywords=28-400%2Bbottle&qid=1678126346&sprefix=28-400%2Caps%2C482&sr=8-4&th=1

They're more each, but have lids.

Scott Haycock