Liquitex "Acrylic Gouache" John A. Craig posted this on the Groups.io Weathering Techniques group. “There is a very interesting "new" line of "Artists" paints offered by Liquitex. The line is "Acrylic

Phil Flory must be over 100 years old if he indeed introduced metal pieces to aid paint mixing. As a child, aerosol spray paints were super common and were using these pieces to mix the paint and gave

I’m trying to locate prototype information/photos of the National Car Company refrigerator cars with SNX reporting marks. From the 1953 ORER, the private car owner for these cars was Stadler’s Packing

Picked up this undec Accurail reefer kit at a swap meet for a "Make me buy it" price. I could use another reefer for my two canning companies. One photo shows why you need to hoard decals. There are H

I’ve tried a number of flat or matt finishes over the years; acrylic, oil based and lacquer based. While all produced a nice flat finish Dullcote was the only brand that produced a surface that I coul

You’re probably thinking “thank God he’s finally finished posting Mopac boxcars”. Here’s my last Sunshine Models MP SS boxcar. I’d dug out four photos Joe Collias had printed for me as reference for d

Here’s a shot from the Morning Sun book on St Louis railroads. Photo was taken 8/22/1954. Roof appears to either be unpainted galvanized steel or painted with the galvanized paint someone mentioned a

The Station Agent's Blue Book (Circa 1928) Link courtesy of Rand Boyd on the Groups.io Ry-ops-industrialSIG list: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011139303&view=1up&seq=11 This is desc

We have been spoiled in recent years with the numerous versions of HO trucks with raised lettering. This morning while reviewing my truck stash I came across a set of trucks with the raised BETTENDORF

Last night I watched the movie "Picnic" with William Holden and Kim Novak shot around Salina, Kansas in 1955. There's a fair amount of good views of 1955 Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific trains incl

Howe Truss New Orleans, Texas & Mexico single sheathed boxcar from Sunshine Models. I came across a photo of a MP SS boxcar in the color guide that had an unpainted galvanized roof with the seam caps

Thank you I now have the instructions Paul Doggett

Hi Has anyone got the PDS and instructions for Sunshine SFRD kit 16.2 please Thank you Paul Doggett

Got mine (first of four) painted this evening. Neat kit! Northwoods Models/SooParts is the kit maker

I'm working on researching all B&M (and predecessor RR) ORER entries https://bostonmaine.squarespace.com/freight-car-data (NOTE: above is temporary URL until everything gets moved to the new web site)

Photo: Dynamite Load In A Boxcar A photo from the Tacoma Public Library: https://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17061coll21/id/26471/rec/1031 I would think this was taken before dunna

I think Red Caboose or Des Plaines Hobbies produced an injection molded plastic Superior brake wheel & housing On 9/21/2022 10:40 AM, Joseph wrote: Ask Mike at Soo Parts. That is a great point. I thin

Folks, In the 1943 photo by Jack Delano that has been under discussion lately, I notice several cars without laterals. When, if ever, were laterals mandated? Thanks, Scott Haycock

Fenton, A little more data. I checked my January 1952 ORER, and the GM7O had 6 ex-Alton 17000 series boxcars listed. They were not big cars: 12'-1" at the eaves, 12'-11" over the running board and 273

Both the Sunshine instructions and a web site mention the doors on the Frisco stock card being painted yellow. I know on the MP yellow stock car doors meant the car was a double deck. Both the prototy