Friends, The Mid-Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modelers meet will be held in Hunt Valley (Baltimore), Maryland on October 13-16, 2022. Full information is available at http:www.marpm.org Two full days o

Greetings, I have a number of Brunchline’s Blueprint Series without truck assemblies (wheels, frames and hardware) also some without weights. These were robbed for lessor complicated models. Other tha

Ever have one of those models that’s going together and then it’s ‘snake bit’ during the last few steps? This poor model did; first I was drilling holes for the eye bolts for the couple pin lifter as

I'm looking for photos and info on Alton Railroad boxcars in the 17000-17998 series for a kitbash. These were steel with radial roofs and that's about all I know. Charlie Duckworth posted a photo and

Anyone recognize the builder of that KINX tank car ? Is it a Pennsylvania Tank Car, or perhaps a Standard Tank Car ? On 9/17/2022 9:21 PM, David via groups.io wrote: I expect that few or none of these

> On Sep 16, 2022, at 10:46, O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote: > > Love the Great Valley Rye painted on the building. Rye is making a great comeback in the country. Anchor Distilling in San Franc

Photo: SP Klamath Falls Yard Photo from the Klamath County Museum. Description: “The Southern Pacific Railroad switchyard at Klamath Falls in shown in this photo taken around 1930. Klamath Falls becam

I was enlarging this image on my phone and it’s pretty evident that the Alton boxcar’s radial roof is unpainted galvanized steel and the panel caps are also unpainted (note how shiny they are in the s

We've a low power TV sta owned by an unusual couple here in Nashville. On their sub-channel 6.4, they air 1/2 hour E/I movies from the 40s thru 60s usually followed by cartoons from the Betty Boop era

Hi all, Since I weather -everything- I don't fret very much about the color of the paint and how close it is to the prototype. Yes, of course I start with a close match that captures the essence of th

My philosophy on the proper color for Santa Fe refers coincides with Steve’s In that it is probably more important to settle on a consistent color for our fleet as opposed to having an exact, out of t

Help please Do Tamiya or Vallejo do an orange that is suitable for SFRD orange? Many thanks Paul Doggett. England

While the early 1930's saw an explosion of refrigerator cars leased to small Western dairy and poultry establishments, the Fairmont Creamery Co seems to have been a little ahead of the curve, having e

I have a question about FGE RBL cars that were leased to railroads. As a general rule, it appears that they were assigned FGE numbers to go with RBNX reporting marks. When they were leased to a railro

Early automobile box cars are the topic of the latest DesignBuildOp blog post. Ray Breyer also shares a resource PDF featuring car designs of the 1905-1930 years. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/20

Several new model masters and the kit production process are featured on the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/new-masters-for-upcoming-kits/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

I have completed my Bobber Caboose and submitted it for NMRA judging. My current project is a Single Sheathed Boxcar. Many of you provided me with some explanation of Sheathing a few months ago but my

I’ve recently completed building a plywood-sheathed PFE Class R-30-24 reefer in HO scale, and described the parts of the build that were unusual or perhaps needed explanation. The car is shown in the

When did the T&P start painting the herald on their box cars? I model December 1944 and recently obtained this kit. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-49

I fully agree with Nelson that most cars were brown back in 1953 (the year I model). Exceptions were the MKT, M&W and C&IM yellow boxcars and the reefers in orange and yellow and white. Those exceptio