As mentioned, Jim Six used automotive reducer to thin all solvent paints. I use Testor's liquid cement for plastics to clean all of my brushes. Instead of a jar of solvent for each paint type, I dip t

This firm sells High Quality lacquer reducer (Automotive paint shops name for lacquer thinner). I just bought a one gallon can with free shipping to California for $47.95. If a modeler were to use thi

Greetings, This is a re-post to. I copied the Diosol formula posted in one of the yahoo groups several years ago by a chemist who lab analyzed and posted the formula. This is as posted verbatim. "38%

Photo: Loading A Fire Truck Eric Kurowski posted these photos on the Facebook Railroad Images Of Bygone Days site. I believe we've seen the photo of the entire boxcar before. I imagine the fellow on t

Photo: Reading 12343A Robert Wanner posted these photos on the Facebook Railroad Images Of Bygone Days site. He commented, " 'To be used exclusively at Hershey, Pa.' So we have a wooden Cocoa bean box

Prototype Rails postponed to January 6 - 8, 2022 Prototype Rails, normally held each January in Cocoa Beach, Florida, has been postponed. The current Covid-19 pandemic makes it impossible for us to pl

Noble Friends, Today the History Blog feature discusses two 15th century axe heads found at the site of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald. This is said to have been one of the largest middle ages European b

Photo: Boxcar Load Restraining System (Circa 1940s) A photo from the Virginia Tech University Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns1128 This photo can be enlarged. Can anyone ide

Good point, Tony! That is one curious car. Are those tie-downs on the side sill? Elden Gatwood

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

Photo: Case Cub Tractor Emerging From An End Door Boxcar (Undated) https://tinyurl.com/y3qxb85r A comment by Charlie Vlk: "I’d bet that the car has been repainted for publicity purposes….I haven’t blo

Question for the group on this photo cited by Bob Chaparro back on the 17th: https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A112263 The brake wheel arrangement (vertical staff or horizontal mo

Friends, Can anyone point me to a hobby dealer who still might have IM PS-1 40' roofs for sale? I've done several useless searches on the web (and got the expired IM page offering them for sale!), but

A new resource file on truss rod end freight cars is available on my DesignBuildOp blog. This was a detail found on many freight cars in the first couple decades of the 20th Century. Many thanks to Ra

Photo: PRR X31A Boxcar 77556 A photo by D. W. Davidson on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwdavidson/3993462291/in/album-72157713215510277/ Yes, taken past this group's era, but a survivor. Take

Hello All, Do any of the tank car fanatics on this list have a photo they can share of these cars circa ‘30’s or ‘40’s? I am looking for the “as built” lettering. In particular I want to know if the r

The Alphabet Route Website This site was announced here in 2008 and has been discussed just a few times since, mainly on the topic of freight car diagrams The website ( http://alphabetroute.com/ ) has

Will someone please address the question? Yes, I have replaced the trucks, as stated in the original question. I want to quiet down the tin sound of brass cars. Any suggestions on making them quiet? J

Friends, I am hoping someone experienced with boxcar ladder sizes could help me estimate the rung width and separation height on the ladder in the attached photo? For size reference the "B&O" in the r

I have a number of brass freight cars that make "brass" noise. I have replaced the trucks on virtually all so they roll well. What is the best way to quiet them down?