Hi I have just finished a Funaro and Camerlengo B&O M15L boxcar it’s in bad need of ops repaint I am afraid my weathering is no where near that of Charlie Duckworths Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This may be off topic, but I have several freight car under construction, and I’d like to move away from Dullcote. I have bottles of Tamiya X-20A acrylic thinner, but no thinning instructions are on t

In Allen Copeland's Denver & Rio Grande Western Color Pictorial - Volume One (p. 51) there is a September 1955 photo at Tabernash, CO, that appears to include a Virginian high-side gondola. The car ha

-- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

I recently picked up a WP Roundhouse 50' single sheathed, with steel double doors. Didn't notice the model had a auto door in one end till I got home. Is it still good for WP? Thanks for all replies,

IF someone is looking for the Intermountain Railway Co. Santa Fe ice refrigerator car in undecorated kit form, Intermountain is offering them on a pre-order reservation basis: https://files.constantco

Folks, Were Pullman Standard's Bow Tie roofs ever applied to their riveted box cars that were built just before the PS-1 welded box cars were introduced? Thanks, Scott Haycock

I am still trying to become proficient in identifying the various freight car trucks. Would someone please identify the trucks under this Chester and Lancaster box car? I believe they have spring plan

The latest DesignBuildOp blog post introduces a new freight car truck line from Zenith Model Works. http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2021/09/25/zenith-model-works/ Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Hi Ken, When I am drilling holes in anything, I brace my drilling hand and/or the pin vise with my free hand. I'm right handed, so I brace with my left by putting some fingers on a solid item (workben

I've misplaced the instructions for kit H.2 - the "crated machinery" load. Are the instructions online somewhere or has someone here got a PDF with the instructions? Thanks! Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Conn

I have completed the build of a Westerfield Models single sheathed Fowler design box car, I numbered 18972. My build included adding reinforcing braces to side corners, new “B” end details, wire grabs

I found this heavily weather roof in some shots posted of trains around St Louis Union Station and thought I’d try and replicate it on the Westerfield boxcar I’m working on. Used the water based oils

I’ve just finished a Westerfield USRA SS boxcar and have decals to finish it as a Milwaukee RR car. I’d like to finish as a car that’s been in service 15+ years so looking for some suggestions on usin

Hello All, Recently there has been some discussion regarding SLRX reefers. So I went into my slide files to see what there might be. Alas, not much. Attached is the only SLRX photo that I have. This o

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