Are there no hardware or paint stores to buy sanding sealer from? I still have a gallon or so from cabinet making days, and thinned down for modeling it works well when I need some. I just brush it on

I highly recommend LaBelle's roof rounding kits for shaping the roof. You can find them on the website under button 3 parts and accessories. They're easy to use and just takes some good sandpaper (a

I prefer Minwax water based sanding sealer from a big box home improvement store. You can't get any more cost effective. Dries quickly, so you can do multiple coats sanding in between until the wood

dave absolutely stunning! thank you for you willingness and kind words, and great photos! You will be happy to know that a UP engineer responded to my email also, and he lives int he same small town

I always used shellac... which can be purchased at any home center in a spray bomb.... Shellac is alcohol based. Randy Hees

Bill, Another formula was to take lacquer thinner and desolve Styrofoam drinking cups in the thinner. This wa s to give their wood wings a "tooth" so that their monocote cave r ing would stick

In the hobby business, I saw all kinds of things my R/C customers would do. To improvise their own sanding asked. They would mix a little talcum powder with some lacquer. I'm guessing about 1/4

Maybe this has been covered and I missed it... What are folks using for a sanding sealer on wood these days to get that hard varnish appearance on passenger cars, for example? Thanks Bill Lugg

I built my first LaBelle kit shortly after the passenger cars were introduced—I still remember the issue of Model Railroader with a photo of the introductory kit on the cover, January 1960. I was

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I will take them please. bill marshall

I have 4 assembled hon3 kadee trucks, one 715 jig and 2 unassembled trucks. $12 plus shipping, paypal friends. lloyd lehrer, MANHATTAN BEACH, CA (310)951-9097 -- lloyd lehrer

Thanks for the suggestions and advice everyone. I'll grab them next time I head out that way. Paul

Remember, you can always use the mrgs version to avoid carving the duckbills: http://www.modelrailroadgeneralstore.com/hon3-mrgs-r311-resin-pc-roof-duck-bill-ends-11-windows/ lloyd lehrer, MANHATTAN

They aren"t that hard to assemble , the hardest part is the roof that you will have to carve the ends ............Mike

Labelle kits are awesome. at $10.00 a piece buy them all. new passenger car kits kits cost in the neighborhood of $60.00 These are advanced kits, that said I build one 50

Short of ten tank cars my entire fleet, around 100+/-, are wood kits. Take your time and double check yourself. Before long instructions will be a guide only. -- Paul Buhrke D&RGW Salida

If you are nervous about assembling the LaBelle kits, their website has about a dozen short illustrated articles on proven techniques for working on wood kits in general, and specifically on

If I could find La Belle HOn3 kits for $10, I would grab them. They may be advanced, but follow the instructions and take your time. Ken Vandevoort

Howdy folks, I went by my "local" (if you call 200 miles away local) shop today to pick up some gaming supplies. I walked the train shelves and found they have some La Belle HOn3 kits. Specifically