I’m applying a pin wash to the side stakes and other metal elements on an HO scale F&C Pennsy GR gondola. I’ve always noticed metal and wood weather differently and wanted to convey that on one of

Excellent detail work Bruce. Well done Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Folks, More N4 progress. Getting to work on the floor/underbody, I started by drilling the holes for and adding the end grab irons. I also drilled 2-56 holes for the truck screws and 1-72 holes for

Pat, I may have been unclear about which "grooves" I meant - the roof has an inset edge that is designed to take the top of the sides. There are also board-like grooves in the roof to duplicate the

Bruce, It is shaping up very nicely. I take it that you made the vertical side cuts fall as the grove between vertical boards. How did you make it match with the roof if the roof groves

Paul, That's a gorgeous O-scale brass truck, but I don't think that it is mislabeled. It appears to be a 2A-F4. The frame has a greater drop at the spring package than the 2A-F2. Good news for O-scale

Bill, Good to hear from you and your pointers on PRR passenger modeling. Did you ever complete your “Penn Texas” consist? Larry

The January 1978 Model Railroader has Harold Geissel drawings of an M70. The M70b’s were rebuilt M70’s, but I do not know if the underframe components were rearranged when rebuilt. Nor do I know

Thanks, Bill! Do you have pics of your cars? I’d love to see them. Did you do a full brake system on them? I’m adding the brake details slowly as I can identify them. The battery box position is

-----Original Message----- From: diesell48@... To: dougkisala@... <dougkisala@...> Sent: Wed, Nov 25, 2020 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [PRR] BM70- RPOs Hi guys Microscale makes a silver window glazing set.

Saw this come up and thought folks here might be interested. I have nothing to do with the listing. http://www.overlandhobbies.com/PRR_Class_250P75_Welded_Long_Haul_Tender_unptd_p/rwk-r186.htm Curt

I should have been more explicit. Yes, it is not a correct model out of the package. However the cast side frames appear to have the correct profile, and in this case they expect you to assemble the

Bruce, Thank you for the building steps and progress photos. Some useful modeling tips as well as seeing how quickly you seem to work! Rod Clifford

Really coming together nicely Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Folks, Some more N4 Progress! It’s looking like a cabin car! Roof - I added pieces of styrene 0.030" square strip, 0.27" long, evenly spaced, to the roof as new roofwalk supports. A light sanding

Claus, You make an excellent cautionary point! I have had similar experiences with sanding ACC, but the military modelers often use it as a substitute for other fillers. Care is certainly warranted.

 Hi Bruce, Bruce wrote: "I butt glued the ends on with ACC. I was a little less careful than I could have been on one end and so there was a noticeable step" I too have used ACC for this type

Looks good Bruce, keep going!!! -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Folks, N4 progress! I cut the roof, floor, and ends as marked in the previous post. My suggestion is to cut a little wide and then use something like a TruSander to square the cuts and slowly sand

Bruce: I live in State College and have seen that car many times but have never had a close up look. It's mostly hidden by trees in the gentleman's back yard. Great kit bash plan! Jeff jppellas@...