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  • ACF CF5250 Four-Bay Center Flow Covered Hoppers

    October 11, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 7,431 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    ATHEARN HO SCALE -- BACHMANN HO SCALE -- ATLAS N SCALE -- BACHMANN N SCALE -- WEAVER 0 SCALE CAR SPOTTERS GUIDE NO. 21By Jim Eager Athearn was the first to produce a model of this very common prototype, and that kit has been used for ...

  • What's New... in HO

    October 11, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,418 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Bachmann had pre-production models of its GE Dash 8-40CW on display. The model is due at your dealer by Christmas. An SD45 will be next.Accurail is producing a 55-ton USRA steel hopper with a one-piece injection molded plastic body. It will be offered...

  • Modeling with Paint & Decals: Santa Fe Steal-Sheathed Ice Bunker Reefers Part I: 1936-1940

    October 10, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,584 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    By Richard Hendrickson Right top: The first of the Santa Fe's steel-sheathed rebuilt refrigerator cars, SFRD 31254, was rolled out of the West Wichita shops in March 1936. The USRA-design underframe and Andrews Lsection trucks were from an Rr-W origi...

  • Techniques: Upgrading C&BT Shops HO Scale Santa Fe 40-Foot Reefer Kits

    October 7, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 4,252 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    By Richard Hendrickson Right top: Underside of Rr-19 model with details in place (modified kit end and side sills were used on this model, as the Jordan parts were not yet available). Brake cylinder and AB valve are mounted on strip styrene supports;...

  • Your Top Tips

    September 30, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,024 views - 3 comments - 1 like
    To aid in properly mixing up solids which have settled out in model paint jars, first stir up the bottom, then drop in a steel nut or a ball bearing, close the lid and shake to mix. The ball will pulverize and evenly distribute the pigme...

  • Modeling Industry: Pittsburgh's Produce Terminal in HO Scale

    September 30, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,503 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    FREIGHT HOUSES, PART IV By Robert Schleicher Page 18: This photo originally appeared in the PRR T&HS magazine, The Keystone, and it was reprinted in the August 1990 issue of "The Journal." The "White Terminal Co." building is visible near the ce...

  • Modeling With Paint & Decals: Rock Island 40-Foot Box Car

    September 30, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,214 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    FROM MICRO-TRAINS' N SCALE MODEL Robert Ortiz started with an undecorated Micro-Trains 20009 40-foot PS-1 box car. He used the W. C. Whittaker photograph from the August 1993 issue of "The Journal" along with with Polly S Box Car Red Pa...

  • Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: General Electric U25B As Milwaukee Road 5000

    September 29, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,378 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    Photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre The information you need to select the paint, decals and HO scale detail parts to make a precise replica of this prototype locomotive from HO, N or O scale models. General Electric began pr...

  • Locomotive Performance: Stewart HO Scale GE U25B Test

    September 29, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 2,132 views - 1 comment - 2 likes
    By Robert Higgins Stewart has adapted Kato's trucks and motor to their series of injection-molded plastic locomotives. This particular model is the Phase IV version of the General Electric U25B, but all Stewart models should have very s...

  • Operations: Auto Racks in Action

    September 29, 2011 - posted by Tasha Oates - 3,807 views - 0 comments - 1 like
    D. Scott Chatfield A solid train of auto racks on the Southern Pacific mainline east of Reno, Nevada. -- J. Fred Coots, Jr., photo The first article on auto racks, in the June 1992 issue, described the prototypes and the matching model...