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There are two for the two crew members in the cab. On for the engineer and one for the fireman.

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Thanks guys for the kind words. I will try to answer some of your questions. I blasted the car and painted it with grey primer. Which matched the Central of Georgia grey perfectly. Connie Miracle made me the paint masks after I sent her all the scale info on the lettering. After laying the masks on ...

Well while I plug along on my locomotive projects I have found time to finish up some freight car projects. I think that a detailed freight car fleet goes along well with a detailed locomotive. So here is the latest. This car was built and belonged to the late Lee Wright. I got the car and fixed all...

How in the heck do I get paint to stick to bronze??? I did everything I thought to do, blast clean, wipe down, etch prime and paint. Still chips away like nothing was done. Any more ideas. Also, anyone use Superscale couplers? How do you drill the SS to add cut levers? Tried it, slow speed and press...

Yeah let me clarify. Yes the springs help in train handling as well. But since none of thes cars will be riden on just wondered if the springs make a diffrence.

I was wondering what you guys think about what to use in shank couplers? Im using the super scale shank couplers on a few cars and was wondering whether or not to put the springs in them. I know some guys say it doesn't matter but I think it adds a bit of cushion to a hard coupling. Any ideas? -clin...

Gotcha so .9375 what % do you use to enlarge drawings @ Kinkos to get them right?

I know this has been discussed before but Im being lazy and not searching the database. So here it goes. Lets say one has drawings in 1.5 what is the conversion formula to upsize to 1.6?

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Im sorry to report that Lynn Nystrom UP Steam Engineer, suddenly passed away last night. Having met Lynn on a trip a few years back and talking with him on the phone about steam and railroading in general. He will truly be missed. Please keep his family and his railroad family in you prayers. -clinc...

I'm looking for a set of 2.5 scale butterfly doors. Anyone got pair they want to part with?

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Having never done this can somone please shed some light on how to build realistic looking leaf springs? What type of material used etc. They are for a caboose so they won't need to function except for holding the trucks together. Pictures of some you guys have buit would be great.

Can some tell me what the driver dia is for Allen's 10 wheeler? Also does anyone know what a complete set of castings run now? Can you get them fairly easily? Any info would be great.

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