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Bettendorf Trucks: What size wheels?

I am embarrassed  to admit that even after 20 years or so of model railroading, I don’t know anything about wheel sizes on rolling stock.  Is it right to even ask “what size wheels were used on Bettendorf trucks?”, or were all the standard wheel sizes used?  Or only a lesser number of all those available at that time?  

I guess I could really use a primer on wheel sizes on freight rolling stock.  

Thanks!

oops. wiping egg off face. (Need parts for well cars)

well i bit it.

bought a five unit trailer train well car off flea-bay. knowing missing trucks and assorted parts.

 but did not even think some of the parts are what hook them together, and support them on the trucks.

both end units are ok.(units  A, B), are good to go, just need the detail things.

Impatient? Do it yourself!

While waiting for one-day-future production of a particular tank car that served our local trade area, I found decals for the Gulf Coast Creosoting Co. from Protocraft Decals.  Realizing that I had two unassembled Proto 2000 kits for an 8,000 gallon tank car, I took the plunge, stripped off the factory lettering and painted the tank cars to match the prototype.  

Fading Blue Paint Question

Hi folks, I am currently working on an HO scale conrail N-21 caboose, road number 21293. I have modelflex conrail blue, and have repainted the car with and air brush, preserving the decals already on the model, but when it came time fade the paint, I had some trouble. Maybe I made the wash too thin (white acrylic paint thinned with alcohol) or maybe it’s just my airbrush, but it was very uneven and was almost too white for the fade on the prototype. What do you use when fading paint, and if you've faded blue before, how so?

Deane Johnson's picture

Should passenger car axles be lubed?

I'm pulling 11 Walthers UP Heritage Passenger cars and they seem collectively heavy to pull.  Does anyone find it appropriate to lube the axle points?  Anyone have any other experience to pass along with these cars other than that they need 36" curves for reliable operation?

Thanks

Deane

McKean rolling stock

well i finally got to build up some older mc keen rolling stock i have, (like six kits) well parts are missing, like weight, frames, etc.

but one i have almost completed, took the weight from another kit,  but the "peg" that is the center for the couplers is to big in dia for the little brass plate for the kd number 5 couplers.

Q:  anyway to make this smaller in dia?

or just remove the whole built in pocket and replace with a kd coupler box?

Detail part sources - Brake wheel housing in HO

I'm looking for a detail part (30 of them, actually) for a kitbash.  It's this brake housing:

I've got the end detail printed, but that brake housing is not part of the print.  I thought it'd be an easy find, but I haven't located anything in the detail part world.  Does anyone know of a source?

Thanks 

Blair

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iPhone 4S Speakers in stock at PDC.CA for the last time - SOLD OUT

I just received what will probably be my last shipment of iPhone 4S speakers.
It looks like the reliable supplies of these speakers are drying up.

I offer these speakers in 4 packs for $6.50 or 10 packs for $13 including free shipping in the USA.

A bit of a flatcar diversion

One a work trip a couple of years ago I built this Tichy 40 foot flatcar during the evenings in my hotel room.  CN rostered a siginficant fleet of these cars that were inherited from Canadian Northern, built in the 1912-1918 timeframe.  I got the car painted CN red and set it aside until I could locate some appropriate decals and prototype photos.

Feasible to model this hopper?

I'm trying to identify this type of hopper.

Does anyone know if this is available in RTR?

Or make an existing similar model into this by means of kitbashing?


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