A while back I purchased an antique Penn Line F-7 b-unit. As I usually body mount my kadee's  without any issues. I figured there shouldn't be an issue. Enclosed the fuel tank as both ends were open cleaned up the frame and painted it flat black. Drilled & tapped the holes for 2-56 hex fittings, clipped the trucks back into place and went to check the height, it doesn't even come close to where it's supposed to be (It's way to high). The bottom of the coupler lines up with the bottom of the door sill on an Athearn b-unit. 

Advice welcome and appreciated. First photo from Nov. 2017 and last one from Oct. 2018.

Since the demise of Floquil and Polly Scale, there are numerous questions and topics about the use of paints, in fact which colors and which line of paints could replace Floquil and Polly Scale.

Everybody seems lost, nobody knows what to use; questions are everytime the same : is it a good paint;  a good line.....endless but nobody seems really convinced by any other brands of colours except the deceased Floquil and Polly Scale line.

Recently I exhausted my supply of Floquil boxcar red.  I tried using Scalecoat 1 on a wood model. Although Scalecoat 1 on brass models gives beautiful results, I am disappointed with the resultant finish when used on wood.  I won't use it on wood again.  Floquil gave gorgeous results on wood surfaces, even when brushed on, and I would like to continue duplicating such fine results.  Has anyone found a reasonable substitute for Floquil?