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Re: Plastic paint striping
Bill, L Love to look at pictures of the original B&O EA/EB EMD units, those units just looked so perfect to me no matter what paint scheme they represent!!!! Ed [email protected]> wrote:
By Edward Sauers · #177523 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
Hi Bob; ¡°Oil canning¡± is the wrinkled or slightly bowed sheet metal?panels on welded cars. Not often captured, although some people have used aluminum duct tape between the ribs on cars to get
By Pieter Roos · #177522 ·
Stony Smith Designs Hopper
In my previous response about this hopper car, I completely missed that entry. Sorry about that. To John Mann: Yes, it was a design by Stony Smith Designs. I have it listed on the NASG web site:
By Peter Vanvliet · #177521 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Hi Ed -- You know, no matter how ugly the particular diesel unit is (was), that paint job always looks good! Bill Winans -------------------------------
By William Winans · #177520 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Mike, CSX painted them in the old B&O Blue/black and Grey paint scheme. Ed [email protected]> wrote:
By Edward Sauers · #177519 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
Favor please!--what the heck is oil canning?? I can only speculate that might be a wet ring around the can? Bob Werre ?The programs can even add the oil canning effect quite well. Pretty cool...
By Bob Werre · #177518 ·
For Sale! AM scale DC
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By Fred SCHLEGEL · #177517 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
Hi Bud... Your note reminded me that is exactly what I did - a very long time ago! I ground the truck attachment bosses off the hirail version and used ACE bolsters with PRS trucks. It was an early
By J. Kindraka · #177516 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
I always put MARS with the color black. I think i had to do with the pigment that the paint is made up from. So if that¡¯s the case it mainly depends on what binders the paint uses. I¡¯m not
By Mike Swederska · #177515 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
I was thinking is it oil based paint? Michael Osweiler Waseca
By SDL39FAN · #177514 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Could it be that type of paint (Duplicote?) that when sprayed on first etches the plastic?
By Chris Fauxturkey · #177513 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Bill, I don't really know,,,I had a conversation with the guys at American Models about stripping the paint off of their EMD FP40s and the gentleman I spoke to said "you can't strip the paint off the
By Edward Sauers · #177512 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
As a relative noob, what does that ¡°MARS¡± mean, exactly?
By Bill Hawk · #177511 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
I once had two scale Rex gons, in my infinite wisdom I sold them! I still have one hi rail version that with some milling work could be made ¡°scale¡± with a pair of Ace conversion boosters, the
By Bud Rindfleisch · #177510 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Wow! I did forget about that. Mike Swederska -- Mike Swederska Meramec Valley Lines Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16 https://www.youtube.com/@mikesscale3149 Don't let perfection get in the way of good
By Mike Swederska · #177509 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Mike, Just a reminder...when I asked the guys at AM they told me that the FP40 paint was "MARS" paint and it could not be stripped !! Ed
By Edward Sauers · #177508 ·
Re: Plastic paint striping
Found it at kickass for $10.99 Sent from AOL on Android On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM, Mike Swederska via groups.io<mikesscale@...> wrote: #yiv9111941849 P
By rxman46321 · #177507 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
The Rex gondola was a Southern Railway prototype. Here's a beautifully detailed example by my dear friend, the late Dave Felmley. All cast grab irons were ground off and replaced with real wire ones,
By R. James Whipple · #177506 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
Sorry about jumping the gun on this, but the Rex instruction sheet Bill references does indicate the difference between the AF and scale versions if you pay close attention. Bob Werre Phototraxx
By Bob Werre · #177505 ·
Re: REX Exact Scale
The Rex flatcar was my first scale car I ever bought.? Eventually I was able to buy my first bottle of Floquil black paint and some GN decals. I was pleased with it's detailing and it till runs on
By Bob Werre · #177504 ·