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Bud MossParticipant
Ron, a friend of mine that passed away a few years ago, Virgil Young, simulated peeling paint by first painting a base color, then applying very lightly moistened oatmeal to the surface, letting it dry, then painting the top coat. Once it dried, the oatmeal can be brushed or rubbed off. It worked pretty well. The oatmeal can be left as is out of the box or ground up to a finer size. The irregular size of the flakes mimics the randomness of flaking paint.
Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipantMy choice of BCR for MoPac cabooses is just a common term. There were many shade variations of this common reddish brown both as originally applied and as faded by sun and darkened by soot and dirt. In my opinion, unless you are intending on replicating a fresh from the paint shop caboose, the shade, within reason, is inconsequential. If you have a string of cabooses on a layout, varied shades of “BCR” will look more realistic than a string of glossy cabs in the “correct” color. Just my opinion. Jerry
Bud MossParticipantI agree with Charlie, lacquer thinner works on this paint. Will probably need some scrubbing too since the paint is THICK. The main surprise you will have is the nasty solder joint that are uncovered. They are good joints, just ugly. The BCR paint you use to paint the cars will cover them nicely.
Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipantHi Bill, Gene and I went through the manuscripts a number of times, and I think we got all the corrections made. I know we had Tony ready to pull his hair out with the corrections and additions. My surprise came from the rapid printing. I guess I am so used to delays getting the book out, the final notice was a shock. Jerry
Bud MossParticipantHi deleslie,
The changeover from yellow to orange occurred around 1964. There was probably a mix of reefers painted in both schemes for awhile. As far as WADX and MODX reporting marks are concerned, these groups were owned by the respective railroads; WADX by Wabash/N&W and MODX by Missouri Pacific. When N&W dropped out of ART, they got the WADX cars. Why the Missouri Pacific relettered MODX into ARMN is not clear.
As an aside, if all goes well (keep your fingers crossed) we may have an ART book out with detailed rosters in the near future.
Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipantLong ago, when I was a more avid brass collector, I used to get a newsletter for a fellow who ran a company called Balls of Brass. One newsletter had a letter from a subscriber relating how he bought brass locomotives and let his dog play with the boxes after he removed the locomotives. I imagine hundreds of dollars were lost in the resale value of the locomotives without boxes. Sometimes my wife wonders why I have boxes of boxes in storage. one day, I think it will prove worthwhile. Like Charlie, I have been involved with widows and children of model railroaders who had terribly disorganized collections without boxes, and it is sheer hell trying to sort it all out, and find new boxes in which to put the models. Although most of our models are probably never going to appreciate in value, good records, such as an Excel spreadsheet and original boxes will make life easier for those who survive us.
Jerry
P. S., the seller with the scale test cars had more than one. I decided Bush, Illinois, needed one to test all the coal mine scales. Now I need number for the scale test cars. Anyone know of a 1950s era photo?
Bud MossParticipantCharlie, this is a great “series” of text and photos about building a GP12. First, will it end up on the Bagnell Branch? Second, when you finish, can you combine all of this into a PDF we can use on the workbench (which could then be an Eagle article!). Jerry
Bud MossParticipantPat, the terms used by eBay sellers are often inaccurate, but usually the best a seller can do if they are listing a lot of items they are unfamiliar with. Makes the hunt more interesting! I don’t think it indicates anything about general railroad knowledge, just being unfamiliar with terminology. In regard to shoving platform, you are most likely dealing with a British seller. Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipantNice model, and as you said Ron, could show up anywhere (such as scales in the Illinois Coal Field mines!). Sunset was around for a very long time. Did a huge number of SP brass locomotives, and the variants of the 2-10-2, including the MP version. Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipantI don’t have Iola, or Iuka, or Radium, …. most were gone by the early 1980s, or re-purposed and I did not catch them. Jerry
Bud MossParticipantCan someone identify this depot? I believe it is Eureka Kansas. Jerry
Bud MossParticipantSince we are talking about Durand….
Bud MossParticipantRon, I have one (yep as I said, I wish I had taken more). But it is still nice. Jerry
Bud MossParticipantI never worked for the railroad, but in the early 1980s I had opportunities to drive the various Kansas lines, and one of these trips brought me to Durand. I met a very nice lady who was working the assignment, but cannot remember her name. In those days the railroads were very friendly, and she told me a lot about how the operations at Durand worked. This was also the first time I encountered one of the U23Bs with an EMD cab. What fun! A nice fall day, friendly employees, a nice locomotive find, and plenty more tracks to follow. Lots of depots were still extant. I remember being very impressed with the Yates Center depot. Wish I had taken more photos.
Jerry Michels
Bud MossParticipant@MoPac1 wrote:
Ron,
The MP Station is inside a wye interchange with the MKT coming up from the southwest. The MKT crossed the Missouri River just west of MP Station. Here is the track layout:
https://www.historicaerials.com/location/38.97592531967359/-92.75053024291992/T1979/16
Gene
Gene, I don’t think this is the MKT interchange, but rather the end of the Boonville Branch/Versailles Sub. The MKT interchange was farther south.
Jerry
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