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Hello. It looks GREAT! I wish I had the patience to give painting my own engines a try, and I work in HO scale. Have fun, Jorge

Hello. My gons carry scrap from the my layout to my friends steel mill on his layout. we physically interchange cars. I make the scrap loads out of tin foil that has been weathered with that Rust All product. Have fun, Jorge

I redid the station on my Traction L/O I LOVE IT!:D

HELP Paint removal from lima Hello. Thank you everybody for the advice, but I think I will have to use the Chameleon gel. It takes a couple of dippings into it for the paint to come off but its safer and will not wreck the lima shell. I am scared to ruin it because I have already repowered...

Hello. I have been away for awhile. I know this topic has been hammered to death but I really need the help of everybody on this one. I recently purchased an HO scale New South Wales Class 44 in the Candy Stripe scheme. I would like to know what is the best way of removing paint from Lima...

Russ that sounds like a very good idea. I have an F-45 shell laying around. Lets see what the other guys say. Thanks

Hello guys thanks for the advice and yes Greg, I was planning to use an AHM E unit as a starting point. Lets see what other people think. Jorge

Hello. Guys I want to pull my grain trains and my local freights with this KEWL looking puppy! How would you gentlemen go about building one in HO scale? Would you start with an A unit then modify the nose or start with the B unit and make a whole new cab from scratch?:D Have fun Jorge

Hello. Yes Russ you are correct. Grain was blown into the car via a small hatch a the top of the door. Cheers, Jorge

Hello. Val your input is helpful as the questions you asked were my next questions to ask. Jorge:D

Hello. Sorry to bother you again Terry, but does the book say how long it took to unload grain from a boxcar?:confused: Thanks Jorge

Thank you very much Terry. Those lashups that you mentioned that you saw in the Northern Pacific book soon very cool. :D

Thank you Russ and Terry you guys have been most helpful! I will be getting a fleet of Athearn 40ft grain boxcars.:D

Hello Terry. Thank you for your help. I am assuming these 40 ft cars that you saw in revenue service on the CP in 1991 were grain boxcars? Thanks Jorge USA

Hello. I'm in the process of building a switching layout set in the 1970's and I was wondering when were cars of 36 to 40 feet in length officially removed from service? I have a grain elevator which is the main focal point of the layout and I would like to use a fleet of Athearn 40ft grain...

O.K. I see. Thanks

Here are the trucks of a U-25C not right, but very close. What do you think?

Hello. I have the shell ready to go, but I can't find trucks that look like the ones in the pic. It looks like I might have to use the trucks off a General Electric U-25C. I have a couple of these Rivarossi ones in my parts bin. I will post both enigines for truck comparison. Have fun...

Just Awesome!

Hello. Thanks for all the help. I will make sure that I get the tool because my friends say its awesome too. It looks like I will be using Intermountain wheels. Have Fun Jorge USA