Atten: The K4Kid

[rrinker]

I received your email, and attempted a reply but it did not go through. FOr some reason my domain is blocked by Verizon (geee I love those people, STILL refusing to offer me broadband).

I used yellow carpenter's glue - I had a bad experience using liquid
nails on my test section. After 3 days under weight it STILL didn't
stick. The yellow glue has worked great.
As for paint, I found a nice earthy brown in Home Depot's OOPS pile - I
think the OOPS paints are only about $4 a gallon. Takes a long time
waiting til you find the right shade though. But it beats the cost of a
custom mixed gallon of paint. Anything brownish will work, it's going to
get covered anyway. Just anything but pink!
As for Dana - yes, very familiar with them. I have to build me some
modified flat cars to haul the frames. The Reading Company Technical and
historical society has a nice string of frame flats they run on their
modular layout.
My father-in-law is a retired railroad guy too, Briefly worked for the
Reading (his father was a lifetime Reading employee), then Penn Central,
Conrail, and retired from NS after the buyout.


--Randy

[TheK4Kid]

Hi Randy,
Thanks for your reply.
I'll stop by Home Depot on the way to work and check out their paint dept.