ON MY WORKBENCH. The early December snows might all have melted, but it is modelling season. First up, two budget projects I've been working on. The outside-braced automobile boxcar might be scratchbuilt. I paid $25 for it at a nearby hobby store a few years ago.


This tank car is brass. I don't know the manufacturer's particulars yet.


It's smaller than the tortoise-shell 20,000 gallon Jones and Laughlin car (which I have in kit form) but looks enough like one that I've assigned it to coal-tar service at Midvale Steel.