Bob, I used the PBL rubber air hoses on my SMMW B&O M53 boxcar, which you have seen at the recent shows. I painted the top part (the valve, I believe), but left the hose part the original color. See about a third of the way down on this page:
http://pmrr.org/Equipment/M53/ConstructionFinalAssembly.htm Also, B.T.S. has brass air hose valves with separately applied rubber hoses. I like those too. I used them on the RS-1 I recently completed. See near the bottom of this page: http://pmrr.org/Equipment/RS1/Construction12.htm I like both of them. The PBL ones are all rubber so they can take quite a hit and still be OK, but they are a bit harder to install (since the whole part is flexible when you trying to place it in the hole). The B.T.S. ones are solid except for the hose, so they aren't as crash-proof. - Peter. On 04/14/2011 10:18 am, Bob Werre wrote: > ...and speaking of air hoses, Has anyone tried using the new rubber > versions now being sold by PBL? It seems like the flexibility of rubber > would be great for operations, but I'm wondering about whether paint > will stay on them. -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) Houston, Texas "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) http://fourthray.com/ (my company) http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
