I have heard rumors for about 2 years now that InterMountain Railway is
thinking about doing Troop Cars (as per CB&Q Mail Storage cars) and I put my
licks in every time I talk to Bob Bickley (about two times a month). I will
not relent!!!!!! If IntMtn does a styrene Troop Car, with the quality of
work they are doing, it will make MY day.
John Olson-owner
Jim's Junction
Billings, Mt.
406-259-5354 Store, Answering machine & Fax machine
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> From: Lyle Dowell <slyone@i...>
> Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:27:04 -0500
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Zephyr 44/Troop Kitchen Car
>
> The car is a bit of a bite to assemble, not bad, just a bit. It's been
> a while since I did mine but I'll pass on a few things I recall about
> the model. There was a LOT of flash to be cleaned away from a lot of
> parts. The roof's long edge is part of the sprue and has to be sawed
> away from the sprue and sanded to become the actual edge. This is stated
> in the instructions if it weren't obvious from handling the sprue.
> Though the sides were a bit warped they straightened out fine when glued
> in place. I replaced the supplied doors with a flat piece of styrene to
> which I added strips to represent a stiffener. For decals I used a
> Microscale set for Q passenger cars. I'm eventually going to build a 2nd
> one of these that resembles the freight version of this car, with
> roofwalk and ladders but no end doors.
>
> "Sauer, John" wrote:
>>
>> Nice job on the latest Zephyr. I can't imagine the time it takes (and who's
>> got free time?) to put it all together. There is a picture of the new
>> Cannonball Car Shop troop kitchen car. Any feedback on the model from
>> anyone who has built it? Who makes the decals suitable for this car?
>> Thanks. John Sauer.
>>
>>
>>
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