Lyle,
Nice job on the car. Glad the Zephyr printed a color photo of the finished
car. I have been hoping for these to come out for a L-O-N-G time. As I
look at it I am wondering how difficult it would be to copy or scratchbuild
some of these. It looks like the roof would be the most difficult part to
duplicate but I could probably use something from some other (read cheaper)
kit. The rest of the cars looks fairly plain, flat and simple to
fabricate. I suspect the ends might be a bit more involved but nothing
monumental. Would appreciate yours and the lists' thoughts on this. Has
anyone scratched one of these in the past? I could use a handful of these
cars and at 30 bucks a crack for the kit that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.
Also, does anyone on the list have any idea how many of these cars would
make a representative "Q" showing on a layout? How many were usually in a
consist - passenger and freight? BTW, am I understanding correctly there
are two versions of this car, with and without end doors, roof walks,
etc. Do they have the same trucks and what type.?
ATTN ED DeRouin:
How many of these cars would one of your decal sets do?
Thanks to all. I know I am asking a lot but these are things I really need
to know. Your input/help on this will be much appreciated.
Paul K.
At 05:55 AM 8/16/01, Lyle Dowell <slyone@i...> wrote:
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.
Paul Kossart - Peru, Illinois, USA
BRHS, TP&WHS, La Salle & Bureau County Model Railroad Club
Modeling the fictional CB&Q Illiniwek River Branch in HO in the 1960's.
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