Paul,
I've kicked the idea of trying to scratchbuild some of these cars for some time.
The roof could probably be done from two 40 foot boxcar roofs spliced together
to
give you the proper length. Intermountain offers the rectangular panel roofs for
their 10'-6" boxcars in a pack of either 4 or 6 roofs, these would be a good
starting point for the roof. If you have a way of making the rivets, and a lot
of patience to put them all there, the sides and ends should be rather straight
forward to build. After all of the discussion on the list, I did buy one of the
kits. While I haven't built it, I did take a good look at it. I think that they
did a very good job on the sides of the kit, but the roof doesn't match the same
level of detail as on the sides. Now I shouldn't really pick on the
manufacturer,
but when you pay within 5-8 dollars of the price of a Sunshine Models freight
car
kit, I think that you should be getting a similar level of quality. (My opinion
has been stated, I'll get off of the soapbox for now.) When and if I build the
car, I would probably replace the roof as mentioned above. Maybe by then the
much
rumored and anticipated Intermountain kit will be available and save me some
work,
of course I'll just pay more and buy the assembled ones!
Ed Pavlovic
Paul/Celine Kossart wrote:
> 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.?
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