BHRS HO guys....
Bit**, Bit**, Bit**!
You have had a number of runs of brass cars, you have TWO kits for the cars
now (the plastic one and the one with etched brass sides) and InterMountain
is probably going to do them in kit form soon....Want some cheese and
crackers to go with your wine?
Now we guys in N have the trucks, who knows, maybe MicroTrains will do the
cars RTR. If it is TOOOO HARD to build the kits you got, switch over to N
Scale!!!!
<ggggggggg>
Charlie Vlk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Pavlovic [mailto:epav1@w...]
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:35 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Zephyr 44/Troop Kitchen Car
>
>
> 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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