Thanks to Ed and all who have responded on this subject, on and off
list. It is much appreciated. Any more info/opinions on these cars please
keep 'em coming.
Paul K.
At 06:07 AM 8/20/01, Ed Pavlovic <epav1@w...> wrote:
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 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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